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Wetcome to our Falt 2019 issue of Autostrada,

Looking back on the tast few months we have seen severat of

our readers and partners at many of the automotive events In our
community inctuding our second Autostrada Charity Garage Tour.
Two tocat cotlectors generousty opened their garages to share their CONTRIBUTING WRITER
passion and vehicles in support of Startight Chitdren's Foundation. Ztad Dulsrc

We encourage our friends to join us at Drive 4 Smites on September

Bth at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. This event gives seriousty
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involved with severat of our friends and partners. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Our cover feature for this issue is wortd-renowned automotive
designer and hypercar buitder Horacio Pagani. We had the opportunity
to meet Horacio and witness his passion and impeccabte attention to
detait first hand at the Pagani factory in Modena. Being abte to share
his tife story and pubtish photos from hrs chitdhood and earty career
is an opportunity we are so gratefut for. As automotive enthusiasts CONTRIBUTING WRITER
ourselves it has been amazing to watch his rise to an automotive
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LIFE STORY BUT WE'RE TELLING IT ANYWAY,
WITH INSIGHT FROM THE MAN HIMSELF
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PHOTOS BY ZACH BREHL 8 COURTESY PAGANI

oracio Pagani was not born into to create, first sketching and then carving F.Trrno nn hic hierrrlo :i :nc oinht ir rct ta
automotive greatness. His story model cars out of wood sit and stare at it for hours, parked These
begins in 1955 in the grasstands were the frrst indications of the extreme
of Casilda, Spain, far from the stretch of "Ever since I was a chitd l've had a great
tengths to which this inventor woutd go
Itatian asphatt known as Motor Vattey, passion for the car," says Horacio. "l made for a beautiful machine.
where his namesake supercar brand now my modets with batsa wood and att the
produces its vehictes atongside the tikes of materials that a kid coutd frnd and use, and 'My mother totd me that even when I was
Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati. from that moment on I was convinced 14 years otd I proctaimed to her that one
that those were my cars. day I woutd go to Modena to draw and
Pagani's mother was an artist, his father buitd these cars," he says "Through those
a baker. They were a family of makers The neighbourhood vehicles and the odd few magazines that came to Argentina,
who earned a tiving with what they coutd car magazine that woutd drift over from I discovered that there was a wortd in
conjure with their hands, creating from Itaty provided ptenty of inspiration for Modena - there was Maserati, Ferrari and
experience, knowtedge. raw materiats and the young inventor's mind. Pagani recatts Lamborghini - and the ptace I hoped to
pure effort. At age ten, Pagani atso began chasing down a locat man's 1963 Jaguar someday move."

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Years later, with a career in fult btoom,
Pagani would buy a Jaguar E-Type tike the
one from his boyhood memory, the flrst
truty nostatgrc purchase of his life But how
did a boy with a batsa wood hobby and
an ltatian-based dream he putted from the
pages of a car mag manage to bring it att
to fruition?

ln essence, he harnessed the same two

assets he'd used to chase down that
Jaguar E-Type att those years before. effort
and determination.

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that must not be overlooked - tike every
surface of every vehicte made by Pagani
Automobitti. nothing can be overtooked
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engineering - and despite his university
courses being in Industriat Design - Pagani
was offered a job working in
racing division. lt was here that he woutd
meet Formu[a I racer and Argentinian hero
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Little more than a year later, with a letter

of lntroduction from his new famous
driver pat, Pagani travetted to ltaty to
offer his hands and mind to Lamborghini.
After some persistence, he was hired
as an unskiLted [abourer in the famed
Itatian brand's plant. But it woutdn't be
long before he was promoted. Over the
years, he woutd ctimb the Lamborghini
tadder rung after rung, eventuatty going
on to tead devetopment of the carbon
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1987, revotutionary for its tighter-than-ever first Gulf War, began production of their knowtedge of atuminum and steet atloys
rnmnncite rh:ccic frrst vehicle, the Fangio. to make frames and suspensions, and so
on. But the engine was missing, and even
But when Lamborghini wouldn't put "As always behind these projects there is
though we tived tn an area tike Modena, ln
the money up for an autoctave to a need for madness and creativity, maybe the motor's land, it was unthinkable for us
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raised the funds independentty and struck must be a thoughtfut and catibrated .job,
out on his own, founding Modena Design because making a car it is not so easy. So, for his frrst race car buitd back ln
in 1991 Argentina, he borrowed one With another
On the one hand, we had the knowtedge introduction from the we[t-connected
He and his team made carbon-ftbre parts of certain technotogies tike the processing Fangio. Pagani met a Mercedes-Benz
for Ferrari's Formula 1 team and, in 1993 of carbon ftbre to make the shett, the engineer who brought over the perfect
during the financial crisis fotlowing the whote bodywork and the interiors, throbbing V12 donor engine.

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think about the economic side, or about time with a suite of active aerodynamics says Pagani. "When you set yoursetf
an easier future to travet They convinced that hetped get the hypercar to 60 mph aesthetic and functionat goats, you don't
me to stay on the originat idea Other than (97 km/h) in 2 B seconds and up to a top stop at the frrst proposat that emerges, but
that I never had any doubts about it." speed of 258 mph (383 km/h) you question it, try to improve and involve
the team, asking everyone to express their
When the Pagani Zonda C12 made its Undeniabty an incredibte performance ideas, to give their best. Onty in this way
debut at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, machine, the Huayra was atso heratded by can you find compromises that have the
it stopped the supercar wortd in its tracks, many as the most beautifuL car of aLl time, nght target.
but not Pagani. He kept on, returning and again when it debuted as a roadster
to Geneva the fottowing year with the in 2017 "There has to be someone that makes
Zonda S. Today, there are titeratly dozens the decision, and I have this difficutt task.
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of Pagani variants, speciat editions and Pagani ctaims to draw strength for his confront mysetf with the peopte who best
one-offs that include but are not timited to commitment to form and function from know the history of Pagani, but atso with
the F. F roadster, Cinque, Cinque Roadster, another inventor who brought science the younger guys who are part of the team.
Tricolore, Kiryu. GR, Nero. Oliver Evolution and art together to wow the wortd over
and Aether Roadster. and over durrng his time, perhaps the One examnle of this is the choice of
most famous 'sLashie' of atl time, ltatian materials; in the frame of Huayra Roadster
In 2011, Pagani once again astounded engineer/mathematician/sculptor/ BC we worked hard to devetop a new
car manufacturers and fans atike with the scientist/designer, Leonardo Da Vrnci. material. lCarbotanium] is a very difficutt

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material to find and to buitd, especiatty in
the phase of weaving carbon with titanium.
In short, it has extraordinary characteristics
for reducing the weight of the machine and
increasing safety, but at the same time is

very compticated. And it costs 400 percent

more than the atternative. The decision to
use it comes from the fact that we want
onty the most artful and technotogicatty
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our customer deserves the best."

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releases a newer modet in a of etectronic driver aids won t stop them atong the rotling hitts of Tennessee. lt's a
product tine up The changes often from ftying up the Swiss atps nor witt it stop picturesque town with a magicatfeet that,
inctude more power. better efficiency and them from bouncing around in the desert my cousin toLd me, reminded her of the
a smalt to targe design change that makes No; despite the primitive engineering frctionaI town in Brg Fish.
this new modet, in most ways, better. So the otd modets go on to become a ttme
what happens to the otd modet? Does it capsute A machine that embodies the As we parked I saw her from a distance
mean they're no tonger as good? design and engineering potentiat of the - a grey Porsche 356 as weathered as

era they were made, and that's something the hinges on the barn door she was
For exampte the Porsche 911 has seen to be celebrated - by being driven. At teast, parked in front of Watking towards her
numerous variations to date and atthough Matt Hummet thinks so I was spewing out facts about this 356
tho.locinn.l^ocn't sccm tn rhenne and how it retated to my cousins former
the enoineerino does. Innovation rs l'd met Matt in the summer of 2O1B when VW Beette - ftat four, designed by
constantty driving forward performance I was in Nashvitte, Tennessee visiting my Ferdinand Porsche's son and it woutd go
and providing more levels of comfort, cousin who was down there working on on to create the iconic 9i-1 sithouette.
that it's easy to say the new models, are in her muslc; it's a heaventy ptace futt of kind As I was looking in through the drivers
effect, better. So what happens to the otd people and music history We'd taken a window I heard someone catt out 'you
modet? Does it mean they're less better day trip to the smatI town of Leiper's Fork, want to drive it?". As I tooked up I saw the
than the new ones? A ctassic car like the about 45 minutes South of Nashvltte The owner, standing not too far away, clad
Porsche 356 may not run the tap times town measures Just about a kiLometre head to toe in denim - he seemed tike a
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We struck up a conversation and my were buitt and the mechanical evolution he's cottected "When I take peopte to
initiat impression was correct - turns of the cars production' he continued. "l my parts house they're like a deer in the
out Matt Hummet is quite the Porsche appreciate att the different steps in the cars headlights tike 'woah, you're nutsl'" he
afrcionado. A year tater we caught up on evotution and appreciate it for what it was
chuckles. But Matt knew if trading ctassic
the phone to bring his story to you, the in that time".
Porsche's was his passion that he'd need a
readers of Autostrada.
Fast forward many years later and Matt futL stock of parts to never be at the mercy
"When I was little I used to operate a now has a "parts house" for att the pieces of someone trying to make a quick buck.
junkyard with toy cars in my parents
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enthusiasts Matt can't recatl when the
obsession began "Cars were just a part of
my tife" he says.

Around his time in high schoot he'd pick up

a VW Camper Van. "This is when I started
becoming obsessed with originatity", says
Matt. "l started putting up wanted ads in a \
VW newsletter and peopte at[ over America
wou[d send me letters with the parts they
had". From this point on Matt became a
parts hunter, a craver of originality. 'l started
buying parts through the mait and I reatty
enjoyed that. I tove att the originat parts of
the car. celebrating the time period they tr
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friend Remy suggested we go to LeMans
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archives, which was amazing for me" says
Matt, with a smile coming through in his
these cars - and he drives them hard. "l to Ftorida with the car, l've atready got voice. "We then visited the 356 Ctassic
love the juxtaposition of something being an airtine ticket and on a whim scheduted Restoration Facility and they gifted me
somewhere it's not supposed to be" says shipping of the car" says Matt "l knew if I
a toot kit - which was ironic because I

Matr 'Fvervone'q qeen ohotos and videos didn't take this opportunity l'd atways regret reatly needed it on this journey" he taughs.
of me pushing a 356 through the desert it" he continued. What Matt didn't exactty They'd then take him to the archives
and bouncing around dodging potholes plan for was the condition of the 556.
of every vehictes Kardex (originat buitd
but the cars are so maneuverabte they "When I picked up the car at the port in
document) and pulted the one to his 1952
just tove itl". A moment later he'd go on France l'd made it 15 minutes into my drive
556, named Don, that was sitting at home.
to mention that he loves the imagery so back to Paris before the car broke down.
I can't imagine the joy he'd fett in these
much he'll go to great lengths to create l'm now sitting on the side of the highway
moments but Matt agree's that the whote
these visuats but it's not an impromptu in France, with a 356 that isn't running,
"l stitt respect these cars Journey was surreaI and he's stitt in disbetief
decrsion. and thinking 'this is the craziest thing l've done!!"
that it actuatty happened.
onty ptay around on roads I know aren't he chuckted. The car woutd continue to
going to reatty harm the car". have its troubles and Matt would keep
So what happens to these otder modets?
improvising solutions, sometimes stranded
The ultimate moment in his story was The ones that are 'tess better' than the
in the French countryside. and att of it
taking his tatest 356 Porsche, the one l'd newer generation? Wett if you're around
made the trip worthwhite. He'd eventuatly
seen in Tennessee, on a road trip across make it to LeMans Classic, where parts and
Matt Hummet, the chances are your
Frrrnnp "The nrinin:l Otan fOf the 356 support were in abundance, then made the
journey continues In fact, that 356 from
I picked up in Nashvitle was to drive it drive from France to Stuttgart, Germany, to Nashvitte - the one that journeyed to
across America back to California, But bring this 356 home LeMans ctassic and back home to Stuttgart
then I started thinking it's pretty cheap to - it's now with Matt's friend in Tokyo. He
ship a car from Ftorida to Europe and my "At qtr rttnart I n.)t e tOur Of POrSChe'S tetts me they'tt be reuniting soon...

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seen as a soft and sweet cotour accolades yet. track near their home in Bogota, Colombia
worn by tittte girts or delicate where she raced for the first time. Not tong
femates. Women wearing pink I interviewed Tatiana as she travelled after, in 2005, she became the first woman
are often perceived as dainty, innocent, through London, Engtand, training for to win a National Karting titte winning the
or meek - but not when racecar driver her upcoming races. lt was immediatety EasyKart Pre-Junior Championship, and
Tatiana Catderon wears it. No, when clear that she has become a force to that's when she knew she wanted to race
Tatiana wears pink, it's in the form of a reckon with in the motorsport world, but forever.
fireproof racing suit as she hops into her I coutdn't hetp but wonder about the road
pink 620 horsepower race car She is part that tead her to where she is today "My After her first win, Tatiana continued
of the new-era women that break down first race was when I was about 9 years racing and has done so for the tast 15
stereotypes and btur the archaic lines of otd,'Tatiana recalted, 'l have always been years and counting. In addition to that first

what a femate is, "supposed," to be When a sports tover and used to practice tennis, go-kart title, Catderon hotds many record-

Tatiana wears pink, she is crossing a ftnish soccer, and horseback riding. Then one breaking tittes in the motorsport wortd,
tine, with a line-up of drivers behind her as day my sister, Pauta, took me to a rental tike first woman to be on the podium
she breaks wortd records. go kart track ctose to our home and | .1ust in the Formuta VB 3.5 Wortd Series in
fett in tove with it " Bahrain, first woman to score a podium in
Everything she does, whether she is the prestigious British Formula 5, and first
conscious about it or not, sends a The two of them went everydayafter schoot Latin-American woman to drive a Formula
message to the wortd that being female until frnatty they convinced their parents to 1 car. lf you ask her what has made her
means whatever a woman wants it to buy a famity go-kart 'Out of atl the sports a successfuI driver, she witt credit hard
mean, and for Tata, being a woman I had tried, I never fett the same as when I work and dedication, but she says the
means being powerfut. Through her over yumped into a go-kart. The adrenaline, the hinnect r-.)ntribr rtor to hef suCCeSS has
15 year career, she has shattered ceiLings cnee.l :nd hnrni rror r nped to focus to do been her mentatity. "My father atways said
in motorsport racing with another strong every lap faster than the previous one; I to me, 'We overcome att circumstances
woman by her side and now she is about toved it," Calderon remembered, as if lt was and att chattenges that come our way,'

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she explained, "but I am so focused on to be abte to share my dream with her " motivation to keep pushing because she
the dream that I just keep pursuing it no Like Tatiana, Pauta atso used to go-kart deserves this." The sisters totd me that
matter what. There is something inside race and they often raced against each based on their experience of working
that keeps tetting me to continue pushing, other. As the years passed, Pauta reatized together, doing things with tove has made
training, and dreaming.' Tatiana told me her heart was in the management and their journey go in the right direction.
pubtic retations side of the motorsport -We
that she makes a detiberate effort to are famity and we work really ctosety
appreciate every moment, "l need to be industry and she eventuatly teamed up together," Pauta continued, "We support
happy with what I have done; the way I act with Tatiana. Now, you can catcn her each other on every step of the way."
and what I achieve Anything can happen wearing that pink uniform right by Tata's
in this sport, but if you are happy and at side. "l think she is a very important part This year, Tatiana is the first woman
peace with what you have, everything witt of my success," Tatiana went on, "lt's a ever to race in the FIA F2 Championship
be attright." teamwork and I can trust her. For that Series for the BWT Arden Team (with

reason, I can focus on my driving because technicaI partnership with HWA). As

lf you ask Tatiana about att of the tittes she I know that everything dtse is being taken she embarks this new accotade, she
hotds, she woutd say the one she is most care of by Pauta." Paula was sitting right finds herself reftecting on her journey, "l
proud to wear is sister. "lt's great because next to Tata during our interview. she remember when I was very Young. on
she is not onty my sister and manager, chimed in, "l have the privilege to travel my first nationaI karting championship
she is atso my best friend and the person with her atl around the world and I try to in Cotombia, my comPetitor's father
who knows me best," Catderon gushed, hetp her us much as I can. l've seen a[[ the announced to everyone at the track
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then he woutd buy att of the boys a wig," knowtedge about racing because we that the racetrack is exactty where they are
she recalted, "l won that race with extra are a female team," PauLa exptained. 'lt's meant to be "l feet like this is my destiny,"
satisfaction." The passionate Catderon definitety a chatlenge, but we are up for Tatiana expresses, "l want it so badty and
sisters totd me that they wake up everyday it." Despite the misconceptions, Tatiana l'm so happy to be abte to dedicate my
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Wett is a cathedrat devoted
to machines. an imposing
architecturaI monument showcasing
Bayerrsche Motoren Werke's century-tong
history, as welt as its future.

It is that future which brings Edgar Heinrich

here today The future is his domain. lt's his
job to imagine what the next century witl
look tike for BMW's motorcycte division
As the wortd turns toward setf-driving and
carbon-neutraI vehictes, the answer to
that question - what shoutd the future of
transportation look tike? - is becoming
nearly infrnite. New possibitities branch
out like fractals, innumerable and chaotic.

Heinrich is at the Wett atong with aLt

of BMW's top brass. board members,
department heads and stakehotders. lt's
a big show with production value to rival
the Oscars. att devoted to the future of this -7
company. Later this afternoon Heinrich
witt get up on stage to unveil a concept
for BMW Motorrad's first ever electric
motorcycte, his vision of the future, or
at least one of them. lt's a big moment,
but you'd never guess. Heinrich is catm,
casuat, retaxed - eminently approachabte
- in stark contrast to the members of the
l;-
board and other assorted executives in I

attendance at the BMW Wett today.

When we meet, Heinrich starts with a

story about the ittegat motorized joyrides
of his youth
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"When we were kids we were always riding
"i{f*
in the fretds," he says He and his brothers
grew up in the countryside near Munich.
"We took otd cars, otd bikes
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we had driving licences "
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like the nerfect earlv education for a
budding motorcycte designer

He began his career at BMW in 1987. "l'm

a dinosaur kind of," he says. "l started as a
sketch monkey, and made it att the way
through somehow. I rode motorbikes
even before I knew I wanted to be a
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books futt of my drawings: muscle cars,
motorbikes, excavators, Dakar Ratty tanks.

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bikes, everything that moves.' He refers to
himsetf as a 'biker nerd.'

His current stabte of motorcycles is

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spectacutarty eclectic and a testament to -.J
his nerd status. "How much time do you
have?" he laughs when asked about his
bikes. He reckons there are roughty 20
in his personat cottection now, inctuding:
a 7974 Honda C8750, 1961 Vespa, 2008
Ducati 1000 Sport, KTM Duke. 1940
Matchtess G3, 1954 BMW R 51/3, BMW
HP2 Megamoto, ratty-spec 1994 BMW
R100 GS by HPN, GasGas 270 triats bike
and a three-wheeled Bajaj detivery van.
The Museum of Modern Art coutd hardty
have curated a better cottection. ',
are making it for themsetves. And this is is that BMW's most iconic motorcycles
'Onty very few of my bikes are not
amazing! | especiatty tike in France, if you have always been defined by their boxer
customized. Those are my chitdhood go to lthe Wheets I Waves festivat in] engines. those big cytinders sticking out
hero bikes. Honda C8500, 750, C1450 Biarritz, you see these junkyard bikes - otd on either side of the bike. How do you
and these kinds of bikes. The rest are att Honda CB 400s and these kinds of things make an electric motorcycte, that doesn't
over the place. There are no rutes." which are damn cheapl - now with very have cylinders, instantty recognizable as
creative changes. They're making a cool a BMW?
He does most of the customizing himsetf.
bike out of it. I totatty admire this.'
'l'm not so good with metat. but I learned
"That's exactty the question we wrestte
to make things with negative ctay, Motorcycte sates are soft in North America,
with," said Heinrich. "We're going to go
frbergtass. I do the normat maintenance but there's a groundswelt of grassroots
etectric. There were two big questions in
and tinkering too.' enthusiasm that's been buitding since the
the room. The first was how do you make
Great Recession. The probtem facing the
Under Heinrich's watch, BMW was among an etectric motorbike emotiona[, because
entire industry is how to tap into this new
the first motorcycte brands to embrace those are perceived as vacuum cteaners
generation, retarning otder riders (who
the new wave of custom bike buitders. generatty have more money to spend) or washing machines. The second
question is how do you make a BMW
and at the same time comptying with ever
After the dark days of gtitzy. tastetess
more strict emissions reoulations. out of it, when you're basicatty making
custom choppers, a new kind of custom obsotete att these mechanical icons like
scene stowly emerged. lt embraced cheap The probtem for a designer tike Heinrich the boxer enoine."
Japanese cafe racer conversions, untikety
oif-road Scramblers, Harley ftat-trackers
and mean-looking rat-rod-styte bikes of
unknown provenance. The BMW R nineT
was among the first factory bikes to reatty
tap into this scene. lt was designed to be
easity modified. Buitders have since turned
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it into every type of motorcycle under the
sun. treating it tike a blank canvas. BMW's
own Lac Rose concept transformed the R
nineT into a perfect homage to the 1985
dI
Dakar Ratty winning, Martboro-sponsored
bike ridden to victory by Gaston Rahier.

"Peopte want to have their individuat

thing.' Heinrich exptains. 'What I reatty
tike a tot, it's not necessarily that you can't
buy this individuat styte, but many people

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The tights go down on stage at the battery stitt needs cooting.' That's what size of a boat anchor the R1B is pitched
BMW Wett. There's music: electronic, those boxer-tike butges on the side of the squarety at the American market. lt's
sci-fi sounds. A door opens stage right bike are. cooling circuits for the battery. devastatingty coot.
and from a blinding tight as if sent from
Heinrich won't say when something "ln the second hatf of 2020, this is when
heaven, out gtides the Vision DC Roadster
concept. Nobody witt say it directty, but tike the DC Roadster concept witt be in we can expect the production [R1B],'

this is a teaser of what we can expect showrooms; hejust smites. lt's too eartyto Heinrich says
tatk about range or power specifications
from BMW's frrst att-etectric motorcycte.
There are concept-bike shortcuts, such
for a future electric production bike, In the end. there is not one answer to what
but watch this space. Eartier this year, the future holds for BMW Motorrad, and
as the lack of fenders, and fantastic jewet-
Hartey-Davidson reteased its first electric motorcycte in generat. There's not one
[ike mechanicat details that are untikety to
motorcycte, the LiveWire. to universal direction, but many, at[ at once. Heinrich is
make it into production. But, Heinrich and
acctaim. simuttaneousty pursuing two - apparentty
the design team have solved the two big
opposite - paths for BMW. lt's a kind of
questions: it tooks spectacutar, emotionat, "lf you'd asked me maybe 10 years ago, quantum theory of motorcyctrng.
tike something you Just want to get on I woutd've said come on, [an etectric
and ride olf into the sunset; and. it looks motorcyclel is stupid. we don't need it," "lt's a super interesting time right now. A
tike BMW. The crowd rushes the stage to Heinrich says. "But the more you deatwith few weeks ago we released this R1B. lt's a
not a nln<or lnnk it, the more interesting it gets." completely different bookend to lthe DC
Roadsterl. Personalty, l'm super excited
"What Max Friz did in 1923, when he
This sci-fi concept is onty hatf of the future that now we can do both of those bikes."
designed [BMW's first motorcycte,] the Heinrich and his team have envisioned.
R 32, he took this old boxer engine and The other hatf is more traditionat, going As for the next bike Heinrich adds to his
turned it by 9O-degrees. putting the after different buyers who may never prodigious cottection, he wants to make
hottest part of the bike in the airstream. consider an etectric bike, no matter how a one-oif R nineT Lac Rose, turn it from
This is kind of the semantics of the emotiona[. This hatf is exemptified by concept into reatity. "l personatty love these
machine: you put the coolers out where the Concept R18 This bike is going into kind of bikes, l'm going to build my own."
the air is. We did the same on this [DC production, soon, looking very much like He sighs. "That's atways my problem: too
Roadsterl. ln at[ these etectric engines the this. With an l,BOOcc boxer engine the many cool bikes, too tittte space,"

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I been there. sates at Ferrari Quebec have
Vort average 5 year otd boy growing sports car tike Uncte Tony, but he would
I quadrupled and theY have expanded
un in the srrburbs of North Montreat. eventualty be submersed in them every
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I One day, he and some friends were day at work. Bonfa has become a vitat part their location. Within the next two years,
ptaying outside as they heard the roar of of one of the biggest automotive titans in he anticipates that they witt expand their
a shiny sports car fast approaching. Most the wortd. facility again.
people can barety recalt their memortes
from age 5, but Umberto remembers this Since 2008, he has been the president Umberto is surrounded by some of the
of Ferrari Quebec. lf you ask him how most incredible cars in the wortd on a daity
day tike it was yesterday lt was the day
he got there, he witt tett you a story of basis and he has accomptished so much
that moulded his life and who he became
The shiny sports car came to a stop right ditigence and passion that started right in his career, but if you ask him what the
in front of his house, and out came his after he graduated from college. For most rewarding part of his job is, he witl
"lt was decades, he worked his way up in the car tett you that it's the opportunities he gets
Uncte Tony from behind the wheet
industry. making a name for himsetf as an to give back 'The Startight Drive for Smites
a brand new Pontiac Trans Am, l't[ never
forget it," Bonfa says, stilt in awe of it today, enthusiastic hard-worker was one of the most memorabte events
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as much as he was then. fetl in tove
of my career,' Bonfa exptains. The Startight
In 2005, he saw the fruits of his tabor Drive for Smites is an event where chitdren
After that. I coutdn't stop drawing pictures come futt circte when he was personatty who are suffering from criticat ittnesses
of cars and dreaming of the day I would catted by the president of Ferrari Quebec are taken out of the hospitat and get to
own one " As the years passed, Umberto and offered a position as GeneraI Manager. experience a day on the racetrack in their
Bonfa woutd embark an ittustrious career This was a dream job for Umberto, to say dream cars, like Ferraris
path that woutd attow him to be a positive the teast. Three years later, he became
contributor to society, meet new peopte, the President of Ferrari Quebec and has For Umberto, contributing to society
and have atl his dreams come true. proudly hetd that titte since. In the 15 in a positive way is something that has
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kids to grow up with compassion, I think
it's important to institt that by example.
Not onty are we giving these children
retief from being in the hospitat, but we
are giving the famity a day off from the
heaviness they face in their daity lives." This
experience resonates with Umberto as he
recatls a time where his father brought him
to see his frrst Ferrari when he was a little
boy, "l'm sure walking into that showroom
was intimidating for him," he recatts, 'As a
chitd. it's one of my best memories, having
someone come out and hand me my first
Ferrari hat as we looked at the cars Being
abte to give that gtint of joy to a child who
suffers every day means a tot to me."

In addition to giving back, Umberto and \\

his team take pride in their customer
satisfaction The team at Ferrari Quebec
hosts customer appreciation days at the
Mont-Trembtant racetrack, where ctients
get to take their respective street Ferraris
to thetimits in a safe and controlted
environment with official driving
instructors. Another exciting way Ferrari
makes clients feet speciat is by inctuding
them in programs tike the Ferrari XX and
Ferrari 4BB Chaltenge programs, where
owners get invited to drive and race
some of the most exhiLarating racetracks
in the worLd.

This exctusive program attows participants

to drive cars designed with no restrictions
and engages ctients in the devetopment
of future Ferraris by attowing them to
provide engineers with feedback. "There's
nothing tike it," Umberto says, "it's the
ultimate pampering of our ctients and
a luxurious experience." For Umberto,
meeting other peopte with that Ferrari fire
is what makes it an even more incredibte
cvnerienee "l nat tA meer so many
incredibte peopte at XX, att who have a
love for Ferrari. lt reatty is a program that
atlows us to comptetety pamper our
clients by surrounding them with the best
of everything in the wortd, from the food,
to the location, and of course the cars."
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surrounded by incredibte Ferraris on a
daity basis, which one is his favourite, he
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ask him this same question. La prossima.
That means. 'the next one.' When you're
a company. whether you're making
or Ferraris. the next product
refrigerators
shoutd atways be the best thing you ve
ever created."

That's exactty what Ferrari has ctearty

strived for and continues to accomptish
over the years, and according to
Ur.nberto, Ferrari Ouebec has the same
mentatity 'We're always thinking of better
ways to ensure our ctients have complete
satisfaction, and that wi[[ never change
My team wiI maintain that state of mind,
(Eet
we witt atways be striving for excettence."
Umberto with sons Luca and Alessandro
While Umberto Bonfa continues to
focus on Ferrari Ouebec's clients, he witt
continue to take the time to enjoy this
journey Ferrari has taken him on. "l'm
truty living my dream," he expresses, "l
remember in grade 6 | did a project on
Enzo Ferrari. I stitl have that project. My
tove for Ferrari ignited at a young age and
it has continued - and witl continue - to
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 THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE OWNERSHIP IS
CHANGING AND RCLUB IS INTEGRATING
A NEW COMMUNITY IN THAT LANDSCAPE

STORY BY ZLAD DUJSIC

PHOTOS BY LUCAS SCARFONE

II f I coutd have one car it would be that two car collection is often a German business and moved into their brittiant
II a Porsche 911: atong with a vintage sedan and perhaps something with ctubhouse in the Leaside neighbourhood
BMW for niohts on the town the tetters AMG on the back. But even of Toronto's east end. l'm sitting opposite
II something fun for brunch and a stitt that collection is missing a manuaI Adam Westland. Noah Barlow and lgor
mid-engine something for the weekend transmission and frankly has too much Denisov, the three friends and founders
ratly with friends. Ok, admittedty that's power steering. that started this pursuit of passion. "RCLUB
not - one - car and frankty none of those originatty started as a fractional ownership
are good grocery getters (nor would they It woutd be great lf there was one car company with the idea of it being high
pick up much from Home Depot) but that coutd do it att; a coupe-conve(ible, end exotic vehictes owned by a group
then again since when has a driver's car manual-dual ctutch, sports car-SUV of peopte" says Adam "Shortty after
ever been practicat? These machines are powered by a V6 motor - but this isn't the taunching the site I met lgor at the track
purpose buitt and that often doesn't teave Wonka Factory, and this isn't chocotate and we began tatking about what RCLUB,
much leeway for engineers to consider - it s engineering And frankty that's as a fractional ownership company, coutd
bumpy roads, storage space, ground where the beauty of automotive lies. in uttimately buitd into, and within 24 hours
ctearance and atl the other drawbacks of the dilferent approach to the same end: lgor had a frnancial model that showed it
owning a proper driver's car. driver enjoyment. lt's atmost a shame coutd work" he says with a smi[e.
that we can't realty own the right car for
Then there's the obvious - price! The every occasion - but what if you had a At the time of my visit the ctubhouse was
cost to own, service and even frnd membership that coutd? stitt receiving it's finishing touches. lt's a
enough parking spaces, for those tiving spacious warehouse with the design ethos
in downtown Toronto. it's lust unreatistic. It was this exact idea that brought us of polished rock I rott - the btack walls
One, maybe two, cars is what most RCLUB, Toronto's newest car sharing contrast nicety with the bare concrete
people can afford For a proper enthusiast ctub. On June 5th thev ooened for ftoors. l'm totd everything remains in a

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room are the vehictes. In the far corner driver's cars are being more and more based on member demand" adds Adam,
there's two racing simutators set up not phased out" says lgor, "You can't get a 'That's why we do things tike the Coot
too far from a nitro-brew coffee tap tow hood-tine anymore and we're getting Watt to see what peopte want". For those
Future ptans invotve co-working spaces, more turbo four-popper's as they transrtion unfamiliar with the Coot Watt it's from
more tounge areas and even an outdoor into futt EV The idea here is we want to the show Top Gear and the hosts would
patio. lt's truty an impressive space. r^rvstallizc lhe feelinn that Otd SChOOt take printed pictures of cars with magnets
driver's cars provide". And their current on the back and rank them on a board
of the lounges, a
As we're sitting in one fteet reflects this sentiment perfectty. from 'Seriousty Uncoot' to 'Sub Zero'. lt's
spacious couch-enctosed area in front Every car provides a very unique sense such a fun and fantastic idea for members
of two targe garage doors and accented of enjoyment and a comptetety different that l'm comptetety infatuated with the
with targe green ptants everywhere, I
driving experience to enjoy But you nl:re:nd mnro imnnrtrntlrr lcaa fha
can't hetp but notice that right behind don't necessarily want to own a vintage value in membership.
the couch there's an E30 BMW M3 and car because reliabitity and maintenance
930 Porsche. A couple meters away is a becomes a real hasste. "The Mustang is a 'The future of automotive ownership is
current generation Acura NSX and outside great case study in owning a vintage car" changing and we think RCLUB witt be
sits a BMW M2 Competition Package and says lgor. "Adam found it on Bring A Tiaiter a reatty good addition to whatever that
not far off a Porsche Boxster S. These and it wasn't too much of a basket-case, future looks tike" says Adam. And he's
are irrct a ferar nf the vehiCteS avaitabte but we stitt had to put some good money entire[y right. With EV's and autonomy
to members and the others are out into it for brakes and upgrading other the industry witt took comptetety different
currentty being enjoyed. As I considered components. You shoutd offtoad these in the coming years. Having access to
the different ftavours and generations of things to us so that when you come to these pieces of mechanicaI heritage
amazing machines around me I can't hetp RCLUB and get the keys, you can be sure seems far more attainabte than starting
but notice they re alt proper driver's cars. it'[[ serve the weekend' he continues your own cottection. But being a member

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events is just taking form and atongside qnortq .,arq The flpct witl continue to
"There's a great car cutture in Toronto
weekend ratties for members they'tt be evotve but witt atways remain true to the
and we thought we shou[d ratty behind
hosting a variety of unique events open ethos of driver enjoyment. l'm totd they'tt
that and see how we can be a part of tn thc nr rhlir sn he <r rrg tO fOttOw them
it too", says Noah "Driving l.he cars and even have Winter vehicles tike an Audi
on sociaI media.
fractionaI ownership is fun but it's just RS4 or perhaps a Toyota FJ
: f inv niara nf tF,a n,,zzte. we needed l'm starting to see the space in a new tight,
The future of automotive ownership
a ctubhouse, a rattying point Most car in a more famitiar tone Many peopte have
meet ups are in parking tots and it's not memberships to gotf ctubs and tennis
is changing and RCLUB is certainly
the best spot to hang out and have long ctubs, and RCLUB is Just that for car integrating a new community in that
conversations, atthough they are a tonne enthusiasts. lt's a ptace to socialize and landscape. So if you're tooking to hang out
of fr rn So r,vp thor rnht hOw we COutd mppl nc\^/ nennlc rnrith 6 5[6;gfl intefest with like-minded peopte, or even sign up
facititate that? he continued. And it seems - except instead of a pro shop with tennis and have greater access to the fteet and
tike they're on the right track with the r2.nr retq the RCI I lR h:s maChines tO uSe. ctubhouse, I hiqhty recommend getting in
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IS REVOLUTIONISING MECHAN ICAL WATCHMAKING.

High frequency, chronometric precision, retiabitity and stabitity: the oscittator devetoped and patented by the Manufacture
replaces the traditionaI sprung batance used for more than three centuries. Featuring a singte element (compared with 30
or so components of a standard regutating organ), this high-tech device equips the new DEFy Inventor. A case made of
tightweight titanium and Aeronith - an innovative aluminium-potymer composite - teamed with an architecturatdesign:
through the DEFY Inventor, Zenith is (re)inventing the watchmaking of tomorrow, in an entirety independent manner.

Taking on the future units and equipped with its own patented its exceptional properties to a disruptive
regulati"rg organ. Like its predecessor, technotogy: the single-piece Zenith
Zenith announced right from the start DEFY Inventor offers supertative technicat Oscittator devetoped and patented by
that DEFY wouLd write new chapters in its performance and a modern aesthetic the Maison. A strategic component that
history. This contemporary, even futuristic composed of cutting-edge materials. With constitutes the uttimate achievement of
saga - given that the brand's visionary its chronometric precision, this avant- an independent Manufacture capabte of
gaze remains firmty fixed on the horizon garde three-hand watch is now series-
devetoping and producing a mechanical
- began tn 2017 with the remarkable produced - an industrial tour de force -
100th of a second chronograph named movement in its entirety, incLuding its
and stytised to appeal to urban aesthetes.
DEFY Et Primero 2I Ihe same year, own regulating system! The result of an
A brief reminder of its outstanding assets.
Zenith unveiled DEFY Lab, an 'archetype' unprecedented scientific approach to the
regulated by a revotutionary oscittator quest for performance, it has reptaced
Zenith Osciltator
developed by the manufacture and issued the sprung batance used in mechanicat
in a 1O-piece timited edition 1oday. the Beating at the extremety high frequency watchmaking for three and a hatf
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contact, friction, wear and deformation;
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of monocrystatline siticon and therefore
insensitive to temperature variations and
magnetic fretds In addition its escape-
wheet is made of ftexibte btades, a ftrst
in the watch industry. These exceptional
quatities are triple certifred: for magnetic
insensitivity (l50-764), thermal insensitivity
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motion, its heart of a new genre putsates
on the dial side, beneath a sophisticated "=
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stature is carved out from uttra-tight
materiats: brushed titanium for the 44 mm
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atuminium foam, stiffened with a potymer,
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white asserting a unique modern style
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with a stop-seconds system enabLing
uttra-accurate adjustment - marks off the
seconds. In an uttimate touch of futuristic
sophistication, the iconic DEFY Inventor is

secured to the wrist by a btack rubber strap

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PHOTOS BY KENNY KROEKER

our walts. a roof, and at teast one She's atso the one often found behind the aesthetic, catting the car anything less
door, a garage is a pretty simpte wheel of "Larry's" Modet A. than impressive woutd be a complete
structure. To some a garage is tittte rnsutt lt had incredibte street presence
more than just that, a buitding designed After years of buitding together Larry and teft a tasting impression on Larry.
to store objects that won't fit inside the and Ryan recentty gave the name 'Stade
house. But a garage can be so much more Customs'to projects they buitd together. A motocross racer at the time the
than a storage space, in many households It rotts off the tongue a tittte easier than transition from two wheets to four wasn't
it's a toy room, education facitity and hoty 'Larry and Ryan', white sounding cooI att that difficult. Any motorcycte owner
ground atl at once. lt's where wisdom is and slightty mysterious. One of the first witt tett you that it's hard to race for long if
imparted and invatuable tessons learned. completed buitds under the new moniker you can't work your way around a wrench
In the Hitt fam ty, ptenty of time is spent is Ryan's own 1929 Ford Modet A Pickup. or two.
in the garage, and the garage is where A truck that disptays tike a vehicte buitt by
passion was passed from father to son. someone with decades of professional Larry has gone on to buitd severat cars
experience. Which is true as much as since his brother 'activated' his passion.
Father Larry, Mother Pam, and son Ryan it isn't. Each buitd has been better than the last as
are each car enthusiasts. As the builders Larry is a man who believes that if you're
Larry and Ryan are the easiest to pick out As a younger man Larry Hitt found his going to do a job, you might as wett do it
in a crowd. but Pam is often the pairs interest in cars stocked by his otder to the best of your abiLity.
guiding tight. The voice of reason nudging brother. The senior Hitt sibting had a'67
each towards the frnish line when Chevy done gasser styte. With a straight That passion for creating, and creating at a
distractions arise, or times get tough. axte big b[ock, and alt business visuat high catiber, was transitioned directly from

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time when he wasn't in etbow to etbow Wyotech where he had the opportunity share of hr rmnc and bruises because
with his father building something. From to learn how to truly work metat. Shape, nothing gets through 86 years of tife
the time he was abte to both watk and cut, grind, wetd, Wyotech had courses for without accumutating some tevel of
hold a toot at the same time he was out in each in addition to a renowned chassis damage aLong the way. Leveraging his
the garage. Starting out with simpte jobs design program. Ryan returned to his new found metatworking skitLs Ryan
tike knocking the rust off various brackets Hawkestone Ontario home a Wyotech brought the truck back to tife fitling in the
Ryan quickty gained an appreciation and graduate equipped with both new found gaps time had created. Once the body
tatent for creating with his own hands. knowtedge and the chassis he buitt as his was restored it was channeted 4" over the
frnat project, perimeter frame.
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himsetf drawn to traditionat hot rods, The chassis was constructed knowing A traditionat 4 inch dropped l-beam axte
rather than the tate model muscle and futt wett that at home a 1929 Ford pickup with transverse teaf springs were added to
imnorts his ncerq found themsetves body was waiting. Mother and Father the front and, keeping things true to the
interested in. Untike his father however Hitt had found the body at a Canadian spirit of hot rodding, Ford Modet T springs
Ryan wanted to pursue a tife of buitding Flea market. Side by side in the garage and custom ladder bars were used in the
hot rods for a living. once more Ryan and Larry made up for rear, The entire chassis and suspension
lost time by jumping with both feet into have been painted to match the body,
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are used atl around with 4.5" and 75" bias Etegant simpticity continues between the Larry in tow, either in a Modet A or F-100
pty white watt tires. doors where the btue and white cotor panet truck.
palette estabtished outside has been
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continued inside. Onty enough was done
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brothers from the U.K. have designed lust
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the machine for you In their revotutionary
road-tegat one-seater supercar, havlng a Together they started an engineerlng first product - the brainchitd of the Briggs
passenger "ride shotgun" and drone on design consuttancy, with iht' tead. brothers - the BAC Mono.

into your ear white you try to focus on engineering activities handted by Neitt and
the design etements by lan Within this Never before had anyone attempted a
the purring of the car's engine isn't even
consuttancy, the two gathered invatuable single-seat, road-legal vehicte that focuses
an option. This is a one-man operation,
lntel on the industry that woutd later shape so purety on delivering a race-car-[ike
drivinq at its purest
iheir own company. TheY worked on experience to the person behind the
Neitt and lan Briggs are the two founding major projects for automotive juggernauts wheel. The unveiling of Mono caused
broihers behind Briggs Automotive such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Smart, shock waves across the industry, and to
Company (BAC). based in LiverPool, AMG. Maybach, Ford and Benttey, as wetl this day lt remains the first and onty car of
England From an eartY age, the two as some other smatler brands. its krnd

expressed a shared interest in the wortd

of automobites, and quickty began to Though much of their focus was on the The Brrggs boys had Partnered with
develop a deep-rooted appreciation for work they were doing for OEM companles the engineers from Cosworth tor the
and simultaneousty enhancing their powertrain, Hewland for the transmisslon,
the industry The two were dreamers of
reputation and learn ng cructal industry Sachs for the suspension. AP for the brakes
sorts and fantasized about creating their
own unique car and presenling it to the two never tost slght of the originat
skitts, the and Kumho Tires to bring their monster
wortd In order to bring fantasy to fruition. dream - creating thetr own automoblte. to market At ts base, the Mono is
the brrothers pursued university degrees in Over time, they started to flgure out comprised of carbon-fibre composite
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and very important cutturat artifacts range well beyond our wildest Toronto Area we have the Cotlectors
nr irnoqe Their efforts of imaginations From the gloves of tegendary Studio tucked away in the ever-stunning
preserving heritage and drivers to actual pieces of F1 cars - and Yorkvilte neighbourhood. A retaiI store
artifacts are pivotal in carrying torward even the entire car itsetf - motorsport frtted with everything f rom 1/18 scaLe
of memorabilia hotds a quintessentiat part in modet cars to originat helmets worn by
the narratives respective cultures.
our hearts. A basebatt is made of rubber Ayrton Senna and Michaet Schumacher. As
From the guitars of former rock tegends
and yarn but the carbon fibre pieces of F1 a chitd my parents would atways make an
to basebatts that were once in the hands cars are a marvet of engineering on their effort to drop in and now many years later
of Babe Ruth, these artifacts witt change n\^/n lrrqt JeLr'
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hands throughout the years but are atways neat - unfortunatety there aren't too many founder of Cottector's Studio. He assures
tooked after with meticulous care. car museums around. me the store isn't exactty a museum, and
that the expensive cotlector's items aren't
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from washing cars and knew I wanted
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exactty as a car salesperson" says Morry, as
, -irr-.> we're sitting in the private lounge on the
< ton floor of his store. Behind me sits the
actual clock that sat in Enzo Ferrari's office
and beside me is an originat wind tunnel
model of the tegendary Porsche 9I7K race
car - but more on that tater.

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the store was located right across the
iconic Four Seasons Hotet (it's now just a
few doors down) and has been a stapte n
the community since. "A tot of celebrities
would stay at the Four Seasons and of
these celehritipc I onlv ever cared about
the car peopte'says Morry. "Nic Cage was
a good ctient, Sytvester Statlone was a
favourite.. and of course Jay Leno came
through in his token btue denim jeans
and t-shirt". I frgured with such exot c
ctientete it must have been an instant hit.
However as we chat further I tearn it wasn't
immediately celebrities and F1 nose cones

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building the brand before he coutd move
into bigger ticket items. "For the first 10-15
years it was reatly tough to source things"
says Morry, "Burago diecast models were
good for business but I never had the
volume required to pay the bitts in such an
expensive neighbourhood" he continued.
Fortunatety for Morry the internet was just
coming to form and in 1994 he began
buying, and more importantty, setting,
through his website. "l had a website in
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began catatoguing att my pieces online' he
says, as he enjoys a moment of reftection.
"Peopte that are into cottecttng - wine,
watches, cars, etc . they're atways surfrng
the internet" he continued - it seems Morry
had a knack for this [ine of entrepreneuriaI
work. lt was onty in the late 90's that Morry
began moving into the bigger ticket items
tike hetmets, paintings, etc. "ln the beginning
it was harder to find good merchandise" he
reftects, "but now that l'm estabtished in the
market my phone is constantly blowing up
with items... not everyone knows my name,
but they know there's a guy in Toronto who
witt buy these expensive and rare things.'

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model cars and vintage racing posters
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F1. "There's some things ln here you'd signed canvas prints avaitabte for 54.000" "Yesterday I bought a 22ft long Lancia sign
onty buy as an owner.. like the Ferrari he says, 'chances are if you own that car that was hanging at a deatership in ltaty
Enzo tuggage set or Maserati Birdcage you'lt want the originat painting but for during the 1980's" says Morry, somewhat
owner's manuat'says Morry. He brings me the average enthusiast, with perhaps an chuckting at the obscurity. But that's just
up to speed that for a ctient purchasing Aston Martin in the garage, it's coot to the thing - if it's a piece of automotive
such an expensive vehicte (and piece of have the print" history it'tt make its way to Morry
history), it's important that they gather att
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a mecca for car cotlectors worldwide.
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It'c thtr larncct r-nllpr-iinn Of it'S kind ard
show or simpty just to complete the car Ferrari and Porsche... that's reatty the
Morry tetts me most of his ctients are
hardcore group of people that know the
international - my previous analogy to
Morry tetls me they've handted items up history of the company" he says, "l bet hatf
to 5500,000 however he assures me that the peopte driving a new 9l-1 know what a museum begins to make more sense.
even among these big ticket items - tike a a 356 is, but I woutd guess 90% of new Morry has such a vast co[ection of
532,000 USD Atfa Romeo owners manual Lambo owners don't know what a 400GT automotive heritage and artifacts that he
from an BC 2300 - there's a market for atl is" he continues. And it's a very vatid point, coutd quite titeratty olfer guided tours.
enthusiasts. "Downstairs I have an originat brands tike Porsche, Ferrari and McLaren But he assures me it's a retait store and
painting of Carro[[ Shetby winning LeMans have racing pedigree that grants them for the casuaL enthusiast, to the seasoned
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an arm and a teg into his rat rod (specificalty muscte cars) as a young man
1978 Mini by his estimate. he's PUt
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about S2Ok into - yet at every car show
it his interest did as wetl and he began
and competition he brings it to, the tittte getting ideas for his own pro1ects.
car absolutely crushes the competition .T
and takes the victory. The l-978 rat rod Mlni was purchased
just a coupte years ago and, true to his
Everyone from tittte kids to peopte in their
70s absotutety love the buitd The onty
modus operandi, it was someone etse's
semi-frnished build Buying a hatf-baked
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ones who don't? The purists, naturat[y. car from a stranger atways comes with
its fair share of obstacles, the biggest one
Joet's approach to a new buitd is fairty stemming from the fact that, in Joet's
untraditionat. Instead of starting from words, most peopte are actuatty quite
scratch with a vehic[e, he buys someone terribte at wetding and fabricating
etse's project car that they've either lost
interest in or just ptain run out of money Upon taking possession of the vehicle and
to continue. This littte trick, he says, saves fixing a whote slew of the wetding, Joet
a boattoad of money that can then be and Roger atso fabricated atl new control
put into the project or pocketed. Along arms and made some major ad.lustments
with his tong-time friend Roger Lohnes, to the steering, which was way out to
Joet has taken on a few dtfferent tunch. The car atso had a broken ftywheet
successfut buitds, and doesn't see a point that he took care of, and the motor was
in quitting now. essentiatty written off and eventuatty
reptaced by a 377 Chevy Smatt Btock Att
Growing up in King City, a tiny community in att, it was in rough shape
tocated north of Toronto, his exposure
to and love affair with cars was rooted Aestheticatly, when it came into his shop
mainty in his father, as it so often is with it wore wheets from a Chevy Cavatier 224
car enthusiasts. His father was in the over a matte btack body with a yellow
body shop business for a good 40 years, roof. Looking to do something botd,

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