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The 24th edition of the Pays de Foug\u00e8res international rally on 25-28 May 2018 brought together 180 crews from a dozen European countries, as well as an entrant all the way from Thailand. For the first time, the rally was chosen by FIVA (the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale des V\u00e9hicules Anciens or international federation of historic vehicles) as one of the 10 venues where a FIVA Best Preserved Vehicle award is presented.<\/p>\n

At the rally, Englishman Paul Chasney scooped the FIVA Best Preserved Vehicle award with his remarkable Alvis TF21 Graber Super from 1966, one of the last six bodies made by the famous Swiss coachbuilder Herman Graber. However, the judges (FIVA steward Rainer Hindrischedt and FIVA VP Communications Gautam Sen) were hard-pushed to choose between the Alvis and the superb 1959 Lancia Flaminia saloon of Claude-Michel Perseil, which was the close runner-up.<\/p>\n

The annual Pays de Foug\u00e8res rally, organised every May by the Automobile and Heritage Association of the Pays de Foug\u00e8res, was one of the first events to combine automobiles of the past with the architectural and gastronomic heritage of northwest France. It has always been less about discussing nuts and bolts and valves than discovering the many facets of a rich heritage, both mobile and immobile.<\/p>\n

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1966 Alvis TF21 Graber Super<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Above all, perhaps, it\u2019s a chance to introduce the general public to the intriguing world of historic vehicles, as the cars are exhibited at locations accessible to the public during the three days of the event — this year at Dinard, Granville and Foug\u00e8res. Meanwhile, the Sunday afternoon of the rally sees each vehicle presented to the public with a detailed but lighthearted account of its history. Free-of-charge to visitors, the aim is to tell the story of each car, reviving happy memories and, it\u2019s hoped, awakening the interest of the younger generation in our industrial heritage, in the aesthetics of car design, and in the people and human activities behind it all.<\/p>\n

This annual rally always manages to bring together cars that are rarely seen elsewhere. Rare and exclusive marques such as Marauder, Swallow Doretti, HRG, CG and Darracq joined the traditional luxury brands of Bentley, Delage, Delahaye and Rolls-Royce, not to mention sports cars from Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bugatti and even a Ford GT40, to excite onlookers.<\/p>\n

The 2019 Pays de Foug\u00e8res international rally will be held in the Foug\u00e8res region, from 17-20 May.<\/p>\n

[Source: FIVA; photos: Guillaume N\u00e9d\u00e9lec]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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