For over 30 years, Fine Sports Cars has been producing correct and authentic remanufactured examples of the most legendary sports racing cars of the past. Many of these original cars can be found in museums, or private collections throughout the world - most will never be seen on the track or in public again.
 

Fine Sports Cars workshops specialize in remanufacturing rare Italian and British sports racing cars. Our Aston Martin DBR2 is built to original specifications from copies of the original drawings and specifications.

 
Fine Sports Cars remanufactures the world’s most famous classic cars, vintage cars, vintage exotic cars, vintage sports cars; including vintage race cars as well as old classic antique cars. We are especially proud to offer our classic Jaguar cars – the sanctioned Norman Dewis D-Type, XKSS and XJ13; the Bizzarrini designed 250GTO and 5300GT, and Alfredo Vignale’s 340MM and 375 America. We are a member of the following associations: Ferrari Club of America, Sports Car Club of America, International Motor Sports Association, Porsche Club of America, and Vintage Can-Am Club.

Fine Sports Cars' Uncompromising Approach
Our goal is to provide our clients with a chance to relive the days when driving a sports racing car was art in motion and delivered a renewed appreciation for excitement and being alive. Fine Sports Cars has an uncompromising approach to design, engineering, coach building, and the vintage automobile business.
 

 
Prized Possession
The cars we have produced for our clients are highly collectable works of automotive art and are their prized possessions; these are cars that recognize and represent their owner's taste, flair, drive, and ambition. As with your own most cherished possessions, your Fine Sports Cars automobile will become part of your family heritage, an heirloom to be passed onto the next generation.
 

 
Create your own unique motorsport experiences and memories that will last a lifetime.
 

 
Such special cars can not be bought off of the shelf, and our hand-crafted cars take dedication and time to build. Fine Sports Cars commitment to design excellence, engineering and craftsmanship delivers unique automobiles for enthusiasts who seek out timeless designs, and the chance to own, drive, and enjoy one of the world’s most famous and rare automobiles.
 

 
As with all fine works of art, originality, documentation, and provenance, ensures the future value of our automobiles for our clients.
 

 
Customization and Documentation
Each one of our continuation automobiles is issued with full documentation, including a personalized numbered door and chassis plate.
 

 
Our sanctioned cars are especially prized for their personalized documentation from the entity and/or motorsport engineer or personality certifying the historic authenticity of the car. Norman Dewis with the first prototype D-Type pictured here.
 

 
For example, in Italy we collaborate with motorsport legends and engineers such as: Giotto Bizzarrini, and Alfredo Vignale to help bring a continuation of their most famous creations to life again.
 

All Fine Sports Cars authentically hand-crafted automobiles come with original titles from the donor car which is used to provide original parts. Where other original parts are required we will source the original parts for our clients. The engine supplied is the accurate type of engine for the model concerned, and is completely rebuilt to the original specifications.
 

 
Our cars can be used in competition at selected vintage events, or registered for road use. Fine Sports Cars also offers an extensive list of optional and designer upgrades to customize each of our clients' cars, including Grifo performance and handling upgrades.
 

 
Fine Sports Cars - Italian Workshops
Our Italian workshops restore classic Italian cars and remanufacture our sanctioned and continuation cars for our clients. Where possible, our expert teams construct each car to the factory specifications of the original car using one or more of the following: accurate reproduction bucks, the original car, the original mechanical drawings, factory archives, consultation with marque and club historians; and input from the original factory, engineer, designer, and drivers.
 

 
Fine Sports Cars workshops produce sanctioned and continuation cars, not originals...they can never be original, but each car is an extremely faithful reproduction.
 

 
Collaborating with Legendary Italian Automotive Designers and Engineers
We are honored to be collaborating with legendary designers, engineers, and carrozzeria families such as; the Grifo Group, Giotto Bizzarrini, and Alfredo Vignale, to recreate motorsports most famous Italian sports racing cars. Our sanctioned cars are especially prized for their rarity and personalized documentation. Each car’s personalized certificate provides the new owner with a unique and valuable connection to the historic past of the model car being constructed.
 

Our Italian sanctioned and continuation cars are hand-crafted by local artisans in our workshops located in the same region of Italy where these original sports racing cars were born, in some cases by the same artisans and carrozzeria families that worked on the original cars. We also offer the option to upgrade each car with both interior and exterior designer options. In most cases the original designer, engineer, or driver has suggested specific upgrades for us to offer with their cars. These include engine and drive train options to suit road or track use.
 

 
Fine Sports Cars - Italian Showroom
Our showroom in Italy provides us with unique access to rare cars and vintage parts in Europe which never reach the open market. We feature some of these cars on our web site under “consignment cars”.
 

 
Our staff in Italy will meet our clients at the airport and travel with them to visit our showroom and workshops, meet with our consulting engineers and designers, and view our remanufactured automobiles and “original” cars for sale under consignment.
 

 
If you are searching for a rare and unique car please contact us – many cars change hands privately and are never advertized. In many cases we work together with our clients to locate rare limited production models which are held in private collections. Many owners or buyers do not wish to sell or buy their car on the open market or at auction. In this case we negotiate a sale and purchase confidentially on behalf of our client with the representative of the owner or seller.

 
Our workshops and showroom in Italy offer a variety of services such as classic exotic cars for sale and classic sports cars for sale. Their on site workshop services include restoration services and classic restoration cars for sale. The showroom always proudly displays a number of classic race cars and old classic cars for sale including vintage collector cars. They trade and buy vintage cars, buy classic cars, and conduct classic car searches on behalf of our clients as well as a classic car finder service. The office regularly seeks out unusual vintage cars for sale for clients and sell vintage cars to enthusiasts around the world.

One sentiment, held by motorsport enthusiasts worldwide, is that every Italian race car has a “secret” which is only known by its creator. Combine this “secret” with the folklore and tradition that infuse the hand-crafting of Italian automobiles...and the only missing piece of the puzzle is when you hear those timeless words from the seat of your own sports racing car...“gentlemen start your engines”.

Scuderia Vignale - Creating State-of-the-Art Custom Designer Sportscars
Alfredo Zanellato Vignale’s vision is to work to continue the Vignale family’s history of creating custom state-of-the–art “designer” sports cars, especially for those enthusiasts who wish to design and own their own custom prototype sports car. Each Scuderia Vignale partner brings over 50 years of experience in designing and constructing sports racing cars. Alfredo Zanellato Vignale, renowned engineer, designer, and nephew of Alfredo Vignale, has always wanted to follow the footsteps his family’s Carrozzeria business. The opportunity presented itself in 2009. In a casual meeting between Fine Sports Cars, Vignale, and the Grifo Group, the discussion centered on the Vignale family’s most famous and historic automobile creations.
 

 
Scuderia Vignale was established to continue the Vignale tradition of creating state-of-the-art designer sports racing cars. Scuderia Vignale partners - Marina Caselli, Grifo Group; Dr. Michael Prior, Fine Sports Cars; and Alfredo Zanellato Vignale.
 

 
All agreed, that there were too few of the original Vignale bodied cars created and most are now only found in museums or private collections throughout the world, rarely seen in public, and never reach the open market for sale. Alfredo recounted admiring each of the Vignale special cars with his uncle at Carrozzeria Vignale. His dream has always been to see his family’s creations grace the road and track again and for him to carry on the family’s rich tradition of designing limited production sports racing cars...and so the plan was set, the three partners would work together to make Alfredo’s dream a reality.

Fine Sports Cars - Aston Martin and Jaguar Workshop
Fine Sports Cars Aston Martin and Jaguar workshop specializes in restoration and remanufacturing rare and historic British sports racing cars.
 

 
Fine Sports Cars is excited to be working with legendary motorsport and Jaguar expert, Norman Dewis, to turn back time for a few lucky Jaguar enthusiasts.
 

Once again the most famous historic British sports racing cars will be brought to life, to again grace the most historic tracks in the world.
 

Our engineers, designers, and coachbuilders construct each car to the factory specifications of the original car, where possible using one or more of the following; the accurate reproduction bucks, the original car, the original mechanical drawings, factory and designer archives, consultation with marque and club historians; and input from the original factory, engineer, designer, and drivers.
 

 
We use time honored traditional coach building techniques.

 
Precision Engineering
Each car is hand-crafted and assembled by our expert craftsmen to factory specifications, ready to thrill its new owner. Cars are constructed using the time honored hands-on English wheel technique as used by the original factory craftsmen, producing exact recreations of the greatest European sports racing cars.
 

   Above: 330 P4 front suspension
   Right: Rear of D-Type body being fitted

 
Our goal is to produce a car with the exact “look and feel” of the original.
 

 
Precision engineering ensures the mechanical elements all work in perfect harmony to provide our clients with the original on-the-road performance and driving experience.

Our workshop constructs all of our sports racing cars from donor cars. We offer vintage car restoration service and the workshop also sells restored vintage cars, and offers classic cars for sale. The engineers specialize in classic Jaguar cars, classic Aston Martin cars, and vintage Italian cars. This workshop has access to, and provides Fine Sports Cars with many of our donor cars - as the region has many vintage cars for sale, classic old cars for sale, and sports cars for sale that are rarely seen or offered on the open market here in North America.

Certification and Documentation
Every Fine Sports Cars British continuation automobile comes with full documentation, including a door and chassis plate. Our limited edition sanctioned cars are especially prized for their rarity and personalized documentation from the entity certifying the car.
 

 
Like every enthusiast, we really enjoy working with legendary motorsport designers, engineers, factories, and drivers to bring these historic works of automotive art to life.
 

Norman Dewis

 
Norman Dewis, Fine Sports Cars Consulting Engineer for the historic Norman Dewis D-Type. Norman was Jaguar Cars Chief Test Development Engineer and Driver, with a career spanning 33 years. He tested and developed a remarkable series of cars including: the C-Type, D-Type, E-Type, and XJ13, as well as driving the “works” D-Type in the 1955 Le Mans.
 

 
Here Norman Dewis is pictured with Michael Prior, Fine Sports Cars President, along side the first D-Type prototype car.
 

Giotto Bizzarrini

 
Giotto Bizzarrinis’s passion was to develop race cars to win at Le Mans. As Chief Development Engineer and Test driver for Ferrari, he developed Ferrari’s most famous historic race cars, the 250SWB, 250 Testa Rossa, and the infamous 250GTO. Later he went onto develop his own range of Grifo cars under is own name.
 

Giotto Bizzarrini is shown above with Fine Sports Cars President Michael Prior in Livorno overlooking the Mediterranean. Fine Sports Cars is thrilled to be working in collaboration with Giotto Bizzarrini to once again bring to life his sports racing cars.
 

Sig. Alfredo Vignale

 
Sig. Alfredo Vignale in his design studio discussing the Vignale 340MM Barchetta and 375 America design with Fine Sports Cars President, Michael Prior.
 

Mille Miglia Museum

Mille Miglia Storica. Nowadays, timing rather than speed is of the essence for the enthusiasts from around the world who race their vintage cars, dating from 1927 to 1957. This magnificent parade of classic machines has earned the Mille Miglia the reputation of being “the most beautiful road race in the world”. Every May, Brescia becomes the meeting place for the rich, famous and passionate as they prepare to do battle over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of Italian roads.
 

 
The Mille Miglia Trophy seen here holding pride of place in the foyer of the Mille Miglia Museum in Brescia, Italy.

 
Have your valued Fine Sports Cars race car specially prepared and tuned for the actual race track, road conditions, or altitude where you will be driving.
 

 
Fine Sports Cars is pleased to offer our clients an annual contract for pre-race preparation of their race car(s) and track-side assistance if required.
 

 
Our preparation service and event support are available for our clients in any location around the world. We are also able to offer shipping and delivery of your car(s) to any location in the world.

 
The collector car market for classic collector cars for sale, has become much stronger in 2010 with more classic vintage cars for sale and also being sold compared to 2009. Vintage car sales have now come into their own. Investors are now moving away from the stock market and real estate and investing in classic and vintage cars.
 

 
Sports Car Market reported that the Monterey auctions (August 2010) sales increased by over 40% to $172 million.

 
Exotic Classic Cars of Every Kind at Monterey
The different auction houses in Monterey offer many different types of classic sports cars for sale during the weekend events. These include exotic classic cars, vintage classic cars for sale and classic race cars, as well as collector sports cars.
 

 
Norman Dewis, Fine Sports Cars Consulting Engineer and one of the true legends of the British motoring industry, shares some classic racing stories with British models working at the Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey show in August 2010.
 

 
This year's auctions drew a wide range of bidders and spectators each with their own special interest - ranging from classic old cars to vintage cars for sale USA, and Aston Martin classic cars for sale. It is interesting to note that the classic race cars for sale section of these auction houses' inventory has also shown an increase in the past 5 years as these cars have become more popular.

Huge Growth in Classic Car Publications and Web Sites
Many antique and classic cars enthusiasts today, when looking at an old classic car and restored classic cars for sale, consider the 100% original vintage cars to be preferable to the restored classic cars for sale. In recent years there has been a huge growth in publications offering classic car classified sections which feature classic cars, vintage cars, and classic racing cars. Web sites featuring classic old cars, vintage old cars as well as classic used cars have also proved to be very popular with enthusiasts looking for vintage old cars and classic sport cars for sale. Many of these sites feature some excellent classic car photos on their collector car sales section of their sites, as well as current collector car values and vintage car values from auctions around the world.

 
Fine Sports Cars: Recreating the World's Rarest Historic Sports Cars
As the market for rare original collector cars and classic exotic cars continues to grow, so does the market for Fine Sports Cars remanufactured sports racing cars. Offered at a fraction of the cost of purchasing an original car, Fine Sports Cars automobiles are eligible to apply for an HTP certificate. These papers provide entrance to selected vintage race events around the world - granting membership to the exclusive vintage racing world - racing with and next to original historic cars.

What Defines Our Remanufactured Cars?
We have many clients call us and ask the difference between Fine Sports Cars’ remanufactured cars and a replica classic car, such as a replica Ferrari or replica Maserati. We also have calls asking for information about continuation cars, tribute cars, Ferrari clones or Maserati clones and Ferrari recreations, Maserati recreations, and Aston Martin recreations.
 

 
The key difference is that Fine Sports Cars’ expert teams construct each car to the “exact” factory specifications of the original car using one or more of the following: accurate reproduction bucks, the original car, the original mechanical drawings, factory archives, consultation with marque and club historians; and input from the original factory, engineer, designer, and drivers.
 

 
Please view our full range of cars section to appreciate what we believe is the world’s widest range of recreations and clones that are “exact” in every detail, such as our factory period correct replica Ferrari 250TR, replica Ferrari 250SWB, replica California Spyder, replica Maserati, replica Aston Martin Zagato, and replica Jaguar D-Type and XKSS models.
 

 
Built to exact original specifications, we believe the value of our sports racing cars will track the future value curve of the original cars, and prove not only to be a great investment but deliver motorsport experiences that will last a lifetime!
 

 
Preliminary Monterey results show $172m in sales!
– SCM Weekly Insider August 2010
 

 

SCM Publisher Keith Martin commented “Some thought our $140m in projected sales for Monterey was hopelessly optimistic in the face of a flailing economy. Yet the overall sales of $172m surpassed that prediction by $32m and surpassed last year's total of $120m by a staggering $52m. This proved that there is still enormous discretionary wealth in the upper echelon of the collector car world. Further, I believe these sales results are evidence that in the face of lackluster stock market and still-falling real estate prices, investors are moving their money into a segment of the market that is showing appreciation, which is collector cars. My next prediction - hang on to your hats, the roller coaster is just beginning to gather steam.”

RM Total: $67 million
Selling Percentage: 93
This is up approximately $32m from last year's $35.6m.

Gooding Total: $65.5 million
This is up approximately $15m from last year's $51m.

Annual rare-car show draws fans with large wallets < Click to read more
- msnbc.com August 23, 2010
If the recent classic car show at Pebble Beach is any indication, the market for these rare models has bounced back in a big way.

Monterey Auction Report – Massive Monterey Money
– Rick Cary August 30, 2010
The 2010 Monterey auction record total is largely attributable to one simple fact: thirty-two cars brought successful hammer bids of a million dollars or more, total successful bids of $72,400,000, $83,417,000 with commission, just over half the week’s record total sale. The top sale still sent to a Ferrari, Gooding & Company’s 250 GT Long Wheelbase California Spider at $7.6 million. Conclusions from this cacophony of collecting commercialism are many, not least that the market for high end cars is strong...Monterey soundly topped this year’s Arizona auctions’ total sale of $120.8 million and posted more dollars in the sale column than any previous Arizona auctions total while doing so with less than half as many cars. Monterey has become the battleground for the big guns in collector car auctions. It is a duel of giants, particularly between RM and Gooding where in 2010 RM recaptured its place as the most successful Monterey auction, doing so by the slim – by Monterey standards – with a margin of just $1.4 million, 2.2%.

 
Classic Cars Beat S&P 500
By Seth Lubove – Bloomberg News August 24, 2010

Seeking Hard Assets
Today, with the stock market in the doldrums, investors seeking hard assets are turning to vintage cars - often for more than $1 million, says Keith Martin, publisher of Sports Car Market magazine in Portland. “At the moment, important cars are making crazy money,” he says. “Baby boomers still have all the money. Half of them are saying, ‘I always wanted a Ferrari SWB.’”

Cars Outperformed Stocks
Collectible cars have outperformed stocks, at least in the past four years, according to the Hagerty’s Cars That Matter “Blue Chip” Index, compiled by auto appraiser David Kinney of Great Falls, Virginia. The index, which contains the estimated values of 25 of the most popular collectible autos, increased more than 61 percent from September 2006, when it started, to the end of July.

That compares with a 16 percent loss in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The 1958 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder LWB gained 131 percent in that period to an estimated value of $3.3 million, according to the HCTM index.

Parking Their Money
“We’re seeing more and more people who want the car they wanted as a kid,” says Steve Davis, Barrett-Jackson’s president, en route to his customary spot on the podium behind the auctioneer. “Now, because their portfolios have been impacted, they’re parking their money in something that has value and that they can also touch.”

Gooding & Co. auctions are more sedate affairs catering to wealthy collectors. At the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance show, Gooding’s auctions are held under white tents and chandeliers. They feature polished and restored Rolls-Royces and Duesenbergs, displayed in thick, glossy catalogs with lengthy histories on each offering.

David Gooding, who managed auto auctions at Christie’s International before starting his company in 2003, expects to sell as much as $150 million in cars this year, up from $25 million in his first year. “More of my new clients are saying they want a car they can drive instead of a painting on the wall,” says Gooding.

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