CAR GUYS
The Culture of Owning a Classic Car
What is life like with your vintage car? How do other people react to it? And what led you to buy it? These are the seemingly banal questions that intrigue classic car lovers of all stripes. Car Guys offers answers with 30 black-and-white photo stories and accompanying interviews with classic car owners from St. Moritz via Monte Carlo to Capri. This book is an aesthetic look at people who love cars, an inspiration for anyone who already owns a classic or who wants to fulfill this dream.
Release: February 2020
Language: English
Format: 23 × 30 cm · Hardcover
Extent: 432 pages · 330 black-and-white photographs
Content: 30 photo stories · 30 interviews
Concept / photography / text: Fabrizio D’Aloisio
Design: Dario Cantoni (SPOT Agency), St. Moritz
Print: Grafiche Milani, Milan
Foreword: Monty Shadow
Text contributions: Jan Baedeker, Stefan Bogner, Shayan Bokaie, Federico Fabbri, Ted Gushue, Alberto Vassallo
ISBN: 978-3-033-07430-9
Availability: Out of print
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Press
“The quality of the shots and their reproduction have a very high standard and the layout is absolutely in line with the type of product, characterized by a beautiful allure and elegance.”
“And we must confess: It’s an instant classic!”
“This unusually high-quality produced book with over 400 pages and a weight of three kilograms is a pan-opticon in the best sense of the word. The author has captured the described characters and their automotive alter egos with an extraordinarily sensitive, unpretentious lens. The result is a wonderfully diverse kaleidoscope of a passion that runs through generations, professions, provenances and sociologies and unites them beyond all differences. 5 stars!”
Featured
Cars
Mercedes 300 SEL, Lancia Delta Integrale, Fiat 500F, Porsche 911 SC, Autobianchi A112 Abarth, Ferrari F355 F1, Ford Mustang Fastback, Volvo PV544 Sport, Porsche 911 993 Carrera 4, VW Käfer Cabrio, BMW 850i, Porsche 944, Lagonda M35 Le Mans Rapide, Pontiac Trans Am, Aston Martin DB4, Lancia Beta Coupé, Triumph TR6, Porsche 912, Jaguar E-Type Series One, Rover Mini Cooper 1300, Porsche 911 964 Carrera 4, Fiat 500 Giardiniera, Lancia 037, Rolls Royce Corniche FHC, Saab 900 Turbo Convertible Monte Carlo, Lamborghini Countach, Porsche 911T, Bentley Continental R Coupé, Fiat Panda 4x4 Val d’Isere, Alfa Romeo SZ
Places
St. Moritz, Monte Carlo, Lake Como, Capri, Amalfi Coast, Rome, Zurich, Bregaglia, Lake Geneva, Locarno, Morcote, Klosters, Davos, Lake Constance, Varese, Milan
Car Guys
Alfred Riederer, Chris Knetsch, Alexandra Knetsch, Werner Pircher, Claudio Enz, Rudolf Fopp, Davide Cantoni, Andrea Klainguti, Cristina Seeberger, Irene Schauerte, Roland Schmid, Mario Plaz, Louis Frey, Jürg Oschwald, Martin Steppacher, Andrea Biffi, Riccardo Frulli, Carl Gustav Magnusson, Marco Makaus, Simone Sven Ventrella, Alberto Federico, Michela Giovinetti, Ronnie Kessel, Urs Barmettler, Christian Jott Jenny, Raul Marchisio, Martina Pichlmeier, Eugenio Amos, Duccio Lopresto, Guglielmo Miani