The world-renowned Tour Auto – a moving display of 230 of the world’s most valuable and treasured classic cars – is set to visit Brittany for the first time in the event’s history.
An incredible 230 entrants will set off from under the glass dome of Paris’ Grand Palais on 24 April and head north on a brand-new route through Brittany before heading south for six days of competitive driving.
Each year a particular manufacturer or type of car is honoured by the Tour, with not year’s event dedicated to lost French marques including CG, Delahaye, Facel Vega, Hotchkiss, Jide, Pichon Parat, René Bonnet, Salmson and Simca, plus the famous Panhards and DBs created by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet.
Greg MacLeman is a contributor to and former Features Editor of Classic & Sports Car, and drives a restored and uprated 1974 Triumph 2500TC