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Volkswagen Beetle says final goodbye at Mille Miglia

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The end is finally nigh for the 'maggiolino.'

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Volkswagen Beetle says final goodbye at Mille Miglia originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 17 May 2019 08:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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10 things you learn driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing in the Mille Miglia

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Its quirks baffle, and its capabilities surprise.

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Petrolicious finds the cutest Zagato racecar ever

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Petrolicious goes for a ride in the last surviving 1949 Fiat Topolino 750 MM by Zagato, and this is the cutest vintage racecar you've ever seen.

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Petrolicious finds the cutest Zagato racecar ever originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xcar experiences the 2015 Mille Miglia from a Jaguar C-Type

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Xcar shows what it's really like to take part in the Mille Miglia by experiencing the entire historic rally from the seat of a Jaguar C-Type.

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Xcar experiences the 2015 Mille Miglia from a Jaguar C-Type originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Petrolicious relives history with Stirling Moss and his Mercedes SLR

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For its latest video, Petrolicious caught up with Stirling Moss and the classic Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with which he set the Mille Miglia record that still stands to this day.

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Petrolicious relives history with Stirling Moss and his Mercedes SLR originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 13 May 2015 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s what a front-row seat looked like in 2014 Mille Miglia

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Jaguar F-Type Mille Miglia

From 1927 to 1957, the Mille Miglia was one of the great, romantic European road races of the golden era of motorsports. The cars were fast, beautiful and loud but also extremely dangerous and regularly claimed drivers' lives. After two fatal accidents in '57, the event finally had to reform and came back in 1977 as a historic rally held over the course of several days. That didn't make things boring, though, and Xcar found that out firsthand with a front-row seat to this year's race in a 2015 Jaguar F-Type R Coupe.

Xcar was actually following the Jaguar team this year that included Ian Callum and Jay Leno in an XK120, which we previously got a glimpse of when it was covered on Jay Leno's Garage. Where Leno focuses on a more personal story of competing, this one takes a more macro view. You really get an idea of how crazy the Mille Miglia still is, and while the F-Type is way too new to actually compete in the rally, it can still wear an event sticker and drive with the vintage racers.

One amazing fact about today's Mille Miglia is that if you're competing in the event, there are basically no rules. The roads are technically still open to traffic, but the police shut down intersections and provide a rolling roadblock. Xcar's F-Type alternated between following on the course with the classics and snipping off chunks of the route to watch the participants arrive at each stop. Check out the video to experience fantastic historic rally.

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Here's what a front-row seat looked like in 2014 Mille Miglia originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Leno and Ian Callum pilot Jaguar XK120 at 2014 Mille Miglia

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Jay Leno Mille Miglia Jaguar XK120

Jay Leno has been in a British mood recently with his videos highlighting the McLaren P1, 1962 Norton 650SS and Steve McQueen's 1956 Jaguar XKSS. He's keeping the streak alive this week with a look at driving a Jaguar XK120 in the 2014 Mille Miglia historic rally with Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum.

The video show off Jay Leno's Garage in top form. It's way more than just Jay driving the 1,000-mile route from Brescia, Italy, to Rome and back. He also includes interviews with Stirling Moss about winning the race back in 1955, and racer Martin Brundle about what it's like to drive a long-nose Jaguar D-Type this year.

Today, the Mille Miglia is only for historic cars, and it has a much more relaxed pace than the original all-out event. However, this isn't entirely a cruise. Leno seems scared at times talking about it because the drivers are free to ignore the speed limits and open the cars up as much as they are willing to. The roads aren't shut down for regular traffic, either, and things can be dangerous.

Sit down and make sure you have the video in HD because this is among the best from Jay Leno's Garage. Scroll down to watch.

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Leno and Ian Callum pilot Jaguar XK120 at 2014 Mille Miglia originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 02 Jun 2014 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Classic Mercedes 300SL Gullwing comes to troubling end at Mille Miglia

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Wrecked Mercedes-Benz 300SL

The Mille Miglia was once one of Europe's premiere sports car racing events, but eventually it got too dangerous and was canceled. Decades later, the race was converted into a historic rally without as much real motorsport competition, and it's now an event which lets wealthy owners stretch the legs of their classics in the Italian countryside.

However, the cars are still running on public roads, and that can be dangerous. Just look at this calamity suffered by Konstantin Sixt, heir to the Sixt rental car company, when his Mercedes-Benz 300SL coupe with its famous gullwing doors hit a BMW 1 Series. Thankfully, there were no serious injuries reported.
The Gullwing is worth in the neighborhood of $1 million, if recent sales are any indication, and it appears to have been badly damaged in the accident. Of course, with a car of this worth, there's little doubt it will live to see another day, and possibly another Mille if the owner remains unswayed. Scroll down watch a brief video for a better look at this German classic's current, thoroughly wrinkled condition.

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Classic Mercedes 300SL Gullwing comes to troubling end at Mille Miglia originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 21 May 2014 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Watch Chris Harris pilot a vintage Jaguar C-Type at the Mille Miglia

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Jaguar is a regular runner in the Mille Miglia - in 2010 it entered 27 cars in the historic rally to celebrate its 75th anniversary. This year, in celebration of the F-Type, it registered just four cars with the factory team, but it loaded them up with some bigwig UK celebs like Daniel Day Lewis and Jasmin Le Bon. Chris Harris, our own autoverse celeb, was given a seat in a Jaguar C-Type with professional racing driver Alex Buncombe.

While Harris takes us on a tour of the route, he takes us on an even better tour of what the Mille Miglia is and what it takes to run it. It's a mess of memories, minutes, mementos and sleepless nights. The C-Type was first owned by Juan Manuel Fangio. Stages are timed and require one to drive at a set speed - once, when Buncombe and Harris arrive 90 minutes early they're forced to sit in the car for an hour. Then they sleep for four hours before getting back into a C-Type with an unsilenced exhaust. "There's no better way to get tinnitus."

You can watch the highlights of Harris' run from Brescia to Rome and back in the video below.

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Watch Chris Harris pilot a vintage Jaguar C-Type at the Mille Miglia originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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