A new series of features covering vehicles in the FMM collection that are celebrating an anniversary during 2022. This month we look at a 75-year-old crossover cruiser that showed the way of the future...
The third in a new series of features covering vehicles in the FMM collection that are celebrating an anniversary during 2022. This month we look at a 70-year-old Three-Pointed Star that helped launch Mercedes-Benz’s post-war revival...
This year’s annual Durban-Johannesburg regularity rally for motorcycles made before 1936 has attracted an entry of more than 100 riders. The event will start at 06H00 on Friday 11 March from the Hillcrest Corner Shopping Mall, outside Durban, and finish at the Benoni Northern Sports...
The second in a new series of features covering vehicles in the FMM collection which are celebrating an anniversary during 2022. This month we look at a 50-year-old Buick with a nautical connection...
Thanks to a long Covid-induced hiatus, a resurgence of energy – and a relaxing of Government restrictions – brought 100-plus guests from the Cape Alfa Romeo Club to FMM in mid-February. Over 50 stunning examples of the Milanese marque attended, ranging in age from the...
Maserati Classiche has officially begun, following the announcement made last year at the ‘MMXX: Time to be Audacious’ event that inaugurated the brand’s new era. Maserati Classiche is the department that protects and promotes the preservation and originality of the company’s automotive heritage. An exclusive...
The first in a new series of features covering vehicles in the FMM collection that are celebrating an anniversary during 2022. We start off with a centenarian...
On Wednesday 12 January, FMM Curator Wayne Harley addressed members of Cape Town’s historic Crankhandle Club on museums. With the aim of preserving the country’s national and cultural heritage, he went into the definition of a museum and what the responsibilities are for such an...
On January 8 at a sizzling hot Kenilworth racecourse, Jet Dark stormed down the inside rail to win the prestigious Grade 1 L'Ormarins Queens Plate for the second year in succession. Bred at Drakenstein Stud and ridden by S’manga Khumalo, Jet Dark won the most...
On December 12 the GSM Car Club held its morning Christmas Picnic at the Franschhoek Motor Museum. The day was a great success with 32 people attending, bringing with them 16 cars ranging from GSM Darts and Flamingos to Mustangs to Ferraris – and even...
