Australia's preeminent motoring festival, Motors & Masterpieces, is set to be a class affair when it launches at the Melbourne Showgrounds from November 22-24, with ten distinct themes for the celebration now confirmed. Over 300 cars and motorcycles are set to be displayed in distinct groups that reflect on the significant cultural settings and evolutionary stages of man and machine,
Historic Vehicles are no longer the exclusive hobby of bearded old men in tweed jackets; they are well established as a high-quality investment asset, having reached comparable status to fine art. They are subjected to similar rules of supply and demand, are largely collected by the same people and sold by the same auction houses.
Motorized individual transportation, in the form of motorcars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles was one of the major technical innovations in history, redefining human societies all over the world for the past 100 years. It provided the masses with unprecedented freedom in terms of where they live, work and play.