Commissioned by American racing icon Briggs Cunningham and unveiled at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show, Maserati 5000 GT chassis 103.016 represents one of Giovanni Michelotti's finest achievements. Developed with extensive wind-tunnel testing and shaped by a relentless pursuit of performance, it is widely regarded as the most aerodynamic and possibly the fastest of all thirty-four Maserati 5000 GTs ever built. A unique blend of racing pedigree, scientific design and Italian elegance, it remains...

A personal tribute by Edgardo Michelotti recounting the 2023 Concours d'Élégance Suisse in Coppet, where collectors and enthusiasts gathered beside Lake Geneva to celebrate the centenary of Giovanni Michelotti through rare cars, original design artefacts and an intimate retrospective dedicated to one of Italy’s greatest automotive stylists. Words by Edgardo Michelotti Photos and Drawings: Archivio Storico Michelotti www.archiviostoricomichelotti.it There are places where the automobile...

Born from a chance acquisition and shaped by pure creative freedom, Giovanni Michelotti’s Jaguar D-Type Coupé stands as one of the most fascinating and misunderstood one-off cars of the 1960s: a Le Mans thoroughbred subtly reimagined as a road-going sports car.