If you’ve ever visited a museum and left feeling like you didn’t get to fully appreciate every detail of a particular exhibit, you’re not alone. Many times we've departed museums with a mixture of feelings, like being totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of pieces on hand and feeling like we didn’t scratch the surface of what an exhibit truly had to offer. There's a new exhibit in Nashville, Tennessee that offers … [Read more...]
Legacy of a Legend – Brumos Porsche
March 31, 2016 may be a day that won’t make it into any official “History of Porsche” timelines but it is as momentous to North American Porsche lore, particularly in motorsports, as any. Late last year, Brumos Porsche was acquired by the Field Automotive Group and after 56 years, during most of which the Jacksonville, Florida Porsche dealer was heavily involved in sports car racing under the Brumos Racing banner, … [Read more...]
Mario Righini Collection – Profile and Photo Gallery
In 2009 Sports Car Digest toured the Mario Righini Collection, one of the more exceptional private car collections in Italy, if not the world. Located outside Modena in Castello di Panzano Castelfranco Emilia, the Righini Collection is remarkable for many reasons. To call the Righini Collection unique does not do it justice, as the setting alone -- a 15th century castle set among Lambrusco vineyards -- is … [Read more...]
Alfa Romeo Museum Opens Doors
Alfa Romeo is celebrating its 105th anniversary by opening its historical museum in Arese, Milan, Italy to the public. The museum, which is named “La macchina del tempo – Museo storico Alfa Romeo”, is at the heart of a brand centre which also has a bookshop, cafe, documentation centre, test-drive track, event venues, showroom and customer delivery area, in an effort to feature the past, present and future of the Alfa … [Read more...]
Ralph Lauren Car Collection – Photo Gallery
The Ralph Lauren Car Collection was featured at the 2014 Lime Rock Historic Festival, held August 29th to September 1st at Lime Rock Park. Among the Lauren automotive treasures on display at the picturesque road course in Connecticut were a 1929 Birkin Blower Bentley; 1964 Ferrari 250 LM; 1956 Jaguar XKSS; 1953 Morgan Flat Rad and 1959 Porsche RSK. … [Read more...]
Pur Sang Argentina – An Introduction
By Rick Carey, Auction Editor | Photos by author and Rhonda Kiblinger Wind back the clock on your DeLorean to 1930 or so, eighty-plus years ago. Your [great] grandparents might still have been dancing the Charleston. It was the time of Machine Age design. Craftsmanship, dedication, style, design and ingenuity were its hallmarks. It persists today at Pur Sang in Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina. And it is … [Read more...]
Enzo Ferrari Museum F1 Exhibit – Photo Gallery
Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari, the Modena, Italy-based museum that opened in 2012 on the site of the house in which Enzo Ferrari himself was born in 1898, is now focusing on the pinnacle of open wheel racing with its current exhibit, entitled "Grand Prix: the Formula 1 Championship Single-Seaters". The exhibition centers on twenty Formula One cars that helped revolutionize the sport during the years 1950 to 1994, in … [Read more...]
RM Auctions Art of the Automobile – Photo Gallery
The RM Auctions and Sotheby's Art of the Automobile sale and exhibition was staged November 18-21, 2013 in New York City. The first major collector car auction to be held in Manhattan in over a decade saw 31 automobiles and two motorcycles vehicles cross the auction block. With the auction cars presented within a gallery setting on the 10th floor of Sotheby’s New York City headquarters, this groundbreaking sale … [Read more...]
Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed – Photo Gallery
The Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed exhibit is presently on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina through January 20, 2014. The largest gathering of Porsche automobiles ever on display in a U.S. art museum features a stunning selection of 22 Porsches dating from the late 1930s to present day. … [Read more...]
Heritage Showroom at Aston Martin Works
Aston Martin recently opened the Heritage Showroom at its Newport Pagnell base, following a two-year refurbishment of the Olympia building. For the first time heritage cars will be sold directly from Aston Martin, allowing customers to draw on the knowledge of the Works team and its experience handling sales, ongoing service and restoration. The Heritage Showroom is housed within the restored Olympia building – … [Read more...]
Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles – Photo Gallery
The Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles exhibit is presently on display at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee through September 15, 2013. The first fine art museum exhibition devoted to vehicles of the Art Deco era, Sensuous Steel highlights 18 automobiles and two motorcycles from the 1930s and '40s. Curated by Ken Gross from some of the most renowned car collectors and collections in … [Read more...]
Bruce Meyer Collection – Profile and Photos
By Art Evans | Photographs as credited My abridged dictionary defines “provenance” as “source, derivation.” Provenance is important insofar as collections of art are concerned. The value of a painting, for instance, is greatly enhanced if its history can be documented. Another important aspect is authenticity. My wife inherited a picture assumed to have been painted by Murillo. But when I took it to the Getty … [Read more...]
Le Mans 24 Hours Museum – Profile
By Csaba Kiss Located about 200 km from Paris, Le Mans has been one of the international centers of automobile and motor sports since 1923, the year when the legendary 24 hours race was first organized. The 24 Hours of Le Mans completely changed the life of the town, until then mostly famous for its cathedral. In time, the races brought by glory, success, failures and tragedies for the competing teams and their … [Read more...]
RennGruppe Motorsports – Profile and Photos
Renngruppe Rendezvous By Louis Scalzo | Photos by Tom Morgan Renngruppe Motorsports is located in Lexington, North Carolina in a industrial park area looking like a very ordinary brick fronted metal building, blending in with all the others in the area. When you enter the spacious facility, formerly home of a NASCAR team, you quickly realize that this place is anything but ordinary! It can only be described as … [Read more...]
Jon Shirley Collection – Interview and Profile
Interview by Dennis Gray | Photos by Gray unless noted Jon Shirley makes good decisions whether finding and buying one-off Ferrari 375MMs or guiding Microsoft through its initial public offering. The son of Navy man, Shirley was born in 1938 and moved with his family in 1941 to a little known place named Pearl Harbor. After the bombing, with his family thankfully well, they moved across the country according … [Read more...]
