Mille Miglia Retrospective

To call Italy’s famed Mille Miglia an historic car rally would be accurate, but understated to the point of absurdity (a bit like calling Rome an old city). In fact, the Mille Miglia (a legendary, no holds barred annual race that ran from 1927 to 1957 and morphed into a mellower version in 1977) is part 1,000 mile road rally, part sheet metal fashion show. Millions of Italians take to the streets to watch the mechanical parade travel through countless Tuscan towns, but if the event’s new... Read Full Story

One of Chopard's most popular collections is the Mille Miglia. The collection encompasses a large array of different styles. The watches are Automatic with a precision Chronograph and a Tachymeter. A Tachymeter is a scale on the bezel which gives the speed of a moving object, in conjunction with the second hand. A Tachymeter takes a value determined in less than a minute and converts it into miles per hour. Perfect if you needed to know your speed on a lengthy race... Read Full Story

The 35th anniversary Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races highlights special events: Racing Legend Mario Andretti Named Guest of Honor for Historic Weekend 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C Mille Miglia from Ralph Lauren Collection Highlights Award-Winning Rolex Moments in Time Display Historic F1, Trans-Am, Can-Am and IMSA Race Cars Top Field of 400 Automobiles MONTEREY, Calif. - The Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year by... Read Full Story

Click on the picture to enlarge AUDI AG will be one of the main sponsors at the Mille Miglia for the first time. From 15 to 17 May 2008, Audi Tradition will take six historic automobiles to Brescia, where the 1,000-mile race across half of Italy starts and finishes. Taking part for the first time this year will be Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG. He will be piloting a Wanderer W 25. The three Wanderer W 25 cars from the years 1936, 1937 and 1938 are a... Read Full Story

1955 121LM Spyder by Scaglietti and 1951 212 Export Spyder by Carrozzeria Motto from the Estate of the Antoine Midy The Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Switzerland, 20 December 2008 Set in the heart of the Swiss Alps in the fairytale, five-star Palace Hotel in Gstaad, the Bonhams sale of Ferrari and other prestigious Italian motor cars is now in its 11th year. Headlining this year’s sale on 20 December will be two historically important competition Ferraris from the Estate of the late Antoine... Read Full Story