January 10, 2011 to January 23, 2011 – Cobo CenterNAIAS 2010 featured 37 vehicle debuts with 27 of those being worldwide introductions. Nearly 5,000 journalists attended from 63 countries. Nearly 30 percent of the journalists were international,…Organized by NAIAS | Type: auto, show
The Class Host at a Concours d’Elegance by Mike Thies
The Person Who Keeps the Field Working
A Concours d’Elegance may look simple from the outside: beautiful cars, polished chrome, fresh grass, well-dressed owners, judges with clipboards, and spectators enjoying the day. But anyone who has worked behind the scenes knows better. A…
The Marcos was one of those wonderfully unconventional British sports car companies that could only have come from the postwar racing world. The company was founded in 1959 by Jem Marsh and aerodynamicist Frank Costin, with the name Marcos coming from Marsh and Costin. Costin brought serious aircraft and racing design experience to the project, and that influence showed up immediately in the cars: low frontal area, light weight,…