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The Most Famous Car in the World, circa 1907

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Itala 1907

Talmone was a chocolate maker who also founded a pastry restaurant in Turin. This is an ad for his products with a colorful look at the start of the 1907 Peking to Paris race.

By Pete Vack
Color photos by Mario Marchesini

The multi talented Ceirano brothers, Giovan, Giovanni, and Matteo virtually gave birth to the Italian auto industry. The three, apart and together, were responsible for the ingenious Welleyes, (which were the basis of the first Fiats) the SCAT, the Ceirano, and the subject of interest herein, the Itala. [Read more…] about The Most Famous Car in the World, circa 1907

The Winner of the Official Ferrari Calendar!

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The “Ferrari Myth” Calendar Official Ferrari Calendar for 2012, can be purchased via David Bull Publishing for $89.95.

But last week VeloceToday also had a special drawing, an offer limited to our Premium Subscribers only. We thank the many who put their name “in the hat”. The winner of the Ferrari Myth Calendar is Joe Grealy from Kildare, Ireland.. Congratulations Joe, must be luck of the Irish!

If you want to qualify for next month’s giveaway (a copy of “Nardi, A Fast Life”) click here to become a Premium Subscriber.

Belgian Race Drivers and Teams: More Than You Think

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Above: Ferrari 500 TRC s/n 0682 MD TR was entered by Ecurie Nationale Belge at Le Mans in 1957, and placed 7th overall with the team of Bianchi/Harris.

Photos and text by Hugues Vanhoolandt

When one thinks of Belgian race drivers, the name of Olivier Gendebien, Paul Frere and Jacky Ickx (whose daughter, Vanina, is also a race driver) naturally come to mind.

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The Fiat Dino, Body and Soul

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Fiat Dino Spider

Story by Pete Vack
Photography by Ken Visser

The Chassis
Fiat’s Dino Spider has been a classic since it was introduced at the Turin Auto Show in 1966. Like most true classics, the passage of time only increases its appeal.

It was the first Fiat with an engine with four overhead camshafts. The engine was produced by Fiat and “inspired in its general architecture by the Ferrari engine of the same name”, according to Quattroruote’s massive 1970 work, All the Fiats. It was also the same engine used in the Ferrari-made (but never labeled as such) Dino 206 and 246. And for Fiat, variants of the V6 were used in the Fiat Dino Coupe and finally, the Lancia Stratos. It was a remarkable engine, however many fathers claimed it.

The hereditary link with Ferrari, by way of Vittorio Jano, Franco Rochi and “productionized” by Aurelio Lampredi for Fiat has been well detailed elsewhere (Graham Robson‘s Fiat Sports Cars, and Doug Nye’s Dino, the little Ferrari).
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Ferrari 458 Grand Am Prepares for the Rolex 24 Hours

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By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy Ferrari-Media and Grand Am-Media
(Text in Italia below)

Daytona Beach, Florida.

The new Ferrari Grand Am 458 took part in a series of tests prior to the ‘Rolex 24-Hour Race’, the opening event of the American series, which will take place January 26 to 29 in Daytona, Florida.
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Win an Official Ferrari 2012 Ferrari “Myth” Calendar

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This superb $89.95 Raupp Calendar for 2012 can be yours if you send an email to vack@cox.net and are a VeloceToday Premium Subscriber.

By Pete Vack

This month we feature “Ferrari Myth” the Official Ferrari Calendar for 2012, which can be purchased via David Bull Publishing for $89.95. We are also giving one away in a special drawing, an offer limited to our Premium Subscribers. Just send me an email with your name and mailing address, I’ll put them in a hat and choose the winner. You must be a Premium Subscriber by the time of the drawing on January 10th, 2012 in order to qualify. Click here to susbscribe.
The winner will be announced on January 11th. But first a little about the Official Ferrari Calendar. With all those choices out there, how does a car manufacturer like Ferrari choose who will create their official, and pricey, calendars? What makes them different? And who is Günther Raupp? We set out to find the answers.
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A Time for Calendars

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Jeff Hill's neat, friendly 2012 Calendar is not available for sale, but free to anyone who subscribes now to our Premium Subscriber service.

…Or can we live without an analog calendar with space for a to-do list, are cars, calendars and girls forever inseparable (at least in our minds,) and wouldn’t you like a free copy of the “Ferrari Myth Calendar” by Raupp?

By now, traditional calendars should have gone the way of bison, elephantine cell phones, CRT tvs, newspapers, music stores, Oldsmobiles, Kodachrome and good movies. There is one on every PC, iPad, cellphone and Blackberry. But the ancient analog made-from-a-tree calendars still have a habit of hanging around, usually on garage walls, dens, and under phones in the kitchen. They are thrown out every January and magically renewed. Some habits die hard. [Read more…] about A Time for Calendars

When OSCA Met Porsche

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By Pete Vack
Photos Copyright Alessandro Gerelli

Alessandro Gerelli has accumulated hundreds of photos from the many Mille Miglia events over the past few years. We thought we might use a few to help illustrate OSCA’s meeting with Porsche in the 1954 race. In addition to Alessandro’s photos, we are fortunate to have obtained permission from LMG Auto and the widow of Carlo Demand, to publish the image of the Hans Hermann Porsche Spyder as the occupants ducked under a rail crossing. The drawing was first published in “The Big Race”, in 1956. More of Carlo’s work can be seen, and ordered, from www.lmgauto.com.

Carlo Demand's work depicts some of the greatest moments in racing history, such as Hans Hermann's remarkable 1954 Mille Miglia.


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Safari Time for the Doc

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What, a story about a Porsche? Well, Porsches are the Editor’s first love, and when journalist Peter Münder submitted this great story about Doc Brandenburg, we couldn’t resist…You’ll enjoy.

Story and photos by Peter Münder

Erik Brandenburg, a 45 year old Hamburg proctologist, is certainly a very particular type of weightwatcher: While he is preparing his 36 year old Porsche 911-Safari for the African Eco Race from Morocco to Dakar/Senegal (December 27th-January 8th 2012), he seems to balance a pair of scales in his mind. [Read more…] about Safari Time for the Doc

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