Historic cars can be found in various places: in museums or private collections, at concours d’élégance, at race tracks and also at auctions held by major players such as Bonhams, Gooding, Artcurial and RM Sotheby’s.
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Lola. When you hear this name, most people immediately think of the song that made The Kinks a worldwide hit in 1970, but for us car enthusiasts it rings another bell: Lola Cars, a manufacturer of racing cars from Bromley in Kent.
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Besides the Six Hours of Spa for GT and Touring Cars, organiser Roadbook offers an important side programme for its meeting. The main component of these races is provided by the English Masters Historic organisation, which has the historic Formula 1, Proto’s and Endurence Legends in its catalogue. Of course, Spa-Francorchamps is on their calendar every year.
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In 2017, in the year Ferrari turned 70, we were present for the first time at the Arts & Elégance concours of Peter Auto on the domains of the Chateau de Chantilly. 2017 was truly a Ferrari year. Everywhere we passed we saw the mostly red Italian thoroughbreds in abundance.
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Recently, you could read our article about the very special Volvo 850 Estate Super Tourer. Whoever thought that this was the end of it was wrong. It could get even crazier in the 90s with this course version of the Peugeot 806 SUV.
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Spa-Francorchamps: a name that rings a bell! Almost everyone ( car lover or not ) knows it is a car circuit. Francorchamps is one of the most mythical and beautiful that we can find on our globe. Next to the Nürburgring, Suzuka, Bathurst, Road America and Le Mans, Francorchamps is high on the list of “most beautiful race tracks in the world”, for most even on place 1. And we are incredibly lucky that it is in our country, Belgium.
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In its ten years of existence, Group C has produced many beautiful racing cars. Porsche, Mercedes, Mazda and Jaguar in particular have created some fine cars. And when it comes to the very best, the TWR Jaguars are in the top drawer.
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The sun was present at Goodwood this morning and would remain for the entire day. The many spectators that had turned up could certainly appreciate this. At half past eight British time, the first series of the day started and traditionally these are the pre-war “oldies”.
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