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2017 Mille Miglia

After the laborious selection phase of the 705 applications from 41 countries, the official list of 440 competitors, representing 36 countries and 5 continents was presented at the International Motor Show. From Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 May, the race will pass through more than 200 municipal areas, 7 Italian regions and the Republic of San Marino.
Geneva, 8 March 2017: for its ninetieth anniversary, the Mille Miglia – the first edition of which was held in 1927 - presents the thirty-fifth re-evocation edition. The international presentation took place today in Geneva, traditionally a meeting place of different cultures and multi-ethnic and multi-denominational dialogue, in keeping with the atmosphere of international friendship that has always characterized the Freccia Rossa.
Confirming what Enzo Ferrari called the Mille Miglia - "the world’s unique traveling museum", from Thursday 18 to Sunday, 21 May, the spectators to the four stages from Brescia to Rome and back can admire 440 vintage cars of extraordinary historical, technical and sporting value, from eighty-two different Car manufacturers, and hundreds of different models.
To complete this number, never before achieved by any other classic car competition, there will be a further ten cars belonging to a " Military Category", driven by senior officers of the different Italian Armed Forces, as happened in the Mille Miglia of 1952.
These 440 design and mechanical masterpieces, built before 1957 (the year of the last speed edition), will create an unrivalled #automotive #event, along approximately 1,700 km of Italian roads. This will be made even more fascinating by a further 150 cars - produced after 1958 - participants in the "Ferrari Tribute to Mille Miglia" and "Mercedes-Benz Mille Miglia Challenge", reserved for mostly modern cars of the two Manufacturers.