A 1953 Ferrari 166 MM Spider, chassis no. 0272 M, that contested the 1953 and 1954 Mille Miglia races before...
Photo: www.howtobeagourmand.com RM Auctions has announced the addition of a new sale to its established roster of European events. The...
With snow falling on the streets of Paris, collectors and enthusiasts arrived for the annual Retromobile Salon’s official auction, Retromobile 2018 by Artcurial Motorcars. This year’s sale took place over two days, on Friday February 9 and Saturday February 10, before a crowd of more than 3,000 people, realizing €31,815,566...
A trio of rare classic sports cars will be among the many desirable cars crossing the block at RM Sotheby’s...
The Artcurial Motorcars sale is an annual fixture of the Retromobile classic car show in Paris, and one of the...
The BBC recently screened a documentary on the 1955 Le Mans disaster. Pierre Bouillon’s car was launched into the air at high speed from the back of another competitor and caused carnage. The name may be unfamiliar to some because Bouillon raced under the name, Levegh, as did his uncle,...
• Paris’ famed Retromobile automobile exhibition has announced that its next event, February 6–10, 2013, will pay tribute to the...
• The LeMay Museum, in Tacoma, Washington, is celebrating 50 years of the Ford Mustang with the June 14 opening of Masters of Mustang, which showcases more than 20 of the most sought after Pony Cars in history. Masters of the Mustang features a high-performance 1964½ Mustang “K-code” that preceded...
The 19th winter running of the Traversée de Paris (Crossing of Paris) will take place on Sunday January 13th, bringing together...
An Alfa Romeo car mechanic who rose to become one of the greatest endurance drivers of his generation, the man...
The Automobiles sur les Champs series of sales has become a regular fixture in the auction calendar, having grown steadily in stature over the last five years. The eighth edition will take place next Monday, June 22, at the historic Théâtre du Rond-Point, just a stone’s throw from the Artcurial...
Paris, France Feb. 8-17 A 1954 Pegaso Z-102 on the Classic Car Associates stand. Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a Member...
The annual Winter Crossing of Paris will take place on Sunday January 7, 2018, bringing together 700 vintage vehicles (cars,...
Two Citroën Traction Avants at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, examples of fairly mild French styling of the Deco era. The French initiated the Art Deco movement in 1924 with the Paris exposition of the industrial and decorative arts, so it is no surprise that some of the automobiles subsequently...
Automobiles sur les Champs, the annual Parisian collector car auction by Artcurial Motorcars, returns to La plus belle avenue du...
Groupe Renault displayed four historic endurance racing prototypes (above, photo courtesy of Renault) at this year’s Retromobile Show in Paris, February 7-11, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Alpine’s overall win in the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans. Not only was the winning prototype, Renault Alpine A442B, on...
It has been three and a half years since Bernard Cahier passed away, but my memories of him still linger...
Bugatti entered a team of four, 8-cylinder Type 30s for the 1922 French Grand Prix at Strasbourg. Clothed in an...
Following in the tracks of last year’s successful inaugural event, the second edition of Les Grandes Heures Automobiles will be held September 24-25 at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry on the edge of Paris. More than 200 historic competition cars and motorcycles are expected to take part, with noted motor racing...
Talbot-Lago Grand Sport, The Car from Paris By Peter Larsen with Ben Erikson From 1948 to 1953, The Talbot-Lago Grand...
Always displaying quality rather than quantity, for the Feb. 11–20, 2005 edition of Retromobile, a change was made to a...
1925 Bugatti Type 39. Photo: Mike Jiggle There is something very special about a Bugatti, and this example is very special indeed. Highly original, this race winner from the 1925 season has lived nearly all of its life “down under” in Australia, and has only recently found its way to Britain,...
The Association Vincennes en Anciennes will organize the 16th annual Traversee de Paris on January 10, 2016, the largest gathering...
Building upon the success of last year’s Les Grandes Heures Automobiles (LGHA), the dates for 2017’s third edition at the...
The 2016 edition of Patrick Peter’s 25th Anniversary Tour Auto Optic 2000 will take place April 18-24 over a new route that will finish with a night stage on famous rally roads in the Côte d’Azur hinterland. On this occasion homage will be paid to the cars that have written...
Porte de Versailles, Paris, France January 22–31, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Delahaye, for those who recognize the name, conjures up a mixed vision of large and long French Grand Prix, sports...
Paris, France February 10–19, 2006 The ex-Le Mans Matra MS670 on the Artcurial auction stand.Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access...