Classic Car News
A picture of a car - exhibition at the Museum Art.Plus in Donaueschingen (30.6.-13.10.2019)
Events
The Museum Art.Plus in Donaueschingen is showing the exhibition "Dietmar Henneka and Friends - A Picture of a Car" from June 30 to October 13. The motifs are always Mercedes-Benz car models. The spectrum ranges from the staid family estate car to the legendary 300 SL Flügeltürer.
The Ferrari Museum in Maranello showcases many historic racing cars to mark the 90th anniversary of Scuderia Ferrari
Events, Car Culture, Motorsport
For Zagato's 100th birthday - the special Aston Martin DB4 GT returns
Products
The Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato will celebrate its premiere at Le Mans on the weekend of June 16, 2019. It is a so-called “Continuation” vehicle, i.e. a car produced according to original plans and specifications, as the original DB4 GT Zagato was manufactured in the sixties …
Dorotheum in Vienna on June 15, 2019 - from bread-and-butter to super classics
Auctions
Dorotheum will be offering a truly wide range of lots on June 15, 2019 in Vösendorf/Vienna. A total of 107 lots will be offered, including 59 cars. The rest includes motorcycles, mopeds and even bicycles. The 59 cars are valued at a total of EUR 3.6 million (CHF 4 million), which means around EUR 61’000 (CHF 68’000) per car. The vehicles include everyday cars from the past, e.g. from Volkswagen, Opel or Fiat, but also super classics such as an SS Jaguar and a Ferrari 250 GTE as well as a Porsche 911, which once served as Helmut Bott's factory test car and later belonged to Heinz Prüller.
TV tip: Adolf Rosenberger - the man behind Porsche
Adolf Rosenberger was the son of an assimilated Jewish family, at the age of 17 he was already a fighter pilot in the First World War, after which he was a technician, businessman and works racing driver at Mercedes-Benz. In 1930/31, together with Ferdinand Porsche and his son-in-law Anton Piëch, he founded Porsche GmbH in Stuttgart, the nucleus of today's global brand.
After the end of the war (1945), he wanted to work with Porsche again. However, neither a lawsuit against Porsche and Piëch nor the supposed marriage to Porsche son Ferry brought Rosenberger back to the company he had once co-founded.An ARD documentary looks back …
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