Rétromobile has been running since 1976, when the most expensive car in the world cost less than $100,000 and long before the term retro had become fashionable. It is one of those places where auctions truly can throw up some remarkable objets d'automotive art. This year it did not disappoint.
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The press release touts Concorso d'Elegenza Villa d'Este as "the world's most exclusive beauty contest for historic automobiles and motorcycles," a statement which reflects the small number of elite vehicles chosen for display each year. This year just 51 cars and 41 motorcycles competed.
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It's a simple concept yet at least four cars are regularly claimed to be the world's first sportscar. Mike Hanlon looks at the validity of the claims of the four contenders and adds another four, choosing a new winner.
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Proof that priceless automotive barn finds are still out there is the discovery of 60 cars untouched for 50 years on a French farm included four Ferraris, eight Delahayes, a Hispano Suiza H6B, a Maserati A6G and nine Talbot Lagos. Sure enough, one of the Ferrari's was a California Spider.
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