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The Great Marques

Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Aston Martin and McLaren: the official showrooms, the great factories of Italy and Germany and how to visit them, the motoring year and the finest cars to hire.

Last checked October 2026.

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The Great Marques

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Official Showrooms of the Great Marques

A black Rolls-Royce at the glass doors of a grand entrance
A Rolls-Royce at the door

Monaco

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars MonacoMonte-Carlo

    The marque's authorised showroom in the Principality, on Avenue Princesse Grace, with its after-sales workshop in neighbouring Cap d'Ail. The dealership has belonged to BPM Group since spring 2021. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Scuderia Monte-Carlo (Ferrari)Monaco

    Ferrari's official dealer in Monaco since 2011, with its new-car showroom on Avenue Princesse Grace. A Ferrari Approved showroom and atelier opened in Fontvieille in September 2025, the first exhibition there showing 21 Ferraris from the 1950s to the present day. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley MonacoMonaco

    The official Bentley retailer for the Principality, offering new and pre-owned cars, Mulliner commissions and servicing. It was historically part of the Monaco Luxury group, which also held Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, McLaren and Aston Martin and was acquired by BPM Group in 2021. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini MonacoFontvieille

    Run by Groupe Segond, which has partnered with Lamborghini since 2015. The 218 m² showroom on Avenue de Fontvieille opened in spring 2022 and includes an Ad Personam lounge for choosing paint, leather and carbon-fibre finishes. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bugatti MonacoMonaco

    Operated by Groupe Segond Automobiles, at 4 Quai Antoine 1er, by the Rascasse corner of the Grand Prix circuit. It opened in spring 2023 and receives visitors by appointment from Monday to Saturday. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin MonacoMonaco

    Aston Martin's authorised dealer for sales, pre-owned cars and after-sales in the Principality. It is also a Valhalla Approved Service Centre. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • McLaren MonacoMonaco

    McLaren's authorised retailer in the Principality, listed in the marque's official retailer network. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

France

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars ParisParis

    The marque's authorised Paris dealer, run by the Neubauer family, opened its showroom in the 17th arrondissement in 2011. Ownership services and the workshop are at Rue de la Cavalerie in the 15th. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Charles Pozzi (Ferrari)Levallois-Perret

    The name of Ferrari's historic French importer, appointed in 1969. Groupe Neubauer has owned it since 2010, and it operates on the western edge of Paris with an official after-sales centre at the Le Mans circuit. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley Paris SeineParis

    Bentley's official Paris retailer for new and pre-owned cars, Mulliner commissions and servicing. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bugatti ParisNeuilly-sur-Seine

    LS Group runs it at 181 Avenue Achille Peretti. The ground-floor showroom opened in early 2020, its lounge opening onto a garden, and visits are by appointment. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini ParisPuteaux

    An authorised showroom with service, a certified collision centre and a certified paint shop. The Schumacher group, now part of LS Group, opened it in early 2018 as Lamborghini's fifth site in France. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin ParisParis

    The sales showroom is at 4 Avenue de la Grande Armée, a few steps from the Arc de Triomphe, with pre-owned cars and servicing at Rue de la Cavalerie in the 15th. It is a Valhalla Approved Service Centre. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • McLaren ParisParis region

    McLaren's Paris retailer, run by LS Group, which brought the marque back to the Paris region in 2020. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari SF Côte d'AzurLe Cannet

    The Riviera's official Ferrari dealer, run by SF Grand-Est in Le Cannet above Cannes, occupies a 6,000 m² building over six floors at 114 Boulevard Sadi Carnot. It has a delivery turntable, a VIP lounge and a floor given over to historic Ferraris. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini CannesLe Cannet

    An authorised Lamborghini showroom with service, a certified collision centre and a certified paint shop. Passion Automobiles took it over in autumn 2019. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin CannesLe Cannet

    Groupe Chopard runs it at 440 Avenue du Campon for sales, pre-owned cars and after-sales. It is a Valhalla Approved Service Centre. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley MouginsMougins

    Bentley's Riviera showroom in the hills above Cannes, opened in 2021, offering new and pre-owned cars and Mulliner commissions. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Italy

  • Rossocorsa Milano (Ferrari)Milan

    Lombardy's Ferrari dealer since 1994. Since 2007 it has occupied a restored wing of the former Cartiere di Verona paper mill on Via dei Missaglia: more than 6,000 m² with a 1,000 m² showroom, a permanent Ferrari Classiche display and one of Italy's two Ferrari Classiche certification centres. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars MilanMilan

    At Via dei Missaglia 89, and now the marque's only showroom in Italy. Viewings are by appointment on weekdays. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley MilanoMilan

    A Bentley partner since 2016, it moved into new premises in autumn 2021. There is a showroom of about 500 m², a Mulliner personalisation area, a space devoted to Bentley's history and an 800 m² workshop. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini MilanMilan

    An authorised Lamborghini showroom with service, a certified collision centre and a certified paint shop. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin MilanoMilan

    Aston Martin's authorised dealer for sales, pre-owned cars and after-sales, at Viale Certosa 187. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Sa.Mo.Car Roma (Ferrari)Rome

    An official Ferrari dealer since 1957 and still owned by the founding Malagò family, at Via Pinciana 65 beside the Villa Borghese. It was the first dealership to adopt Ferrari's new corporate identity, which is built around a central "Piazza", private lounges and a configuration room. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini RomeRome

    An authorised Lamborghini showroom with service, a certified collision centre and a certified paint shop. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley RomaRome

    Bentley's fourth Italian showroom, run by IWR Automotive on Via della Magliana in the south-west of the city. It opened in late spring 2023. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Sa.Mo.Car Prato (Ferrari)Prato

    The official Ferrari dealer nearest Florence in Ferrari's dealer network, about 20 km north-west of the city, with a Ferrari Store on site. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Rossocorsa Torino (Ferrari)Turin

    The Turin branch of the Rossocorsa group, Ferrari dealers in northern Italy since 1994, with a Ferrari Store and a personalisation service. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari ModenaModena

    An official Ferrari dealer at Via Emilia Est 1319, offering new cars, Ferrari Approved pre-owned cars, Officine Ferrari Classiche and servicing. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Spain

  • Bentley MadridBoadilla del Monte

    Astara's Bentley showroom on Calle Vidrieros, just outside the city near the M-40 and M-501. It opened in summer 2023 with a glass-fronted showroom on two levels joined by car lifts, a dedicated workshop and a climate-controlled "car hotel" for more than 50 cars. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari Santogal MadridMadrid

    Santogal Automóviles is the official Ferrari dealer for Madrid, with sales and technical service on Calle Puerto de Somport. It holds Ferrari Classiche certification for the authentication of historic cars. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini MadridMadrid

    The capital's official Lamborghini dealership, listed on the marque's own dealer locator that also offers pre-owned cars. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin MadridMadrid

    The authorised Aston Martin dealer. Its sales showroom is on Glorieta de López de Hoyos, and service and pre-owned cars are on Calle Manuel Tovar. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley BarcelonaBarcelona

    The official Bentley dealership for Barcelona and Catalonia, listed on Bentley's own retailer locator. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari Quadis Gallery BarcelonaBarcelona

    Quadis Gallery is the official Ferrari dealer for Barcelona, located on Passeig de la Zona Franca. It is part of the Quadis group's prestige-brand showroom. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini BarcelonaBarcelona

    The official Lamborghini dealership for Catalonia, listed on the marque's own dealer locator. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin BarcelonaBarcelona

    The authorised Aston Martin dealer, on Passeig de la Zona Franca within the Quadis prestige cluster. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • McLaren BarcelonaBarcelona

    McLaren's retailer for Spain, operated by Comercial Chelsea 1979, which opened in 2017 when it took over from the earlier Marbella site. It is listed on McLaren's official retailer locator. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley MarbellaSan Pedro de Alcántara

    The official Bentley dealership for the Costa del Sol, run by C. de Salamanca from its prestige site on Avenida Norberto Goizueta, a short drive west of Puerto Banús. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari C. de Salamanca MarbellaSan Pedro de Alcántara

    The official Ferrari dealer for southern Spain and the flagship marque of C. de Salamanca, a house founded in 1907 by the Marquis of Salamanca. It shares the Avenida Norberto Goizueta premises with Bentley. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini MarbellaPuerto Banús

    Lamborghini's showroom in Puerto Banús, which opened in summer 2025 as the marque's third in Spain, serving the Costa del Sol, with Ad Personam personalisation. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Portugal

Greece

  • Bentley AthensNeo Psychiko

    The official Bentley dealership for Greece, run by Kosmocar on Kifisias Avenue in the northern suburbs. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari Genesis MotorsKifissia

    Genesis is Ferrari's official importer and dealer in Greece. In January 2026 it opened new premises at the 14th kilometre of the Athens–Lamia National Road, with a showroom, a personalisation area, a client lounge and Ferrari Classiche service. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini AthensAthens

    The official Lamborghini dealership for Greece, listed on the marque's own dealer locator, with a separate Lamborghini Service Athens workshop. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Türkiye

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars İstanbulKuruçeşme

    The marque's Istanbul showroom, on Kuruçeşme Caddesi beside the Bosphorus in Beşiktaş, with its service centre in Beykoz. Rolls-Royce named it Global Sales Dealer of the Year for 2023. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bentley IstanbulMaslak

    Bentley's long-standing Turkish partner Doğuş Otomotiv runs the showroom in the Doğuş Center in Maslak. In 2024 Bentley Mulliner created the city-inspired Istanbul Silhouette Collection. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari Fer MasIstanbul

    Fer Mas Oto Ticaret is Ferrari's official dealer in Türkiye, with sales and service in Istanbul. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Lamborghini IstanbulIstanbul

    The official Lamborghini dealership for Türkiye, with a showroom and service facilities, listed on the marque's own dealer locator. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin TürkiyeYeniköy

    The authorised Aston Martin dealer, with its showroom on Köybaşı Caddesi in Yeniköy on the European shore of the Bosphorus and its service centre in Maslak. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Cyprus

Israel

Egypt

Morocco

Switzerland

  • Bugatti GstaadFeutersoey (Gstaad)

    Pichler GFG AG, Bugatti's Swiss partner since 2010, opened it in December 2016. When it opened it was one of Bugatti's largest European showrooms in the brand's current design and it remains in Bugatti's official partner network. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars ZurichGlattpark (Zurich)

    The marque's authorised showroom at Stinson-Strasse 2, which describes itself as the oldest and most traditional Rolls-Royce dealership in Switzerland, with more than 70 years of experience with the marque. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bugatti ZurichGlattpark (Zurich)

    Schmohl AG, Bugatti's partner here since 2005, shares the Stinson-Strasse premises with Rolls-Royce. In October 2016 it became the first Bugatti showroom in Switzerland to open in the brand's current design, and it remains in Bugatti's official partner network. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Aston Martin ZürichGlattpark (Zurich)

    The authorised Aston Martin dealer at Stinson-Strasse 4, with sales, pre-owned cars and after-sales under one roof. It is also a Valhalla Approved Service Centre. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari B.I. CollectionWallisellen (Zurich)

    B.I. Collection describes itself as one of the first official Ferrari representatives outside Italy. In September 2024 it opened a showroom with a new workshop in Wallisellen, on the north-eastern edge of Zurich, alongside its long-standing showroom west of the city. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars GenevaNyon

    The authorised Rolls-Royce dealer for the Geneva region, on Route de Saint-Cergue in Nyon, on the shore of Lake Geneva. Rolls-Royce named it Sales Dealer of the Year for 2024, a year after its new showroom opened. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Bugatti GenevaGeneva

    Pegasus Automotive Group, Bugatti's partner here since 2024, opened a new showroom with its own workshop in May 2026. The Tourbillon was shown in Geneva for the first time at the opening, beside a collection running from a Type 35 to the W16 Mistral. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari Modena CarsPlan-les-Ouates (Geneva)

    Ferrari's official dealer for Geneva since 2004, owned by Gino Forgione. The showroom was renewed in 2022, with a Tailor Made lounge and atelier on the first floor and a renovated Ferrari Classiche workshop. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Germany (Bavaria)

  • Aston Martin MünchenMunich

    Aston Martin's authorised Munich dealer at Moosacher Straße 56, Milbertshofen. It handles sales, pre-owned cars and after-sales and is a Valhalla Approved Service Centre. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Rolls-Royce Motor Cars MunichBaierbrunn (Munich)

    The marque's authorised showroom, at Oberdiller Straße 29 in Baierbrunn, on the southern edge of Munich. Schmidt Premium Cars has represented Rolls-Royce in Munich since 2011 and was named the marque's best dealer worldwide for 2019. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ferrari MunichMunich

    Munich's official Ferrari dealer has two showrooms: its main site on Moosacher Straße and, since December 2024, a gallery on Odeonsplatz. The Odeonsplatz showroom occupies a listed building of 1825 by Leo von Klenze, with an exhibition floor below and a configuration gallery above. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

A Ferrari F40 at the Museo Ferrari, Maranello
A Ferrari F40, Museo Ferrari, Maranello

The Great Factories, Museums and Collections

Italy

  • The old factory gate of Ferrari in Maranello, its name in gold above the arch
    The factory gate, Maranello
    FerrariMaranello

    The Museo Ferrari stands beside the factory where every Ferrari road car is built.Open to visitorsThe museum is open to all, and from it Ferrari runs guided shuttle-bus tours to the Fiorano test track and the Maranello factory, for which advance reservation is compulsory; individuals and groups of up to twenty may book in Italian or English, with other languages on request. The museum's exhibition spaces may also be taken for private events after hours.For clients and ownersWalking the factory floor is reserved for clients, whose visits (including the engine and assembly lines, Ferrari Classiche and the personalisation department) are arranged through Ferrari's official dealers; Ferrari Tailor Made, the programme in which a Personal Designer guides a limited number of buyers through every element of their car, has its centre at Maranello. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • The Ghirlandina, the cathedral tower of Modena, at the end of a narrow street
    The Ghirlandina, Modena
    Museo Enzo FerrariModena

    The second Ferrari museum, opened in 2012 and run by Ferrari, is built around the house in which Enzo Ferrari was born and is dedicated to the founder and to Modena's motoring tradition.Open to visitorsOpen to all, with a combined ticket covering the Maranello museum, and guided tours bookable in advance.For clients and ownersThere is no factory here; client programmes are centred on Maranello. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • A bronze Lamborghini Urraco of the 1970s seen from a staircase above a museum floor
    A Lamborghini Urraco of the 1970s
    LamborghiniSant'Agata Bolognese

    The Museo Automobili Lamborghini stands at the gates of the factory and traces the house from the Miura and Countach to the present day.Open to visitorsThe museum is open daily, and guided tours of the production lines, about forty minutes long and followed by a visit to the museum, run from Monday to Friday and are booked ahead; the museum and the Olimpo space overlooking the factory may be taken for private events.For clients and ownersLamborghini's Ad Personam studio at Sant'Agata receives clients to specify their cars, and its La Prima ceremony delivers a new car to its owner at the factory; both are arranged through Lamborghini's dealers. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • PaganiSan Cesario sul Panaro

    The Horacio Pagani Museo and the Atelier where each Pagani is built by hand stand side by side outside Modena.Open to visitorsThe museum is open daily without reservation; the guided tour of the Atelier must be booked ahead through Pagani's official agent, Modenatur, as must the Pagani VIP Experience, a private visit with dedicated staff, coffee in a reserved setting and the chance to sit in one of the cars.For clients and ownersCommissions, including the one-off cars of the Grandi Complicazioni department, are developed in close collaboration with each client; the details are private. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • MaseratiModena

    Maserati's historic plant on Viale Ciro Menotti has been its home for more than eighty years.Open to visitorsFactory tours run on weekdays by reservation only, beginning in the renovated showrooms and continuing through the powertrain department and the Engine Lab, where the Nettuno engine is built; guests must be eighteen or over, and commentary is offered in five languages.For clients and ownersThe Officine Fuoriserie, opened at the same plant in March 2025, receives clients in a dedicated lounge to design their cars with Fuoriserie staff and Centro Stile designers, through to delivery at the factory. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Museo Storico Alfa RomeoArese

    "La macchina del tempo", rebuilt in 2015 on TheMediterranean.com of the former Arese works, presents Alfa Romeo through its Timeline, Bellezza and Velocità halls.Open to visitorsOpen daily except Tuesdays, with tickets booked online and small-group tours of the storage halls by reservation.For clients and ownersNo client or delivery programme is published; the museum's internal track is used for parades of historic cars and events. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • DallaraVarano de' Melegari

    The Dallara Academy, in the hills above Parma, is the racing-car maker's museum and teaching centre, with a ramp of cars from the Miura and X1/9 to IndyCars, Le Mans prototypes and the Dallara Stradale.Open to visitorsOpen every day, with guided tours in Italian, English and French booked ahead with the Academy.For clients and ownersThe factory itself is not open to visitors, and no owner programme is published. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • DucatiBorgo Panigale (Bologna)

    A house of motorcycles rather than cars, included as the Motor Valley's other great name: the Museo Ducati and the factory share one site in Bologna.Open to visitorsMuseum visits and factory visits, showing how the motorcycles are made today, are booked ahead through Ducati's Borgo Panigale Experience.For clients and ownersDucati Unica, the programme for a one-of-a-kind motorcycle, brings clients into direct contact with the designers of the Centro Stile Ducati; details are arranged through Ducati's dealers. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • MAUTOMuseo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Turin

    Italy's national motor museum holds more than 200 cars from some 80 marques in its Cino Zucchi building on the Po.Open to visitorsOpen to all, with the Open Garage conservation vault visited by reservation.For clients and ownersNot applicable; it is a museum, not a factory. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Museo Auto Storiche Brescia (formerly Museo Mille Miglia)Brescia

    Housed in the monastery of Sant'Eufemia della Fonte, the museum is devoted to the original Mille Miglia of 1927 to 1957.Open to visitorsOpen to all, with an archive available to researchers.For clients and ownersNot applicable. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

France

  • The horseshoe grille and red badge of a blue Bugatti Chiron
    The horseshoe grille of a Bugatti Chiron
    BugattiMolsheim

    Château Saint Jean, Ettore Bugatti's estate in Alsace, and the Atelier beside it, where every modern Bugatti is assembled by hand.Open to visitorsThere is no public visit; Bugatti describes access to the Château as reserved for "the privileged few".For clients and ownersThe Molsheim Experience, a day-long programme for clients, takes in the restored stables, the Orangery, the historic cars and the Atelier, and Bugatti owners traditionally take delivery of their cars in front of the Château; clients may also refine their configuration with the Sur Mesure team at Molsheim. All of this is arranged through Bugatti's dealers. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Cité de l'Automobile – Collection SchlumpfMulhouse

    Not on the Mediterranean, but the world's great collection of its kind: some 400 historic, luxury and racing cars assembled by Fritz Schlumpf, classed as a historical monument in 1978, among them a Bugatti Type 41 Royale.Open to visitorsTickets may be booked online, and receptions and room hire are offered for private events.For clients and ownersNot applicable; it is a museum, an hour from Molsheim. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Monaco

  • The Cars Collection of H.S.H. the Prince of MonacoPort Hercule

    Prince Rainier III's collection of around a hundred cars, from a 1903 De Dion-Bouton to a 2013 Lotus Formula 1 car, moved in July 2022 to a 3,500-square-metre gallery beside the swimming-pool section of the Grand Prix circuit. Highlights include Hispano-Suiza, Rolls-Royce, Delahaye and Facel Vega, Monte-Carlo Rally and Grand Prix cars, and the Lexus of the 2011 royal wedding; the collection closes during the Grand Prix weeks. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Spain

  • AscariRonda

    A private members' club in the hills near Ronda, inland from Marbella, set on an estate of more than 180 hectares around a 5.4-kilometre circuit of 26 corners, also used by carmakers for launches. Members and their guests are looked after by a dedicated team, and the club arranges accommodation in the area. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Museo Automovilístico y de la ModaMálaga

    Nearly a hundred restored cars, from the Belle Époque and Art Deco years to coachwork by Figoni and Bugatti, share the former Tabacalera building with a collection of haute couture from Chanel, Dior, Givenchy and Balmain, across thirteen themed rooms. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Switzerland

  • Musée de l'AutomobileFondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny

    Within one of Switzerland's leading art foundations in the Valais, a collection of around fifty cars from 1897 to 1939, all in working order, ranges from an 1897 Benz to Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz, Isotta Fraschini and Hispano-Suiza, with rare Swiss-built cars such as the Martini. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Austria (Carinthia)

  • Porsche Automuseum Helmut PfeifhoferGmünd

    In 1944 Ferdinand Porsche moved his design office to this Carinthian mountain town, where the first Porsche 356 cars were built by hand in aluminium between 1948 and 1951. The private museum, founded in 1982, displays cars, documents and tools from Porsche's history and is open from spring to autumn. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

A Porsche 911 raised on its pillar at the Porsche Museum, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
The Porsche Museum, Stuttgart

Germany, just beyond the Mediterranean

  • A black Porsche 911 of the 996 generation on a country road
    Porsche 911 (996)
    Porsche Museum and FactoryStuttgart-Zuffenhausen

    Porsche's museum on Porscheplatz, designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects and opened in 2009, stands beside the company's headquarters and the factory where the 911 and the Taycan are built, with some 95 of a collection of more than 700 cars on display at any one time.Open to visitorsThe museum offers open and private guided tours and a free multimedia guide in eight languages, and from it the factory tours follow a sports car through production on weekdays only; open tours last about an hour, private tours for up to fifteen guests about ninety minutes, the minimum age is eight, and all tours other than the public museum tour must be booked online before the day.For clients and ownersA new Porsche may be collected at the factory as part of a full day in the Porsche world, which has included a museum visit, a guided factory tour, lunch and a personal handover in the delivery hall, arranged with the Zuffenhausen factory-collection team. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur and SonderwunschStuttgart-Zuffenhausen

    The Sonderwunsch ("special request") programme builds personalised and one-off cars at Zuffenhausen, from individual paint and interior materials to bespoke components.Open to visitorsIt is not open to the public.For clients and ownersThe request begins with the client's Porsche Centre, after which a dedicated Sonderwunsch consultant in Zuffenhausen leads the project with Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, Porsche Classic and the Style Porsche designers, in person or digitally, at three levels: Factory Commission for a new car, Factory Re-Commission for a car already owned, and Factory One-Offs, which typically take two to three years. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Porsche LeipzigLeipzig

    The factory that builds the Panamera and the Macan is also a Porsche Experience Center, with its own on-road circuit, a dynamic area and an off-road course.Open to visitorsThe Factory Tour Classic, an English-language walk through assembly of about ninety minutes, and the Factory Tour Intensive, about three hours through the body shop, paint shop and assembly for groups of twenty or more, are both open to guests aged thirteen and over; dates are released about three months ahead and fill quickly, and dated driving programmes on the circuit and off-road, each with a factory tour, are also offered for booking.For clients and ownersFactory collection takes about five hours, with a factory tour, instructor-led driving of a comparable Porsche on the circuit and off-road (drivers eighteen and over), lunch overlooking the track and a personal handover, in three versions up to two hours of one-to-one coaching on the circuit. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart lit up at night
    The Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart
    Mercedes-Benz MuseumStuttgart

    The brand's own museum in Stuttgart tells the story of Mercedes-Benz and its forerunners.Open to visitorsAdmission and guided tours, among them forty-five-minute discovery tours, are booked through the museum's own online ticket shop, which also offers motorsport simulators.For clients and ownersThe museum receives enquiries for private events; new cars are collected not here but at the Mercedes-Benz customer centres, Sindelfingen among them. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • A black Mercedes-Maybach S 600
    Mercedes-Maybach S 600
    Mercedes-Benz Customer Center and PlantSindelfingen

    The Sindelfingen plant, founded in 1915, is home to Factory 56, where the S-Class, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class and the EQS are built.Open to visitorsGuided plant tours can be booked online by individuals, families and groups, with children from six years of age when accompanied by an adult; tours vary and may take place while production is paused.For clients and ownersCollection is arranged through the client's Mercedes-Benz partner and includes a personal briefing on the car and a complimentary plant tour booked on the day; an Exklusivabholung (exclusive collection) with added insight into production is offered at Sindelfingen, the Center of Excellence on site presents Mercedes-Maybach, Mercedes-AMG and personalised cars on weekdays, consultations on individual specification are by appointment, and AMG owners collecting here may arrange a tour of engine assembly at Affalterbach. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • The four-cylinder tower of BMW’s headquarters in Munich under a stormy sky
    BMW’s headquarters beside BMW Welt, Munich
    A white BMW M8 Competition Gran Coupé
    BMW M8 Competition
    BMW WeltBMW Museum and BMW Group Plant, Munich

    BMW's Munich home brings together the BMW Welt brand centre, the BMW Museum and the neighbouring plant.Open to visitorsGuided tours of BMW Welt and the museum last about an hour, in German and English, and the plant tour of about two hours runs Monday to Friday for those aged six and over with an adult or fourteen alone; demand is high, so reservation ahead is advised.For clients and ownersNew BMWs are handed over at BMW Welt in three packages, the Premium with a lounge, a seventy-minute staged handover and a guided tour of the plant, BMW Welt or BMW Group Classic, and the Exclusive adding a chauffeur, a private ninety-minute handover and a four-course menu, booked through a BMW dealer and at present for customers in Germany only; the BMW Individual Lounge at BMW Welt offers personal advice on colours, materials and special equipment by appointment. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • BMW Group ClassicMunich

    BMW's heritage centre on Moosacher Strasse holds the historic collection of rare road and racing cars, concept cars and prototypes.Open to visitorsGuided group tours of about an hour, for up to twenty people in German or English, are booked through BMW Welt, and tickets must be collected in advance at BMW Welt or the BMW Museum.For clients and ownersA BMW Group Classic tour may be chosen as part of a BMW Welt vehicle handover, and access to the historic vehicle collection and workshop can be added to private events at BMW Welt by enquiry. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Audi Forum IngolstadtIngolstadt

    Audi's visitor centre at its Ingolstadt headquarters, opened in 2000, includes the Audi museum mobile, a glazed rotunda more than twenty-two metres high, alongside the AVUS fine-dining restaurant.Open to visitorsProduction tours of the Ingolstadt plant and guided museum tours run Monday to Friday and are booked through the forum's online ticket shop, and live online factory tours are offered as well.For clients and ownersNew cars are collected at the customer centre in the forum, next to its restaurants. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Audi Forum NeckarsulmNeckarsulm

    Audi's visitor centre at its Neckarsulm plant hosts vehicle collections, factory tours and, on its top floor, a regularly changing exhibition by Audi Tradition, in 2026 "Design Legends", concept cars and design studies from five decades.Open to visitorsFactory tours and the Audi Tradition exhibition are open to visitors.For clients and ownersNew Audis are collected at the forum. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Two Alfa Romeo racing cars of the 1970s and 1990s
Alfa Romeo racing cars

The Motoring Year

Month by month

January

  • Rallye Monte-CarloMonaco and the French Alps

    The legendary winter rally, first run in 1911. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Rallye Monte-Carlo HistoriqueMonaco

    The Automobile Club de Monaco's historic rally since 1998, for models that took part in the Monte-Carlo Rally between 1911 and 1986, finishing at Port Hercule after a night stage over the Col de Turini, from late January into February. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • The I.C.E. St. MoritzSt. Moritz

    An international concours d'elegance on the frozen lake, with around 50 automobiles judged and then driven on the ice; its Best in Show trophy was designed by Norman Foster. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

February

  • RétromobileParis

    The great collectors' car fair at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with dealers, clubs, restorers and rare cars, held each winter as the first major event of the classic-car year. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

April

May

June

July

  • Coppa d'Oro delle DolomitiCortina d'Ampezzo

    First run in 1947 as a speed race, it is now a regularity rally through the Dolomite passes for historic cars built up to 1971.

  • Austrian Grand PrixSpielberg

    Formula 1 at the Red Bull Ring, in the mountains of Styria. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

August

  • Passione EngadinaSt. Moritz

    A celebration of Italian classic cars, with particular attention to the smaller and often overlooked Italian marques, shown along Via Serlas at the end of summer. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

September

October

  • Tour de Corse HistoriqueCorsica

    A week-long historic rally, about 1,000 km around the island with some 400 km of timed stages.

  • Auto e Moto d'EpocaBologna

    Italy's great classic-car fair at BolognaFiere, with more than 5,000 vehicles in fourteen halls and visitors from some forty countries. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Turkish Grand PrixIstanbul

    Formula 1 returns to Istanbul Park in October 2027, subject to the circuit's FIA approval.

A Rolls-Royce Dawn convertible, roof down, in evening light
A Rolls-Royce Dawn

The Luxury Car Hire

France and Monaco

  • Elite Rent-a-CarNice, Cannes and Monaco

    A Geneva-based luxury and supercar hire firm with agencies in Nice, Cannes and Monaco on the Riviera, and delivery and collection across France. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Porsche. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Car4RentMonaco, Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Nice Airport

    Luxury and sports car hire with agencies at 9 boulevard Albert 1er in Monaco, 10 rue Hibert in Cannes, 15 place Vieille in Grimaud for Saint-Tropez, and at Nice Airport, as well as in Paris. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, Bentley and Mercedes-Benz, delivered anywhere in France. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Luxury RivieraVillefranche-sur-Mer

    Self-drive luxury cars and a chauffeur service from an office at 19 avenue du Général de Gaulle in Villefranche-sur-Mer, with a second office for the French Alps. The fleet includes Lamborghini Huracán and Urus, Rolls-Royce Phantom and Cullinan, Ferrari F8 Tributo and Porsche 911, with delivery and collection between Monaco and Saint-Tropez. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • MC Luxury RentalMonaco

    Supercar and luxury car hire from 30 boulevard Princesse Charlotte in Monaco, delivering to Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez and further afield. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Porsche and Maserati. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Spain

  • RentluxBarcelona, Madrid, Ibiza and Marbella

    Luxury car hire with a fleet it owns outright and offices at Maremagnum in Port Vell, Barcelona, at the Jarama circuit outside Madrid, on the airport road in Ibiza and on Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenlohe in Marbella. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley and Aston Martin, delivered across Spain, the Balearics, Portugal and the south of France. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • The Luxury Car Hire ClubMarbella

    Prestige car hire from an office at La Quinta Golf and Country Club above Marbella, with collection and return at Málaga Airport. It owns its cars, among them Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Porsche. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Ibiza Best CarIbiza

    Supercar hire that owns its own fleet, from an office on Avenida Pere Matutes Noguera in Ibiza, delivering to the airport's VIP terminal, villas, hotels and Marina Botafoch. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Aston Martin, Bentley and Porsche. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Exclusive Rental CarsIbiza

    Luxury car hire on the island since 2006, from an office on the airport road at Sant Jordi, with more than 100 cars, all under two years old. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche, delivered anywhere on Ibiza. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Porsche DriveMadrid

    Porsche's own short-term hire programme, run in Madrid by the official Centro Porsche Madrid Norte on Avenida de Burgos, for a weekend or a holiday. Drivers must be 25 or over, or 35 for Turbo models. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Portugal

  • DeluxeDriveAlgarve and Lisbon

    A licensed boutique luxury hire firm based in Almancil, near Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo, delivering across the Algarve and to Lisbon, Cascais, Sintra and Porto. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Porsche and Aston Martin. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Italy

  • Elite Rent-a-CarMilan and Rome

    The Geneva-based firm's Italian agencies, in Milan and Rome, with delivery and collection across Italy, including Porto Cervo and Lake Como. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Porsche. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • FTO RentMilan

    Supercar and luxury car hire from Piazza Indro Montanelli in Milan, with delivery in Italy and cars cleared to travel across Europe. The fleet includes Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and Range Rover. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Vintage Drive Como LakeLake Como

    Self-drive hire of classic Italian convertibles, among them a 1966 Fiat 1500 Cabriolet and a 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider, from its base on the lakefront at Abbadia Lariana, with delivery to hotels around the lake. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Positano VintagePositano

    Self-drive hire of classic Fiat 500 convertibles, an Alfa Romeo Spider and a Volkswagen Beetle convertible, from Via Arienzo in Positano, for more than ten years. Cars are delivered to hotels in Positano and Praiano and may be driven from Sorrento to Salerno. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Dolcevita CarsSorrento

    Self-drive hire of vintage cars for the Sorrento peninsula and the Amalfi Coast, from Via San Renato in Sorrento, including an Alfa Romeo Spider and a Fiat 500 Spiaggina beach car. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Cyprus

  • Prestige VIP ServicesLimassol

    Self-drive luxury hire and chauffeur service from an office on Amathus Avenue in Limassol, in the island's car-hire trade for 25 years. The fleet includes a Lamborghini Urus, a Bentley Bentayga, a Mercedes-Maybach S600 and Range Rovers, delivered to hotels and to Larnaca and Paphos airports. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Morocco

  • Palm Luxury CarsMarrakech

    Luxury car hire from Rue Yougoslavie in Guéliz, delivering to Marrakech Menara airport, hotels, riads and villas, and to Casablanca, Agadir, Tangier and Fez. The fleet includes a Ferrari F8, a Lamborghini Urus, a Rolls-Royce Ghost, a Bentley Continental GT, Porsche and the Mercedes G-Class. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Luxury World CarsMarrakech

    A Marrakech agency with an office on Avenue Abdelkrim El Khattabi, renting Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Range Rover, Porsche and Mercedes, with delivery to Moroccan airports, hotels, riads and villas. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

That makes 18 entries in all.

The Mediterranean Season Letter

Where to be, every season

Four letters a year, one for each season: the Mediterranean from spring to autumn, and Beyond the Mediterranean, into the Alps, in winter. The one best hotel to book, and the events worth crossing a sea for.