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Abarth 1000 Record Pinin Farina “La Principessa”
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
What can you say about Hugues Vanhoolandt, who almost every year travels the world, attending and reporting on almost every major classic car event in the UK, the U.S., and Europe? [Read more…] about Hugues Vanhoolandt, World Class Photographer
Fiat 508 C Ala d’Oro, Mille Miglia 2017. More on this in our mini feature below.
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt unless otherwise noted
For our second edition of Etceterini Corner, we present another series of images by Hugues Vanhoolandt taken over a period of years. Although seven of the eight images are of different Erminis, we focus on the Ala d’Oro, a fascinating car meant more for the street than the track. How many were made is a good question.
Pope John Paul II visited the Ferrari factory in June 1988. After the visit, he was driven around the factory ground aboard this Ferrari Mondial 3.2 cabriolet, chassis number 77848. The present owner bought the car in auction in 2012.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Now in its tenth edition, the Zoute Grand Prix, held in the prestigious resort town of Knokke-le-Zoute on the Belgian coast, has become a regular event on the European classic car calendar. Besides the Zoute Rally, the Zoute Sale by Bonhams and the Zoute GT Tour, the Zoute Concours d’Elegance is the last of its kind before the season of European events comes to a close.
A part of the Goodwood Trophy field with the 1938 Maserati 6CM of Ewen Sergison in the lead.
We have seen the 1959 TT parade, now to the real racing. Hugues Vanhoolandt gives us a visual feast of the races at the Goodwood Revival (September 13-15).
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
A year has passed since our last visit to the West Sussex circuit of Goodwood, and every year we wonder what the Duke of Richmond & Gordon and his team have found for new ideas to entertain a crowd of 150,000 people; there is so much more going on than the races at the Goodwood Motor Circuit. [Read more…] about Vanhoolandt at the 2019 Goodwood Revival
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
This year for the first time since the inaugural Monterey Historics in 1974, the featured marque was not a car manufacturer but a racing series, IMSA, which turns fifty this year. [Read more…] about 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Alongside the various car shows, rallies and gatherings of all sorts, the numerous auctions held during the Monterey week always provides the temperature of the classic car market and a trend for the months to come.
Although new world auction records were achieved here and there for specific models, it seems that the time of crazy prices is over with many cars remaining unsold due to high estimates. Maybe it is good news for the real collector. [Read more…] about Monterey Auctions, 2019
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Held during the last weekend of July, the 24 Hours of Spa, now in its 71st edition, confirmed its status as the world’s premier endurance race for GT cars with a line-up of no less than 72 entries. [Read more…] about Total 24 Hours Spa 2019
By Hugues Vanhoolandt
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt and Bruno Dugauquier
This year, the Festival of Speed was celebrating motorsport’s record breakers, and among them Michael Schumacher. In addition, the Bentley Centenary, 70 years of Aston Martin at Goodwood, as well as fifty years of a car with a cult following like no other, the Porsche 917, were featured this year.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
The now biennial Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille Concours took place the last weekend of June on the lawns of the historic Chantilly Castle, about 50 kilometers north of Paris. [Read more…] about Chantilly Arts & Elegance Concours 2019
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is considered by many as the most exclusive and elegant classic car event in the world. [Read more…] about Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2019
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
This year the Techno-Classica classic car show held in Essen, Germany, April 13-14, celebrated its 30th birthday. With the Parisian Rétromobile show, it remains at the top of the European classic car shows in terms of the number and the quality of cars presented (more than 2,700 this year) and the number of visitors (190,000 over four days). [Read more…] about Techno Classica at Essen, 2019
