- Three generations of the Mahy family have worked to acquire this unique collection, containing at least one example of every important phase of automobile development - Famous car makers in the collection include Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Delage, Fiat, Maserati, Mercedes, MG, Minerva, Opel, Packard, Porsche, Renault, Rolls-Royce, Tatra, Triumph, Volkswagen, and Wartburg The Mahy family of Ghent (Belgium) possess one of the largest collections of vintage and classic cars in the world. The 250 most notable cars in the collection are installed at Autoworld in the center of Brussels, which is the third most attended museum in Belgium. But this represents only part of the collection. This full-color book of photographs features, for the first time, the «reserve»: 600 authentic , unrestored classic cars, which are not normally accessible to the public. Fifty of these cars were photographed separately in a specially built studio. A fantastic visual resource for car aficionados, car fanatics, and vintage car collectors.
Ce livre illustre le cortège silencieux de voitures anciennes et un peu moins anciennes, mais toutes des pièces uniques. En contre-jour et en pleine lumière. Avec leur histoire lisible dans le rétroviseur. Des histoires de gloire et de défaite, de parcours hasardeux sur de mauvaises routes et d'une quête jamais achevée de la beauté sur quatre roues.Des histoires telles qu'on en raconte depuis des générations chez les Mahy, a family of cars.
