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Abarth 1000 Sport
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Text by Staff
Recently longtime VeloceToday contributor Alessandro Gerelli had a chance to take in the annual AutoClassica show in Milan, which ran from November 16-20 at the Fiera Milano. The show offers a large exhibition of cars for all tastes and of all eras including Youngtimers to keep the younger generations excited about the history of the automobile.
SIGMA Grand Prix by Pininfarina, 1969
Alessandro Gerelli has been covering the Milano AutoClassica event for years. Last year we presented a short biography of Alessandro in conjuction with the 2019 AutoClassica show.
Read more about Alessandro here.
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
This event provided the opportunity to forget for a while the Covid virus and to enjoy the view of a lot of cars of the past. It was also the opportunity to celebrate the 90 years of Pininfarina, with many wonderful cars and the presentation of the new official book “Pininfarina 90 years” by Giorgio Nada Editore.
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Freccia d’Oro
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Our faithful correspondent in Milan recently visited one of the largest automobile shows in Italy, Milano AutoClassica, held from November 22-25. Alessandro Gerelli lives in Bresso, near Milan, and has sent us his reports from this event for many years. We thought that since the AutoClassica event is well -described elsewhere, it is an appropriate time to say a few words about the author/photographer before we present this year’s AutoClassica coverage. [Read more…] about Milano AutoClassica, 2019
The Iso Lele, the last of the line.
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Story by staff
Last week Alessandro Gerelli sent us these photos from a small but interesting group of Isos gathered at the old Bresso plant on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Iso Lele. Looking for additional information, I resorted to my copy of Winston Goodfellow’s book, ISORIVOLTA, The Men, the Machines,* published in 1995 by Giorgio Nada. It brought to mind the years that shook the world of the automobile as we knew it. The ten years of Iso cars, from 1963 to 1973, witnessed enormous changes in the industry, and the history of Iso is a chronicle of those times. [Read more…] about Iso Lele, 1969-1974
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
RM Sotheby’s Auction, Villa Erba May 25th 2019
The RM Auction featured 69 items on sale with 46 sold for a total of about 19.8 million euro.
The top prices were a Ferrari 500 Mondial of 1954 for 3.7 mln euros, a 1957 Porsche 550 Spyder for 3.4 mln euros, an Aston Martin Volante of 1965 for 1.8 mln euros and a Fiat 8V coupè for about 1.8 mln euros.
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
As everyone knows by now, the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring was sold at 16.7 million euro by Artcurial. (1 Euro equals 1.13 United States Dollar) So we asked Alessandro Gerelli to shed some light on other Italian cars, sold or unsold, at Artcurial, Bonhams and RM/Sotheby’s.
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The eighth edition of Milano AutoClassica Auto Show was held at Fiera Milano (Rho) on 23rd, 24th and 25th November 2018. A large number of vendors were present with over 2000 vintage cars and an extraordinary range of products, for an estimated total value of over 150 million euros. A large section was dedicated to spare parts, with 150 companies presenting their goods. [Read more…] about AutoClassica Milano 2018
Photos by Alesssandro Gerelli
The annual Paris Motor Show aka Mondial De L’Auto in Paris was held from October 4 to the 14 at 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris, France. It is a huge event, as can be seen from the map below, with multiple features ranging from motorcycles to parts to displays of both new and classic cars. Some major manufacturers were missing, and there was much discussion of the new WLTP standards, electric cars and the death of the diesel. However, we shall remain focused on the classics. [Read more…] about Paris Motor Show 2018
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
On September 5th, RM-Sotheby’s auction in London’s Battersea Park resulted in the presentation of 94 cars, of which 50 were sold for a total of 9.4 million pounds. Top sellers were the Italians, with a Ferrari Enzo making 1.9 million pounds, followed by a 1953 Ferrari Europa at 1.02 million pounds. Here’s a quick selection of the other Italians. [Read more…] about Top Ten Italians at RM Sotheby’s London
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Last Friday Alessandro Gerelli had a chance to visit the yearly Milano AutoClassica, held at the Fiera Milano Rho over the weekend of 24-25-26 November.
The event is broken up into several sections: A huge exhibiton hall with room for 2000 vintage cars for sale, the traditional motorsport event in the parking lot, another space just for the sale of spare parts, another section devoted to display current exotics, this year featuring Bentley, Lotus and McLaren, and the only show to feature the Ferrari Classiche with its own workshop. It would probably take the entire weekend to see all of the show. [Read more…] about Milano AutoClassica by Alessandro Gerelli
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
AUTOMEDON MEETING AND EXHIBITION (PARIS OCTOBER 14th-15th) In addition to the traditional Paris Salon, the Automedon old car event was held in the Bourget exhibition center near Paris, with many owner clubs and many spare parts dealers present. [Read more…] about Automedon, 2017
Panhard CD coupé
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Text by Staff
This year Automédon was held October 8-9 at the Parc des expositions du Bourget in Paris, France. While not yet RetroMobile, the weather is far better and many of the neatest cars are found in the car park outside. Per the PR sheet, “The vintage car-park is Automédon’s icing on the cake. Busy, lively and always renewed, it presents each and every brand, all the models from the most popular ones to the rarest ones. The vehicles are over 30 years old. The cars keep arriving and going during the two days of the Show, thus creating a continuous, vivid ballet.” It is certainly the editor’s favorite part of the event. [Read more…] about Automédon 2016: Love in the Parking Lot