International Auto Show To Include Revered Marques Exhibits From Aston Martin, Ferrari

Prized vehicles belonging to members of the Section West Aston Martin Owners Club and the Pacific Region Ferrari Club of America will be showcased in the Gateway Ballroom. “Owners really isn’t the right word,” said Tom Mulhall, event organizer for the Aston Martin Club. Several owners have kept the company going ever since, including Sir David Brown, who purchased Aston Martin in 1947 for $20,500 pounds and lent his initials to the fabled DB badge. Unobtainium is defined as a highly desirable material that is fictional, rare or costly and, less commonly, as a device needed to fulfill a given design for a given application. Mulhall expects the club to exhibit about 12 Aston Martins in this year’s auto show. The distinctive sound of a Ferrari is music to the ears of its owners. “There is a visceral reaction to the look and sound of a Ferrari,” said Bill McElfresh, past president of the regional Ferrari Club. The late Car Show founder Kjell Qvale once recorded a Ferrari orbiting the Laguna Seca race track and played it for guests who visited his home. The first Ferrari race car was built a year later, and over time, the prancing black horse has become one of the most recognizable badges in automotive history, making Ferrari’s reputation first in racing. World War II intervened in production, but by 1952, Ferrari was back on the tracks, winning its first world title. Over the following decades, Ferrari continued to keep up with the times with innovative design and technology, according to McElfresh. [...] it has an electric drive system. Bay Area lovers of Ferraris founded a chapter of the Ferrari Owners Club in 1975.