Feb 01 - GCVA Mark World Motoring Heritage Year In 2016
The Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association welcomes the announcement that this year will be marked as World Motoring Heritage Year.
The announcement was made by the international federation of historic vehicles, FIVA, of which the GCVA has been a full member of since November 2014, in recognition of motoring history.
“This is the perfect time to launch World Motoring Heritage Year, as we’re moving towards a bright new age of classic motoring,” says Patrick Rollet, President of FIVA, a non-profit-making enterprise that marks its 50th Anniversary and represents 85 member organisations in more than 64 countries.
To mark World Motoring Heritage Year and emphasise its new mission statement, ‘Protecting, preserving and promoting world motoring heritage’, FIVA is planning an ongoing series of events and initiatives throughout the coming year, including:
- Twice-yearly ‘Heritage Forums’, bringing together the heads of the classic divisions of the major vehicle manufacturers, and symposiums on pertinent topics for all stakeholders to deliberate and debate key issues.
- Broadening the scope of FIVA to allow professional members, such as manufacturers, to contribute and aid the movement.
- Identifying issues of global concern, lobbying the relevant authorities and raising public awareness.
- Launching FIVA-backed awards at many of the world’s top events.
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authentication - issuing FIVA ID cards based on the new technical code for historic vehicle
- The design of two World Motoring Heritage Year logos (one for cars and one for motorcycles, as below) that will soon be available as stickers to the general public.
“Now is the ideal time to celebrate the freedom, pleasure and technological advances that our motoring heritage has brought us,” concludes Mr Rollet.
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