SPRINGBOK SERIES RETURNS
Remember the days when the air around racetracks was filled with the smell of braais, cooked brakes, worked clutches, burnt rubber? How about when driver changes, pit stop strategies and fuel tank size determined the running order and smaller capacity car often humbled the world’s best sports cars?
GTO ‘MONKEEMOBILE HEADS TO AUCTION
In a real tribute to its Swinging Sixties cult following, Historics at Brooklands has consigned a 1966 Pontiac GTO Coupe ‘Monkeemobile’ to its forthcoming summer sale on Tuesday July 19th.The iconic mid-60’s muscle car has long since been a revered species of US enthusiasts and fanatics worldwide, and attracted the gaze of the Anglo-American pop rock group ‘The Monkees’ in 1966, who welcomed the opportunity to create a promo car to reflect their growing on-screen status.
LENO & WORLD'S FIRST & LATEST BEETLE
Jay Leno, US TV star and one of the world’s greatest car collectors, became one of the first people outside Volkswagen to drive the new Beetle during a visit to the Company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, last week. Because of his filming commitments, Leno rarely travels outside the United States so he got a sneak peek at the new Beetle only days before the world media launch in Berlin. “To come to the place where a car is designed and developed tells you a lot about a car and the people who created it,” said Leno. “And Germany is the birthplace of the automobile, so it’s special to be here.”
