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VeloceToday feature car: Lancia Astura Motto barchetta 1939 Gerani-Gastaldi (Italy).
Entrants at the Coppa D’Oro digitized by Alessandro Gerelli
[Read more…] about Coppa D’Oro Delle Dolomiti September 2-5 2010
Abarth Simca 2000 (1973), entrant Hocking Straw (UK). Photo by Gerelli
Photos and Captions by Alessandro Gerelli
What they were doing at the Ring while you were in Monterey.
[Read more…] about Abarth, Alfa, Ferrari and Fiat at Oldtimers, August 13-15
Gordini 16 (1952) in the rain. Entered by Valvekens (Belgium). Photo by Gerelli
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
And more of what was happening overseas on Monterey weekend.
[Read more…] about French and Maserati at the Oldtimers, August 13-15
After almost 20 years, the Iso Rivolta Grifo 90 is back again. Photographed in front of Villa Erba in Cernobbio during the Villa d’Este Concours, Mako Shark (an Italian Company dealing with high-tech manufacturing) presented the latest version of the Iso Grifo 90.
The Iso Rivolta company was born in 1939 in Bresso, a small town just bordering Milan in the north of Italy, and was characterized by an amazing variety of production during its life. They made refrigerators, water heaters, motorbikes, small city cars, sport cars, and other sundries, most of which were manufactured after the end of WWII. The founder, Renzo Rivolta, was as interesting as the product line. He even built the factory in the park of his villa!
[Read more…] about Iso Rivolta 90 Reborn Again
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
Fiat 8V of 1953 with the original body designed by F.L.Rapi.
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
Bugatti Type 35A of 1926
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
SAM C25 F of 1925.
Pininfarina Duettottanta (Duetto plus 80 years of Pf): a wonderful revised and updated version of the famous Alfa Romeo Duetto.
Captions and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
[Read more…] about Italians at Geneva, 2010
Peugeot SR1: a concept car with Hybrid4 technology and four wheel drive.
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
[Read more…] about French at Geneva, 2010
1925 Submerged Bugatti Brescia sold for 260, 500 Euros, ($363, 058) for charity.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The traditional auction that is held yearly at the Retromobile by Bonhams included about 50 lots of memorabilia and about 100 cars; most of the cars presented were French, with few Italian, English, German and American.
The quality of the cars was high, but without really “high end” cars: only five had an estimation of over half a million of euros (a Ferrari Superamerica, an Alfa 8C, an Alfa Castagna, a Fiat 8V and a Maserati A6G 1500) and none of them sold.
The result of the auction has been in line with the economic world moment. About 60% of the cars that have been sold were good bargains for the buyers. Top prices were 475.000 euros for an Hispano Suiza of 1935, about 400.000 euros for a Mercedes Benz 630K of 1929 and a Swiss Monteverdi Hai 450SS of 1970.
Please note that all the prices mentioned below are inclusive of the buyer’s premium.
[Read more…] about Gerelli’s Retro: The Cost of Our Passion
A 2500cc Alfa engined Nardi Danese.
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Our man Alessandro Gerelli was at this years’s Retro in Paris, clicking away. He sent us the Italian cars of interest, the French and those cars which we mark as the Cost of Our Passion. Here are the Italians.
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
Citroen 15 AL Rosalie from 1933.