ItaliaspeedTV: Panoramic views of the Concorso d'Eleganza Ville d'Este at picturesque Cernobbio on the banks of Lake Como where Italian cars from marques such as Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari and Maserati took centre stage (II)

ItaliaspeedTV: Panoramic views of the Concorso d'Eleganza Ville d'Este at picturesque Cernobbio on the banks of Lake Como where Italian cars from marques such as Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari and Maserati took centre stage (I)

ItaliaspeedTV: Top honours in the Coppa d'Oro - the key prize at the Concorso d'Eleganza Ville d'Este which is voted on by members of the attending public - this year went to a stunning Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS from 1942

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Significant historic Italian cars from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lamborghini, as well as half a dozen rare concepts drawn from the Bertone collection, headlined RM Auctions inaugural Ville d'Este sale

Top honours at RM's Ville d'Este sale went to a Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta at 3.3 million euros while key highlights included an Alfa Romeo TZ, which, with significant period racing history, achieved a world-record price of 627,200 euros

New York collector and Ferrari enthusiast Peter Kalikow has visited the Maranello factory to take delivery of his coachbuilt Ferrari 599, dubbed the Superamerica 45, a unique one-off model which is set to make its debut tomorrow at Ville d'Este

The latest addition to RM Auctions Villa d'Este inaugural sale in ten day's time is an ultra-rare and desirable 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC Spider, chassis 0670 MDTR which is the sixth – and arguably the finest – of just 19 examples built

Another coachbuilt Ferrari model will be presented at this month's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este: the Ferrari Super America 45 which has been hinted at for the first time in a somewhat ambiguous press release by event sponsor BMW

RM Auctions will offer six very rare Lamborghini, Lancia and Chevrolet badged one-off design concept cars from the now-liquidated Bertone Museum collection at its inaugural Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este sale in May

Fresh on the heels of its announcement as the auction house of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, RM Auctions has revealed an early star attraction for its Lake Como debut: a rare 1955 Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta by Pinin Farina

The annual Latvian Alfa Romeo owners meeting took place last Sunday in Šlokenbeka Manor near the capital city Riga where almost forty Alfa Romeo cars gathered in the manor park, the event star of course was the Giulietta

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Latvian Alfa Romeo owners gathered at Šlokenbeka Manor with cars on show including several generations of Spider, the 33, 90, 147, 155, 156, 159, 145, GTV6, MiTo and headlined by the new Giulietta