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Peking to Paris 2024 is a slideshow in book form. And it will certainly whet your appetite for epic adventures in classic cars.
At €51 million ($53.9 million), the 1954/55 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R ‘Streamliner’ became the most expensive Formula 1 ever. It was sold on Saturday, February 1st, at an auction, held by RM Sotheby’s at the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart.
That is, if you have ‘in excess of €25 million’ available for the 1965 Le Mans-winning Ferrari 250 LM. This car, previously owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, comes up for sale at RM Sotheby’s Paris auction, on February 5th.
82 minutes of film on one of the most fascinating sportscars ever. Helmut Deimel’s documentary on the Porsche 917 is not just a feast of seventies racing porn, but offers insights from people that seldom spoke on the record. Now available on dvd.
Get ready for the 30-year celebration show at Interclassics Maastricht in the Netherlands, this weekend. The organisers have created a ‘best of’ theme, with Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, Mercedes 300 SL, Ford GT40 and other icons on display.
This Kremer Porsche 934 came seventh overall and won the GT class in the 1977 Le Mans 24 Hours. It’s one of the jewels at Mecum’s Kissimmee auction, this January 18th.
We, of course, like what’s on the coffee table. But in this case, Stefano Notargiacomo’s design coffee table is what caught our eye. Is there a way to fire it up?
A book details the 40 years of Prodrive, the driving force behind Subaru’s rallying success and Aston Martin’s victorious GT racers, and many more. A book of just 192 pages, isn’t that a bit short?
In the second part of our interview with Rétromobile director Romain Grabowski, we look at one of the show’s themes: the French in Formula 1. “Thanks to Netflix, Formula 1 is popular with a younger audience. We’ll try to give them a storytelling experience at Rétromobile.”
No doubt, this 1959 250 GT LWB California Spider is the most stylish Ferrari to have competed at Le Mans. And the fifth-place finish it scored is quite a result at that. This ex-NART entry is part of Broad Arrow’s Amelia Auction, on March 7-8.
