Innehållsförteckning för ISSUE 18 från Gentlemen Drive

Sometimes things do not go the way we plan them. As the Mille Miglia this year. We were half way but we enjoyed every minute of it when we were in the race. They say that if you know how to enjoy the process, you will enjoy the result no matter if the result is positive or negative. And it’s true. It’s something I learned some years ago when I left home and I started working as a car designer abroad. It was a challenge, a new job, a new country, another culture, another language... Although confident of my chances, everything was unknown and had no idea if my bet would be good or not. Without overwhelm myself I decided the best was to enjoy every moment. To be honest,…

2014 Best DRIVE 2014 Nominees The Ferrari F12 TRS is considered by our team Best DRIVE 2014/15 El Ferrari F12 TRS es considerado por nuestro equipo Best DRIVE 2014/15 Pagani Zonda Revolución 5 of 5 (Racing Car) The Zonda Revolucion is Pagani ’s greatest iteration of the Zonda supercar and will likely be the last. This last hurrah of greatness for the nameplate that dates back to 1999, the Revolucion is a hyper version of the already-hyper Zonda R. El Zonda Revolución es la mejor evolución del famoso modelo Zonda que Pagani presentó en 1999. El Revolución es una “hiper” versión del ya “hiper” deportivo Zonda R. Ferrari F12 TRS (One Off) Beside designing Ferrari production models, Ferrari Design department is busy creating one off models for their best clients.…

Dexter Brown’s work is a favorite with collectors all over the world. Brown is particularly famous for his paintings of racing cars and his portraits of famous actors created during his years as artist-in-residence at the Duke of York Theater, London. Brown enjoyed this freedom, saying in a recent interview: ‘It’s quite something to be given such a free hand. For some reason I just had this thing again about the cars. I started to think about films and TV programs that have cars in, and that made me drift sideways to actors and actresses I’ve always admired.’ Peter Fonda is depicted from Easy Rider; Paul Newman and Katherine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Steve McQueen and the Porsche 917 from Le Mans as well as his…

The 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held on Sunday 09 March, at its traditional location on the 10th and 18th fairways of The Golf Club of Amelia Island, adjacent to the Ritz Carlton Hotel. For this 20th anniversary edition, Bill Warner, the founder and Chairman of the concours committee, assembled a truly spectacular array of over 300 cars and motorcycles for everybody’s delectation. Within the number there were a number of unique examples, together with some exquisite examples from collections rarely seen in public. Each year I never cease to be amazed at the diversity and quality of the entries, a real tribute to the efforts of the selection committee. The 2015 Honouree was Sir Stirling Moss OBE, along with his wife, Lady Susie, who was fittingly the…

Otro de los eventos estrella del Espíritu de Montjuic 2015 ha sido la disputa del rally de regularidad “Targa Catalunya, tres circuitos una pasión”, una prueba en la que han participado 16 coches clásicos con pedigrí que, partiendo del Circuit de Catalunya, ha rodado como gran acontecimiento en el antiguo trazado del autódromo de Terramar. En esta edición ha participado el actor Maxi Iglesias, con un SEAT 124 Sport Coupé 1600 y con Fernando Salvador, responsable de Comunicación de la firma, en el asiento de la derecha. Cabe destacar la involucración de SEAT en este evento, con una enorme carpa en la que ha mostrado 12 de los prototipos que ha construido a lo largo de los años, tomando parte en todas las actividades del revival, desfiles incluidos. El ganador…

Our species, humans, have a tendency to create stereotypes and often are led by appearances. However, once we break this initial barrier we can find pleasant surprises. This is what has happened with the BMW i8. I was aware of the strategy of the brand to launch vehicles in the iBMW range and I was positively surprised by their daring; normally the German brands are somewhat more cautious and conservative in this type of gambles. A major marketing operation to position the brand at the highest level in terms of technology development and open the “premium” segment of electric and hybrid powered vehicles. My first real experience with the little brother of the family was, however, somewhat frustrating. And I do not want to criticise the i3 model or BMW.…

80s Supercar “In tune with its time, the Testarossa blends sophistication with awesome power. Beautiful, charismatic and exhilaratingly fast, it is the epitome of today’s supercar” “Supercars: Ferrari Testarossa” by Mark Hughes “A 300 kph living room. Formula One for the highway. Thouroughbred of the Ferrari stables. These are a few definitions which characterize the Testarossa, the top-of-the-line model at Maranello” “Ferrari Testarossa” by Paolo Murani (Automobilia) “But there’s more to a real Ferrari, and make no mistake, this red head is a real Ferrari. There are those years when Enzo Ferrari raced cars himself, worked with Alfa Romeo, and made them champions. Despite the comfort, into the Testarossa go all those years of tears, determination and victory. In short, it has a soul .....” “Ferrari Testarossa” by David Sparrow…

This was my fourth 1000 Miglia as a driver and as always, it became one of those experiences that cannot be forgotten. I took part in the first three with a magnificent Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Pininfarina from 1948 and that was driving in its day by the Italian driver Goffredo Zehender. Count “Freddy” was broadly involved in the European car scene between the 20s and the end of the 50s. He was also a driver for Mercedes-Benz GP, Maserati and, of course, Alfa Romeo. He was never a leading driver; I would define him as a “gentleman driver” thanks to his condition as Count and a mercenary on track, because races then were remunerated. He was a regular at the Monaco GP, of Italian races and even took…

Chevrolet Camaro 6.2 V8 Engine 6,2 liters V8 Motor 6,2 litros V8 Power 432 bhp @ 5500 rpm Potencia 432 CV @ 5500 rpm Torque 278 lb ft @ 4800 rpm Par 569 Nm @ 4800 rpm 0-100 km/h 5,2 s Top Speed 155 mph (limited) Velocidad Máxima 250 km/h (limited) My friend Haile and I spontaneously decided to take on a 5,000 mile road trip on a summer afternoon in Brooklyn, New York. We both had expressed our longing for adventure, to escape the hustle and bustle of New York City and a thirst to explore the American Southwest. The only way that made the most sense to fulfill this desire was to fly to Los Angeles, where Haile’s Camaro was hibernating — and where we would start our…

Cal Pere del Maset Restaurant Undoubtedly San Pau de Ordal, the small town of a little more than 500 citizens, located in the municipality of Subirats, in Alt Penedés, is a singular place. Do you remember the globalization attempt baptised as Esperanto? Well, San Pau de Ordal hosts, nothing more and nothing less than the Museo del Esperanto de Subirats. This museum was created in 1968 by Luis Hernández, in the premises of the pharmacy that he managed, the museum currently exhibits a notable collection of objects related to the Esperanto language, which generated so many “hopes” at the time, with the commendable concern of having a common planned language that would unite the world. Should you decide to visit it, you will see many objects, several thousands of magazines…