Beware of Cavallino 2022 changes and Canossa

06437, the PF 275 GTB Special, is really nice. As is 5573 GT, of course.
The darkgreen F40 is 89028.
Thanks for the pix.

Marcel Massini

 

thanks for posting the pics. i can NOT wait to see them all tomorrow.

 

My all-time favorite. Which verde is that?

 

Aqua Verde Metallizzato (an Alfa Romeo color, metallic sea-green).

Marcel Massini

 

Thank you.

 

Has anyone been turned away by the breakers? They said only allowed in for the concours or if you are a guest?

 

THAT would be the end of the Classic after Thirty years...total destruction of the event, hopefully those Canossa folks aren't THAT clueless...

 

I think it's the breakers. And apparently they are not letting people in tomorrow as early as previous years to see the cars lined up. Only at 9.30am or so I was told by security. Pretty pissed.

 

Things don’t seem to be going as well as they should be, but I’m not there, just relying on what I’m reading here,

 

Stunning car. I like the “support vehicle” in the background. I’m guessing the fare is Brats and Pilsner instead of Tortellini.


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someone plz post pix of the $600 lunch.

 

I don’t see anybody hoping for failure, quite the opposite. Nor do I recall anybody hoping the Barneses would fail. Some here are concerned that Canossa might be leading it down a path to failure, or at least a path to change that will make it unrecognizable from what it once was. And who’s to say there would not have been another buyer? I don’t recall anybody speculating that Barnes was ready to shut it down.

There is a certain arrogance to this, though. Did the new owners seek input from supporters, exhibitors, vendors, even attendees? Perhaps they did, but I don’t see much evidence of it. So far there have been some changes. And so far, most in this forum aren’t especially thrilled with the changes. That doesn’t mean they hope the event will fail. The members here are only a fraction of the attendees and participants. People posting here may have a minority opinion. Most important is the opinion of the people who exhibit and demonstrate their cars. Without them there would be no event. If the judging field ends up looking like a post-Enzo used car lot then yes, many wi

 

I spoke with the breakers security and it's apparently Canossa who does not want people to take pictures early before 8.30am..im guessing they have hired photographers and don't want crowd? If that is the case, very sad decision.

 

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This evening as the tour arrived and afterwards, there were easily a dozen and a half “enthusiastic photographers” lined up after security taking photographs of all the returning cars.

The same was going on on the upper field as they were arranging these three…

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So they were let in? It's a mess. I had never been turned away in 10-12 years of coming to Cavallino. But the security at the gate said no unless you have a ticket for the day. And then I called and they then said the Cavallino organizers do not want photographers until it's close the start time of the event which again was never an issue.

 

https://ferraris-online.com/cavallino-thanks-for-your-years-of-dedication-now-piss-off/

 

Well said.


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Ferrari has turned into "Peyton Place" ...

 

Spa has always been control freaks. I get it in a sense. They want to protect the brand. However, they need to understand “cool” is organic. It comes from the bottom up. Steve McQueen never worried about his brand. He was cool the day he was born.


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So they claim they want to bring in a new “young generation” of fans but then they go out of their way to bar any and all public spectators from the grounds? How can that be true!?!?

Do they know the majority of those people are young car nuts and photographers who hang out in the main drive and parking lot just to get a glimpse of a car? Most can’t afford the price of admission yet they are there out of love for the brand. They ARE the future of the event.

But let’s be clear and cut the ****. Canossa doesn’t want them there. They don’t want most of us there. They have adjusted pricing and policies to ensure that the common enthusiast won’t dare intrude on their ooh la la affair. Booting six judges was just the beginning. All these changes are their way of culling the crowd and keeping away the low brow commoners like you and me.

They want to turn it into an elites only marketing tool. Haute Couture, influencers and cars if you will. Don’t even think of trying to join the club if you don’t wear velvet loafers and a Hermes belt. The “young generation” they claim to want is the entitled, attention craving, trust fund babies who have the disposable funds to buy every new “special edition” they can pump out.

The game has changed my friends and sadly there is no stopping it.

 

@Nembo1777 quoted.

 

It sounds like they should redirect some attention from control to organization.