The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts
Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Captions by staff
MT4 1100 Vignale berlinetta of 1953 (s/n 1136) built for Jean Louis Armengaud in 1953.
April 14th, 2008
Last year the organizers of the Tour Auto developed a theme with a particular model in mind.
[Read more…] about OSCAs at the Tour Auto
Photos and story by Hugues Vanhoolandt
For the second time, the Grand Palais in Paris, near the Champs-Elysées Avenue, was home for the 230 cars that took part in the 2008 Tour Auto. The cars would then head south to Marseille for more than 1100 miles through the winding roads of France.
The Grand Palais was the perfect starting point as it was also where the Salon de Paris took place under its impressive transparent roof from 1901 to 1961.
Cameron Reynolds Argetsinger, 87, Watkins Glen race founder and lawyer died peacefully, April 22, 2008, at home. He leaves his beloved wife of 67 years, Jean, their nine children, fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
[Read more…] about Obituary: Cameron Reynolds Argetsinger
Photos and Story by Alessandro Gerelli
[Read more…] about Mugello 2008, 1-10
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The rest of the story from this year’s Mugello.
[Read more…] about Mugello 2008, 11-20
This article is to help our readers find their way around the new VeloceToday as effectively and quickly as possible. Just use the ‘letters to the editor’ section to help us improve the new site!!
[Read more…] about Getting to know the new VeloceToday
By Erik Neilsen
Images by Ferrari Media
Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen.
Felipe Massa made sure that there was not going to be any negative press in this week’s Gazzetta della Sport, and that he really is worth everything that Marlboro is subsidizing the Scuderia for his services this year.
[Read more…] about Bahrain Grand Prix
Thanks to our readers we’ve determined the identities of the cars at Essen in last week’s VeloceToday, as well as some thoughts and experiences regarding painted Webers. Still, we could use more information on that Fiat single seater!!.
8C2900 photographed at Essen by Vanhoolandt Hugues .
Alessandro Gerelli in London.
A good photographer (what I am not) always brings along a photo machine when walking around in a city, watching here and there for any kind of subjects.
This weekend I was in London for a pop music concert and I had with me my photo tools: I have brought back three images that may interest our readers.
The first is a picture of a Lancia Stratos Stradale: what a small beauty ! No Aston, Bentley or Porsche may compete!
By Brandy Elitch
Dieppe is a small French port on the English Channel, more famous for its scallops than for its links to the automobile industry (although pre-WWI, the French Grand Prix was held there).
[Read more…] about Elitch on Alpines
A Franco-American Love Story
By Philippe Defechereux © 2008
This is the tale of a long love affair spanning two generations and reaching across the Atlantic Ocean. The object of love is a little French racer (photo below) made by Deutsch-Bonnet, a manufacturer of highly successful small-bore racing cars that reigned supreme in their class between 1952 and 1962 from Le Mans to Sebring, FL.
Franco-American Love Story
By Philippe Defechereux © 2008
To read Part I, click here.
To read Part III, click here.
Our tale of the extraordinary love affair between a small French car maker, Deutsch-Bonnet, and an American father-son pair, tied to the birth and future success of the Sebring Twelve-Hours, continues in this issue.