Message from the FIVA President
The FIVA General Committee, at our first physical General Committee meeting for a year, in Turin in mid-July 2021 discussed extensively that our leitmotiv is to uphold not only the culture of mobility, but also the social life that has characterised the automobile and motorcycle since their earliest days. Around no other industrial product is there such an active club life.
We can’t ignore the fact that we – FIVA and its members – must put even more effort into lobbying. The transition from fossil to alternative fuels is irreversible: as FIVA we accept this, and indeed support the drive for cleaner air. But what we are working on is a unified positioning to gain global recognition for our sector and its great cultural, social and economic significance.
Without young people there is no future, which is why ‘youth’ will continue to be a spearhead of our policy. Most importantly, we are not just talking about young people, but embracing their values to help rejuvenate the image of the historic vehicle world.
It’s evident that good communication has a key role. We’ve expanded our efforts in this regard considerably over the past year, including a record number of press releases to raise media awareness, and the hugely successful symposium in Bucharest in late July, titled ‘Restoration: Art or Science?’, illustrates another key part of our strategy. Protecting, preserving and promoting mobile heritage is what we all do, internationally and nationally, day in, day out.
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CHMC's Annual Rally for 2021 brought together over 100 historic vehicles from 24 affiliated clubs across NSW.
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