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Haruka Onozaki / Based in Torino / Studying Transportation Design

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 5

The last event of the salone; CAR&VINTAGE, ARRIVO DEL TOUR INTERNAZIONALE “LA CLASSICA”. I didn’t expect such a marvellous exhibition and I was especially amazed by how much the Italian people love cars. It is totally different in comparison to Japan. The cars were beautiful, the exhibition exotic, and the people elegant. Grazie a tutti!!!

僕が今まで行ったことのあるクルマ関連のイベントの中でも、一番感動しました。クルマももちろん美しいし、展示の仕方、周りの風景、太陽の光までもイタリアらしさがあり、日本のオートサロン/モーターショーとは全く違いました。何よりも人々のクルマに対する愛に驚かされました。日本では若者のクルマ離れが懸念される中、イタリアでは老若男女がクルマを見て興奮し、喜びを分かち合っていました。クルマを走らせる為に道路を封鎖し、トラムまでも止め、クラシックカーが走れば、警察が巡行し、『CONCORSO D’ELEGANZA ASI』に出場していたクラシックカーなどはオーナーの愛の結晶で今尚衰えぬ美しさを誇っていました。人々がクルマを愛し、その文化をリスペクトし、そこにイタリアの伝統と誇りを強く感じました。コンパニオン目当てのカメラ男もおらず、コンパニオンの服装にも社風が反映され、オシャレでした。

日本でももっとクルマが文化として認識されたら良いなと思いました。本当に学ぶ事が多くて、とても充実した五日間でした。この町はクルマの町なんだなと改めて実感し、この場所でクルマの勉強をできている事を少し誇らしげに感じました。

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 5

Now a peculiar car; Abarth 1000 Pininfarina record. Quite pretty too.

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 5

Alfa Romeo Giulietta; the most beautiful car in this contest. Absolutely stunning. The streamline body is beautiful because it is sort of a interpretation of the nature. The human body, whales, waves, etc.... all have a streamline body and the fun part is that you won’t be able to fully grasp the beauty of its form until you see it right in front of you. Its sort of like music.

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 5

See through engines, classic Rolls Royce....

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 5

IL NERO! CHE BELLO!

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 5

Unfortunately, the last day of the salone did come. But they did one of the best exhibitions at Castello Valentino. A classic car contest was held by CONCORSO D’ELEGANZA ASI. It was from 9 to 11 so I had to wake up little early but it was totally worth it. I seriously don’t know why no one from my school was there when it was on a Sunday. It was totally a fabulous exhibition.

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 4

Because I did not see the Ferrari exhibition on the first day, I really wanted to see the Ferrari 246 after playing gran turismo. At the piazza there were two of them, one in yellow and red. Very beautiful! Its so perfect that there isn’t a single thing I would change. 

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 4

As I was looking through the Instagram feed on Piazza Vittorio Veneto, I see this blue car. Is it a Miura? No, its a Lancia Stratos! I rushed to the Piazza to see this beauty. Bello bello bello! And.... They decided to block the road right in front of my house and all the Ferraris, Maseratis, Lambos and what not blasted through the streets. I was like shivering with excitement.

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 4

In correlation with the event of Volvo, the Gran Premio was held in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati, Lamborghini, Porsche, you name it. From old to new. Beautiful beautiful cars! Molto bello!

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 4

For the 4th day of the Salone, Volvo celebrated its 90 years after establishment. Before I started studying car design, I never took interest in Volvo but this started to change because my friend in class really loves Volvo. This event really helped me understand the good in their brand.

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 3

The day before, after seeing the beautiful Renault Alpine (new) it made me want to see its original. The next day, there it is! In blue! Truly beautiful! No wonder the new one is beautiful too.

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 3

As the days progressed, the salone just kept on becoming better. An event called CARS & COFFEE was held, exhibiting supercars, hypercars, and classics. The cars were beautiful and the surrounding environment of the castello valentino was truly amazing.  

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 2

On day 1 of the salone, there was an event celebrating 70 years of Ferrari. All the new (including LaFerrari) and old were there. However, I did not notice that it was an one day event and I could really slap myself for that. I simply didn’t think that this salone was such an impressive one.... The second day, the event celebrated 70 years of the Polizia. 

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SALONE DELL’AUTO TORINO DAY 1

Just 5 minutes away from my house, the Salone dell’Auto Torino started from the 7th of June in Parco Valentino. I visited there every single day and it was a heavenly experience. First of all, exhibiting cars in the nature like this was unique and I was able to see cars in natural light. This is an important aspect because cars need to look beautiful in any kind of environment.

 A bad example of this was the McLaren. Out of all the cars that were exhibited, I had the highest hopes for the McLaren but it proved otherwise, when I saw it in person. It made me realise that seeing cars on picture and seeing the actual thing is a different thing. The McLaren looks great in pictures because of its complexity and graphical expression. However, when you put it outside and actually see it in person, the intensity disintegrates because the form is not there. It does not create interesting shadows on its body and when its lights are off, it simply seems like something is missing. 

On the other hand, the star of the show was the Aston Martin and the Renault Alpine. The streamline body, the simple yet distinctive lights (round), is pure beauty.