In the special exhibition from November 13, 2015 to March 27, 2016, the PROTOTYP car museum in Hamburg is giving VIP a whole new meaning. Under the motto: „356 VIP - Very Important Porsches“ some particularly interesting variants of the Porsche 356 will be on display.
The almost 130-year history of the automobile is also a history of relationships. It is not only successive generations of cars that have an obvious connection - such as the Volkswagen Käfer and its legitimate successor, the Golf - but even very different car models from different manufacturers, eras or countries of origin often reveal similarities on closer inspection, as the exhibition at Autostadt Wolfsburg shows ...
From November 28 to December 6, 2015, the Classic & Prestige Salon at the Essen Motor Show will be presenting more than 250 exquisite classic cars for sale. Internationally renowned dealers will be offering high-quality collectors' cars, prestige automobiles and young classics. There will also be a fascinating special show on the theme of „Jubilee Preview 100 Years of BMW – History + Motorsport 1916 – 2016“.
The classic car fair took place for the 11th time on October 25, 2015 in the Olmahallen in St. Gallen. The annual exhibition in Eastern Switzerland was clearly laid out, friendly and yet full of surprises. This exhibition report provides impressions and insights in words and many pictures.
On October 25, 2015, 58 Porsche sports cars were auctioned off in Silverstone. Two thirds found a new owner, who paid an average of EUR 98,352 or CHF 106,942 for the Zuffenhausen sports car. The star of the auction, a Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring from 1973, was sold at the estimated price level. This auction report analyzes and lists the results, supplemented by some pictures of the auctioned vehicles.
From October 22 to 25, 2015, Auto e Moto d'Epoca opened its doors in Padua (Padova) as it does every year, one of the largest and now internationally renowned classic car fairs in Europe. With around 90,000 square meters of space and over 4,000 cars, the majority of which were for sale, the trade fair became the autumn Mecca for classic car enthusiasts. This trade fair report takes you on a virtual tour of the exhibition halls in pictures and text and shows impressions and vehicles in around 200 images.
On the occasion of the Classic Expo Salzburg, an auction was also held by the Dorotheum auction company on October 17, 2015. 39 cars were offered alongside some automobilia and successfully sold for Euro 3.9 million (CHF 4.2 million) with the exception of two vehicles, including an early Shelby Cobra 289 from 1963 with less than 15,000 km on the clock, a Stratos Group 4 and a Mercedes-Benz 300c Cabriolet D. This auction report analyzes the results and shows most of the cars in the picture.
Since October 18, around thirty specials have been on display at the Pantheon Basel, i.e. cars that are not as they were produced by a brand manufacturer, but as the original owner or builder imagined them ...