A few of us on here like a little French car

philw696 · Sep 21, 2022

RodTungsten said:
A bit posed - reg mark is CX GTI

Looks typical 80's advertising to me.

Tallman · Sep 21, 2022

Specially taken for Phil - who would have thought a R4would feature at the Panini Collection - between the old rusty tractors though and not exactly in concours condition

philw696 · Sep 21, 2022

I wonder what the story is ?

fphil · Sep 21, 2022

Friendly parking slots

Oneball · Sep 21, 2022

philw696 said:
I wonder what the story is ?

Looks like it was once covered in Panini stickers.

DLax69 · Sep 21, 2022

Tallman said:
Specially taken for Phil - who would have thought a R4would feature at the Panini Collection - between the old rusty tractors though and not exactly in concours condition

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...yeah, but I hear the original windscreen (did I get that right?) wipers fetch quite a price.

Tallman · Sep 21, 2022

philw696 said:
I wonder what the story is ?

It looked covered in paper stickers and there was also a Fiat 500 with all sorts of text so probably some joke / fun event they were in. I spoke to Giovanni and he told me they really like to use the cars - his brother Matteo races some of the cars and they had a couple at Goodwood. They also loan out cars on behalf of Maserati and to get some publicity. There is quite a collection of motorcycles upstairs and a large row of tractors outside. The museum is on a dairy farm which seems to be the main activity so it is VERY low key and there was only one other couple visiting. You donate voluntarily for the upkeep of the museum but it really is worth the visit with a number of prototypes as well. I would say a must visit if you are in Modena/Maranello.