Classic Car News
Rush - Niki Lauda versus James Hunt - fiction, film and reality
Once again, "Rush" is a film about motor racing. However, unlike the purely fictional racing film classics such as "Le Mans" or "Grand Prix", the new film by director Ron Howard is about historical events from 1976 and the two opposing Formula 1 drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt. This film review not only describes key elements of the movie, but also shows the makers and one of the two main protagonists in the picture, supplemented by production stills and the historic images of the 1976 racing season.
Arcturial Sur les Champs 6 - a potpourri of rarities goes under the hammer on October 20, 2013
Products
On October 20, 2013, Hervé Poulain will once again go under the hammer at the Artcurial auction in Paris. 79 vehicles are up for grabs, a diverse portfolio with a total value of around 4.5 million euros or CHF 5.4 million. The most expensive vehicles on offer are a Lamborghini Miura and a Maserati 3500 GTi Vignale Spider. But perhaps it is the lesser-known rarities that make a visit to Paris worthwhile ...
Homage to old motorsport times at the Hammerstatt Revival on October 5/6, 2013
Events
The 9th Hammerstatt Revival on October 5/6 will once again see historic racing cars circling the Neckar river in the town where the river originates. For the first time, around 30 classic racing cars and cars with alternative drive technologies will be at the starting line in the Schwenningen industrial area at the airfield alongside old sports and racing motorcycles from all eras and categories. The Adler Streamline Coupé, which competed at Le Mans in 1937, should be particularly interesting ...
Klausen Race from September 27 to 29, 2013 ready for up to 40,000 spectators
Events
The Klausen Race 2013, which will take place from September 27 to 29, 2013 with 250 vehicles in front of up to 40’000 spectators, continues a great tradition that began in the years 1922 to 1934. The Mercedes Benz W 25 Silver Arrow from 1934, which held the track record in the pre-war years, and the Bugatti 35 B, in which Alois Muff took part in the hill climb in 1932, deserve special attention ...
Italian beauties in the mountain sun - Passione Engadina in St. Moritz
The Passione Engadina in St. Moritz showed Bella Italia from its most attractive side between August 23 and 25, 2013. Over 70 vehicles with Italian origins drove over the Albula and Julier and competed in a Concorso d'Eleganza. This event report, which can be published on Zwischengas with the kind permission of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, summarizes impressions of the three-day event and shows many of the participating vehicles.
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