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VALT SEASON OPENER AT GOLDEN GATE FIELDS IS MARCH 26 11AM-2PM

Our season opener will be at Golden Gate Fields on March 26th from 11am-2pm. We’re ramping things up this year with a host of new partners, some tasty treats and a new premium showspace right in the middle of it all. Ticketing options will include GA, Curated and Premium. Premium spaces will be limited to just 20 of the best that the Bay has to offer. If that sounds like your car, grab a ticket while it lasts. Read more about the tickets and what they include below.

As always, Hagerty and Hagerty Driver’s Club will be joining us. With a tent and a great display of collector cars.

Now it’s time for some introductions. We’ll be joined by a host of new affiliate partners including Renown, Genau Autowerks, Purely Driven Collection, and Artdeshine. Each of them will be out showing off the best their brands have to offer and offering some killer discounts and exclusive deals for members. If you’re not already a VALT member, this will be a good opportunity to signup and see immediate benefits!

GENAU AUTOWERKS, A NEW AFFILIATE PARTNER OF VALT

We’re over the moon to announce VALT’s first Affiliate Partner, Genau AutoWerks.

This announcement comes alongside our launch of the VALT Affiliate Partners program, a platform we’ve been building over the past few months to provide added value to VALT Auto Club memberships. We’re ecstatic to finally be releasing these benefits to all of our members and could not be happier to be kicking off the launch with our good friend Ingo Schmoldt at Genau AutoWerks.

Learn more here.

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BMW Z3 M Coupe: The Weird And The Wonderful

All images are from a recent BMW Z3 M Coupe reunion photoshoot held in the Bay Area. Thanks to Rich (@dasblaushu) and the rest of the M Shoe owners for making this gathering happen. Words and photos by Vijay Sankar (@pink_helmet). … Some of the most interesting cars ever made have taken form without express…

The Lamborghini Miura Experience

Words and photography by Vijay Sankar (@pink_helmet) … A solid wall of thunderous wails echoed through the woods lining the Fairfax-Bolinas Road. Flocks of birds were dislodged from mountain sides at the arrival of the exhaust note rocking their world. As much as the visual presence is iconic, the noise of the Miura precedes it.…

BMW E60 M5–The Power of Ten

There is electric throttle response throughout the rev range, and it makes peak power at its manic top end near 8000 RPM. It punches well low in the rev range, but boy does it pay to rev it out to the climax. The motor hits so hard at the top after a linear climb through…

Tales from The California Automobile Museum

VALT Stories is a series that brings together car culture tales worth sharing from the Bay Area. This series embodies everything from photo essays on notable cars to selected narratives of the stewards of automotive enthusiasm in the community. … Gabriel Ionica serves as the Communications Coordinator at California Automobile Museum in Sacramento. He is…

BMW ///M is Still Alive and Well

In search of the soul of BMW, we found that there are still palpable signs of life at the M Division that excite us. You just need to be open new experiences. khj Words and photography by Vijay Sankar (@pink_helmet on Instagram) Caveat: The photos are those of a base M2, but my driving impressions…

The Sights from Golden Gate Cars & Culture

Photography by Tiny Darkroom on Instagram; words by Vijay Sankar Explore and/or purchase many more images from the event at this link. The Bay Area car community is richly diverse in ways that are hard to encapsulate under the roof of one event. The cars, the drivers, the restorers, the artists, the curators and the…