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The Midas Touch: When Cars Become Art

October 17, 2018

Even when a car is viewed as a classic, built forty years ago, and as such is obviously not changing in itself - the context can: Now, RM Sotheby's put a Ferrari 512 BB up for sale - at an art auction.... Read More...

Spectre: When World Domination Crumbles

Claus Ebberfeld

October 12, 2018

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Spectre is big. But secretly so. This is of course an advantage if you are a criminal organization, but a definite inconvenience for a supercar. Today, ViaRETRO goes double-up on Spectre, both of which failed b... Read More...

Ginetta at Sixty – ViaRETRO Meets Martin Phaff

Dave Leadbetter

October 8, 2018

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As part our celebration of 60 years of Ginetta, we talk to a company insider. Martin Phaff owned and ran Ginetta from 1989 to 2005, being involved with the company for nearly 20 years. Martin had built up a suc... Read More...

Ginetta at Sixty

Dave Leadbetter

October 5, 2018

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Think of the British motor industry and you’re likely to conjure up images of large factories churning out streams of cars in all shapes and sizes. The sprawling empire of BMC, Ford’s huge plants at Dagenham an... Read More...

The first Aston Martin DP: 212

Claus Ebberfeld

September 27, 2018

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The Ferrari 250 GTO which recently sold for a new world record price at auction obviously turned out to be a real attention-grabber. But over the same weekend, a direct competitor to the GTO, a much rarer Aston... Read More...

If You Want to Design the Future, You Must Leaf Through the Past…

Michael S. Lund

September 26, 2018

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The title is the translation of a quote by the French author and politician André Malraux. Yet, today’s article is not about French cars – but rather, BMW Group Classic. ... Read More...

Adventures in Autojumbling

Dave Leadbetter

September 10, 2018

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that most of us have too much stuff. In my case, I also have limited space. The problem is mostly of my own making and is caused by two simple factors; firstly hoarding th... Read More...

Behind the Brains of Lotus: “Inside the Innovator”

Claus Ebberfeld

August 30, 2018

Article, Design and Concept

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The Lotus marque is drenched in myths, but Karl Ludvigsen's book on Colin Chapman "Inside the Innovator" covers Lotus' technology and its background - and not least Chapman himself, the man behind the technolog... Read More...

New World Record: $ 48,405,000

Anders Bilidt

August 29, 2018

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A new world record has been set! The highest price ever achieved for a car at auction has just been upped – significantly – during the classic car smorgasbord that is the Monterey Car Week. ... Read More...