Italy Celebrates Their Most Stylish Cars

Italy Celebrates The Most Stylish Cars In The World!

Museums across Italy have joined forces to celebrate 110 years of the most stylish cars in the world, with the country’s leading museums organizing displays of the most celebrated cars produced in Italy and headlined by a special display the Galleria Ferrari, the official museum of Italy’s legendary super car maker.

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Under the banner of “L’Automobile Italiana” (The Italian Automobile), the nationwide series of exhibitions will attract car lovers from around the world and will run throughout the northern summer until 31 October 2009.

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Italian cars are international symbols of style, class, elegance, technology and performance, and “L’Automobile Italiana” brings together the great iconic Italian marques as part of a voyage of discovery of the most exclusive products of Italian ingenuity between 1899, the year in which Fiat was founded, and the present day.

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The exhibition illustrates the extent to which the automobile has changed our way of life and customs at various turning points in history, and the influence of creative thought and the economy on the evolution of the cars themselves.

It holds a mirror up to an entire era, revealing the advertisements, the aspirations, the sense of freedom and escape, and scientific application involved. This is the story of an entire century told by looking at the car, which probably more than anything else has characterised its direction and fuelled the dreams of every strata of society.

In its role as official Ferrari museum and home to Maranello’s permanent single-seater and GT collections, the Galleria Ferrari has for the occasion decided to pay special homage to such technological masterpieces as the 1907 FIAT 130 HP, the 1954 Lancia Aurelia B 24, the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B and the 1948 Maserati A6 1500 as well staging the “110 Years of the World’s Most Beautiful Cars” exhibition of photography with original film clips produced by the various marques.

The Galleria Ferrari is taking part in the exhibition in collaboration with other prestige collections which include: the Museo dell’Automobile di Torino at the Turin Esposizioni centre, the Collezione Umberto Panini at Corlo di Formigine (just a few kilometres outside Modena), the Museo Nicolis dell’Auto, della Tecnica, della Meccanica at Villafranca near Verona, and the Centro Storico Fiat, home to the designs and actual vehicles (destined for air, sea and land) produced by the renowned multi-faceted Italian company over the years. Other museums across Italy will include special “L’Automobile Italiana” presentations within their normal displays.

Until October 31, visitors will enjoy reduced entry fees at the other museums involved in the exhibition when they produce the ticket purchased at the first one they visit. Most importantly of all, they will be able to book very special visits to two private collections: the Collezione Umberto Panini, which houses one of the most complete collections of Maseratis in the world, and the Centro Storico Fiat, which opened in 1963 and is based in the first extension made to the workshops on Corso Dante in Turin, where Fiat began life.

EXHIBITION VENUE AND CONTACT DETAILS:

Galleria Ferrari

Via Dino Ferrari 43 - 41053 Maranello

Open every day, including holidays, all day from 9.30-18.00.

Opening hours extended to 19.00 between May 1st and September 30th.

Closed 25/12 and 01/01 only.

Tel. +39 0536 949713

Fax +39 0536 949714

galleria@ferrari.it

www.galleria.ferrari.com

Entry fee applies.

Archivio e Centro Storico Fiat (Fiat Historical Centre and Archive)

Via Chiabrera 20-24 a - 10126 Torino

Guided tours for groups only – booking through the Associazione Itineraria

Tel. +39 011 4347954 / +39 011 4331574

itineraria@tiscali.it

No entry fee.

Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile “Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia”

Torino Esposizioni c/o Padiglione Giovanni Agnelli

Corso Massimo D’Azeglio 15

10125 Torino

Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00-18.30.

Closed Mondays.

Until 13th September 2009

Tel. +39 011 6599872

info@museoauto.it

Entry fee applies.

Museo Nicolis dell’Auto, della Tecnica, della Meccanica

Via Postumia - 37069 Villafranca di Verona

Tuesday to Sunday, all day from 10.00-18.00.

Closed Mondays.

Tel. +39 045 6303289 / 800 189699

Fax +39 045 7979493

museonicolis@museonicolis.com

www.museonicolis.com

Entry fee applies.

Collezione Umberto Panini Motor Museum

via Corletto Sud 320

41100 Modena

Monday to Friday: 10.00-12.00/16.00-1800.

Advance booking by phone required. Closed November, December and January. Tel. +39 059 510660

west@hombre.it

No entry fee.

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