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After exhaustive research (okay, five minutes of haphazard Googling), I've yet to locate a car called a 'Volcano'. Unless it translates into something unmentionable in Ulan Bator, the manufacturers have missed a trick here.
The word has been on everyone's lips over the past week and, surely, the image of unimagined power, moving earth and crushing everything before it is an evocative one. I suppose they might be a bit uncontrollable but, hey, what's ABS and ESC for?
We've had Hurricanes, Typhoons, Tempests and Tornadoes, not to mention Cobras, Vipers and all manner of Spiders — none of which are known for their benefit to mankind. There are, I grant you, smoke and dust issues — surely nothing a decent catalyst couldn't sort out.
The Icelandic eruptions of recent days have caused us all a bit of bother, to say the least. Leading participants in the Tour Auto were held up due to travel problems. Arrangements for next weekend's Monaco Historics and attendant top–level car auctions have been made considerably more difficult, with cars, drivers, bidders and catalogue deliveries at the mercy of air traffic control and a plume of smoke just over the horizon.
Hopefully, things will have settled down by then, as I will be in Monaco for the long weekend of racetrack and saleroom activity.
Until then, enjoy this week's Classic Driver newsletter and you decide who's correct: should it be 'Shooting Brake' or 'Shooting Break'? It'll give you something to do at the airport.
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THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC DRIVER
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FEATURES
Bentley Continental Flying Star by Touring
Carrozzeria Touring's Bentley Continental Flying Star is the first of just 19 planned for production. Classic Driver visited the factory that has created this most exclusive shooting brake.
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IMPORTANT — VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND — BONHAMS MONACO SALE CATALOGUE
Due to the present airline flight restrictions caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the Bonhams Monaco catalogue is still held at the airline distribution centre in England. UK deliveries are unaffected. The 30 April sale can be viewed via this link to the ONLINE CATALOGUE
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AUCTIONS
Coys Légende et Passion at Monaco 30 April
The discerning collector, pausing to reflect between practice sessions at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix meeting, will find plenty of interest in Coys' 2010 Monaco sale catalogue.
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NEWS
Mercedes 'Shooting Break' Concept
Is it a saloon? Is it a coupé? Is it an estate car? Mercedes chooses to call its new concept a 'four–door coupé with sloping tail end', as the car makes its debut at the Beijing motor show.
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Bentley Mulsanne: Handcrafted Interior
The fourth in the series of Mulsanne production videos looks at the leather and wood interior of the new flagship Grand Tourer, evoking the world–famous quality of a Bentley.
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AUCTIONS
Barons' Jaguar Heritage Sale at Sandown Park 27 April
In this, the 75th anniversary of the Jaguar name, Barons has put together an excellent selection of cars from the last seven decades for its annual Jaguar Heritage sale at Sandown Park on 27 April.
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CLASSIC LIFE
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BMW Art Car: M3 GT2 by Jeff Koons
American Jeff Koons is the latest artist to create a BMW Art Car — the 17th such car since the series began in 1975. His highly colourful BMW M3 GT2 will be presented to the public on 1 June at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
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| APRIL — MAY 2010 |
30.04. — 30.04.
Bonhams Auction — Les Grandes Marques à
Monaco
30.04. — 30.04.
COYS 'Legende et Passion' Auction, Monaco
05.05. — 08.05.
Mille Miglia 2010
09.05. — 09.05.
Frank Dale & Stepsons Open Day, London, UK
22.05. — 22.05.
Bonhams Auction — Aston Martin Lagonda Limited Works Service, Newport Pagnell
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Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano F1
Colour Rosso Corsa with special factory order Grigio Opaco roof
Interior colour Black
Mileage 2.413 km / 1.499 mi
Drive RHD
Year 1/2010
Price 197.950 GBP
Location Swindon, UK
Dick Lovett Ferrari Swindon
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Jaguar E-type SI Roadster
Colour White
Interior colour Black
Drive LHD
Year 1961
Price P.O.R. GBP
Location Bourne, UK
Hall & Hall
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