Innovation.The key to enjoying the past

Science moves fast, without slowing and gives us the impression that it can reveal our every secret. Yet a phenomenon that accompanies the life of each and every one of us, our dreams as we sleep, still remains a mystery. Suppose computers can surprise us with their computing power. How surprising would it be if we were able to reconstruct, with astonishing precision, situations and places that come to us while we sleep, perceived as true and able to be fully experienced? The story that closes this issue of The Key, the story of a meeting with Enzo Ferrari, who returned to bring his message to Ferrari as it looks with determination towards tomorrow, is an authentic dream. I had that dream myself, with all the details you can see in the images and the text. I had it and as soon as I woke up, I wrote everything you can read on page/s £££, not even the time for a coffee so that I didn’t leave anything out. An exciting experience, a kind of life supplement of life as surreal as it was profoundly true and relevant.

If we reflect on them for a moment, dreams are for each of us a kind of the fourth dimension of our existence that takes place within the confines of the three established dimensions. In reality, a fourth dimension we encounter whenever our existence meets moments of unexpected and profound innovation. Think about just how much our lives have changed thanks to the invention of photography, the discovery of electricity, the development of communication tools that began with the telegraph, the telephone and the radio right up to the television and today’s web-based communication that has brought us, with our smartphones, to the point where we carry the entire world in a single hand.

And every time, these leaps forward have taken us into an unknown dimension that becomes a prerequisite for the fundamental first steps towards tomorrow. Sitting in a driving simulator that shares the shapes, aromas and reactions of those unforgettable period sports cars, “driving history” on old circuits, towards tomorrow, having the opportunity to meet people driven by the same passion, getting to know them by driving together on the same track despite being distant, perhaps in different countries, without obstacles and complications, what is this if not a new dimension of collecting?

The smell and aroma of the cars in your collection, whether large or small, are incomparable. The pleasure of reunions at Concours d’Elegance events, gatherings, or meetings, perhaps even competitive ones, often linked to an unforgettable memory, is irreplaceable. Just as magnificent is the opportunity to meet new people with whom you share similar emotions and knowledge. Unfortunately, people are often linked to fleeting encounters or appointments that are too far away to create that intimacy that is the premise of lasting friendships. With The eClassic Club, TCCT has discovered and developed an additional way to enjoy our passion and create and strengthen human relationships united by the same common denominator. A world that complements our reality and borders on a dream. A world so true it has precisely what it takes to become the authentic fourth dimension of our passion for classic cars and collecting.

In today’s reality, where everything changes so quickly, where families seek out moments they can share that can unite the different generations and where people are constantly looking for the perfect balance between tradition and innovation even in human relations, The eClassic Club is an exciting proposition. Like all great innovations, as this one grows, it will also transform from the fourth to the third dimension and become an indispensable opportunity for those who love our magnificent world. A world that thrives on its history but one that looks realistically towards the future. For this reason, eClassic is “The Tomorrow of History”.

Antonio Ghini

Chief Editor

Authors

Stefano Beloni

Cliff Goodall

Dan Kahn

Jürgen Lewandowski

Duccio Lopresto

René Lüchinger

Martina Mazzotta

Franco Nugnes

Claudio Rava

After an experience in press relations and test drives for Jaguar and Land Rover, he took an interest in classic cars and their restoration, and then moved definitively to journalism for the Conti Editore publishing group. For two years he has been doing the same work for The Key and for the social media of TCCT.

Cliff goodall is an international car auction expert. His data archive and the historical importance of the documents in his possession guarantee the highest levels of trustworthiness, so much so that large insurance companies make use of his advice. He follows all the major auctions across the world in person or online.

Dan Kahn started as an automotive journalist writing for magazines like Hot Rod and Rod & Custom. Today, he is a leader in automotive and luxury communications through his own agency and is also the editor and publisher of Finish Line, the membership magazine of the petersen Automotive Museum’s Checkered Flag 200 organization.

one of the world’s most reputable journalists and author of multiple automobile books. His vast experience, in addition to writing, includes a presence in the juries of International Concours d’Elegance events. He is the co-founder of 4c Conference gmbH, which takes care of all topics related to collecting and managing contemporary and classic cars.

The son of the renowned collector, Corrado Lopresto, he began his professional experience at Hagerty, RM Sotheby’s, Lamborghini and then TCCT in the communication and publication divisions. In 2021, he returned to RM Sotheby’s as European business development director. He gained considerable experience as a young judge in the major Concours d’Elegance events.

René Lüchinger is a business journalist, former editor-in-chief at the Swiss news magazine Facts, the business magazine Bilanz and the tabloid Blick, and author of numerous non-fiction books. In 2001 he founded Lüchinger Publishing GmbH, which realises content projects in the field of corporate publishing (luechingerpublishing.com).

A London based art and philosophy historian. She was raised in Milan in the Mazzotta publishing house and Foundation. She is fellow at the Warburg Institute-University of London, author and exhibition curator. Her passion for cars comes from her son Tancredi.

Director of Motorsport.com Italia, he spent his entire life in the automobile and racing worlds, first as a driver and then as a journalist for important specialist magazines such as Sport Auto Moto and Autosprint. Internationally recognized for his profound knowledge of the historical and current reality of Formula 1.

A distinguished connoisseur of the international market of collector’s vehicles, he is the creator of Automotive Museums, the world’s only portal dedicated to museums and car and motorcycle collections. He is also particularly active in supporting teams engaged in historical rallies.