I hate these decisions.
If I weren’t so cheap I’d just go ahead and do it.
[Read more…] about You Tell Us–Box it or Build it?
The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts
By pete
I hate these decisions.
If I weren’t so cheap I’d just go ahead and do it.
[Read more…] about You Tell Us–Box it or Build it?
By pete

Dr. Howard Moon in his Lancia B20, neither lost nor lonely. Pretty happy in fact. Photographer, time and place unknown. But a nice photo to illustrate Montague's story.
By Montague Gammon III
Hard on the brakes at well over the speed limit in the left lane of Route 13 on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, I spun the wheel of my slightly tatty Plymouth Horizon and screeched into the break in the median strip.
[Read more…] about Lonely Lancia
By pete
By Carl Goodwin
Once every fall, before the weather gets too cold, Dr. Ray Boniface stages a car show benefit for breast cancer research. It’s probably the most interesting show in the Cleveland area, with better cars and a nicer venue than the local British, Italian or German Car Shows.
[Read more…] about The Boniface Picnic
By pete
Well, yes, we do in fact. Not our business, really, but apparently we do ok anyway. Remember the Siata we had on the site a few months ago? Gone in sixty seconds. Here’s what Carl Goodwin just sent in, and we didn’t even have to twist his arm:
Thanks a million for your help in selling my Siata Gran Sport! Not only did Veloce Today find a person with the right automotive interests and the ability to buy a Siata but your web site attracted a lot of other inquiries and four other offers. In addition, I sold two Alfa Guiliettas earlier this year through an ad on your site. Amazingly enough, for the Siata, we didn’t even place a regular ad on the site; the Siata was simply featured as a one time news item on “This Week, of Interest”! This international sale is indicative of the growing audience and stature that VeloceToday has and that results from an outstanding editorial product.–Carl Goodwin
What Premium Membership means right now is, if you want to read any of the articles no longer on the homepage, you’ll be requested to join our Premium Member service.
At the same time, VeloceToday will continue to deliver three or more articles to our regular subscribers every week, absolutely free. But when those articles disappear from the homepage after a week or two, they will be put into the Premium Membership column.
But our Premium Membership program can’t just consist of archived articles. We have to give you something new and additional to justify paying that $4.95 per month. Therefore several times a month we will present exciting new feature articles offered to our Premium Members only. And that’s only fair, we think. And only the beginning.
There will be more benefits for those who choose the Premium Membership Service. It opens up a brave new world of options, such as free pdfs, merchandise, e-books, and more. We’ll take this a step at a time, beginning December 1st with an exclusive ‘premium’ story served in three installments.
Finally, let us repeat this again and again. VeloceToday will continue just as before providing excellent, exclusive reports, articles and images every week, free. You do not need to join the Premium Membership service unless you want to, and this will NOT affect your current free subscription.
That way everyone wins.
NOTE: There will be no VeloceToday next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
By Roberto
Sant’Agata Bolognese, November 15, 2010 – Automobili Lamborghini is embarking on a highly innovative chapter in the company’s history with an all new V12 engine and a new high performing seven speed transmission. The new powertrain will enter production early 2011.
[Read more…] about Lamborghini: High Tech Drives New Powertrain
By Wally
By Wallace Wyss
Let’s say you have more money than God and way back you saw an old Italian movie that had a sexy car in it. The movie was by Fellini and the car, as near as anyone can tell, was a special by Fantuzzi, and/or originally installed on a racing chassis. [Read more…] about From the Golden Ferrari 599 Aperta
By pete
By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
Vettel wins all
Sebastian Vettel became the youngest world champion in F1 when he drove a perfect and uneventful race on Sunday at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. [Read more…] about Abu Dhabi Grand Prix November 14th 2010
By pete
Holiday Schedule
There will be no VeloceToday for the week of November 24th due to the Thanksgiving holidays.
There will be no VeloceToday for the week of December 29th due to the Christmas holidays.
New Premium Service is in addition to our normal free subscription:
VeloceToday remains FREE to all of our susbcribers
You may notice that you can no longer access many of our old archived articles without purchasing a “MediaPass subscription” to the view the archives. What is going on here?
The answer is a new “Premium” service VeloceToday will offer that includes all archived articles. The new service will also offer in-depth, exclusive articles, the key to all the archives, and down the road e- books and PDFs as well as exciting new offerings.
But let us be clear:
The new premium service is separate and optional. There is nothing you need to do if you don’t want the premium service. If you are currently subscribed to VeloceToday, service will continue as before, with three to six exclusive articles mailed to you every Wednesday, for free.
We are currently installing and beta testing the new system. If you have any questions, issues or problems, please email me directly at pete@velocetoday.com.
By Wally
By Wallace A. Wyss
A commentary on the Ferrari 599 GTB , introduced in 2007, and its subsequent versions.
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
When Ferrari sought to design a new front-engined car to replace the 575M Maranello, they wanted to have one that would be a comfortable grand tourer, and yet incorporate what they call “cutting edge downforce “figures, i.e. stay glued to the ground. Hence the long hood, sloping downward into a built in front spoiler. [Read more…] about Design Critique: Ferrari 599 Before the Aperta
By Wally
By Wallace A. Wyss
And now, the third iteration of the streetable 599, following the GTB, the halfway new “ Handling Gran Turismo Evoluzione”,and the GTO, introduced last April, is the Aperta, or “open” 599.
[Read more…] about Design Critique: Ferrari 599 SA Aperta
By pete
Story and Photos by Robert J. Neary
For the second time in a month, a great selection of Italian cars assembled on the Island of Staten on a glorious sunny day. This time it was at the invitation of Angelina of Angelina’s Italian Restaurant at 399 Ellis Street, Staten Island, home of the best Italian food on the Island! [Read more…] about Angelina’s Italian Car Show, Staten Island, October 17th
By vack
By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
Sebastian Vettel won an entertaining Brazilian Grand Prix and helped clinch the constructor’s championship for Red Bull Racing in a season that has seen the lead change more times than Lindsey Lohan has requested bail. Mark Webber’s second place finish was a clean, uneventful drive, but that is what helps win championships.
[Read more…] about Brazilian Grand Prix, November 7, 2010