The car was designed by Zagato Atelier's Chief Designer, Norihiko Harada especially for the well known
American car collector and long time Aston Martin enthusiast, Peter Read.
I am also a Contributing Editor to Road & Track Magazine, as well as Editor - at - Large for Sports Car Market and
American Car Collector Magazines for the past decade.
Not exact matches
Bourassa is a
car collector from Scottsdale, Arizona, and he's agreed to let me drive two of the rarest
American cars in his collection.
Still a sensational
American sports
car today, but back in 1986,
car collectors wondered if a Depression - era Stutz would hold its value because its primary owner body was aging rapidly.
The dramatic quartet of
cars is owned by Irish -
American collector John Campion and belongs to a motorsport breed that's a rare sight in the States — a place where rallying has historically been met with disinterest.
It's hard to imagine now, when
collector cars are treated like prized pieces of fine art, but there used to be a time when most
collectors couldn't have cared less about Ferraris, and millions of
Americans lived their entire lives without ever once seeing one on TV, much less in person.
«The Shelby GT40 MK II 50th anniversary edition is just the kind of
car that Shelby
collectors and «60s - era race fans appreciate about our legacy and want in their collection,» said Keith Belair, Shelby
American Chief Operating Officer.
This
American icon has the vintage nostalgic looks of the iconic «1940 «s
collector cars.
After sending out feelers to its clients,
American Ferrari
collector James Glickenhaus eventually agreed to back the project by commissioning his
car as a modern homage to great Ferrari sports racing
cars such as the 330 P3 / 4, 512 S, 312 P, and 333 SP on the last unregistered U.S. - spec Enzo chassis.
He remains an influential member of the
collector car industry, serving over the years as a special advisor to Carroll Shelby for the Carroll Shelby Foundations and Shelby
American, Inc..
this
american icon has the nostalgic looks of the iconic «1940 «s
collector cars with the performance enhancements and feature comforts of the current day custom performance sports
cars.
Zagato already has homes for three of the
cars —
American collector Eric King gets one plus one sold in Europe and one to Japan — but there are six more up for grabs.
Collectors from all over the world have been waiting for the
car ever since Chrysler showed it off as a concept vehicle three years ago at the North
American International Auto Show in Detroit.
A Sunday New York Times article stated «This new breed of
collector, armed with an automated system that dials tens of thousands of
Americans every hour and puts their Social Security numbers, addresses and credit histories at the operator's fingertips, is chasing down late
car payments, overdue credit card debt and lapsed installment loans.»
The Limited
Collector's Edition offers exclusive content, including the «
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Car Pack and «VIP»
Car Pack, as well as additional downloadable content, and VIP membership status.
The concept of the
car, and the
car crash, is such an quintessentially
American image that I can't help but think of him as a Pop artist, or at least one who falls in between the Abstract Expressionist and Pop concepts; perhaps that's why he's never fit into the tidy little box that many
collectors need.
American collectors of antique
cars sometimes spend hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars acquiring and finishing antique
cars — so they want to be sure that if anything happens to their
car, they will be fairly compensated.