The proprietor of the most important automobile assortment in Argentina died

From Escobar (Buenos Aires) – Gregorio “Goyo” Pérez Companc He died immediately on the age of 89. He was one of the vital vital businessmen in Argentina and the proprietor of the most important assortment of automobiles in our nation. With the presence of his automobiles from all eras, Goyo was one of many important promoters of occasions such because the 1000 Sport Milesthe Recoleta-Tigre y Autoclásica.

“With deep ache we remorse to report the loss of life of our companion Gregorio “Goyo” Pérez Companc. We ask for a prayer in his reminiscence”reported immediately the Traditional Automotive Membership of Argentina (CAC), organizer of Autoclásica and Recoleta-Tigre.

Pérez Companc started his automobile assortment with a deal with the Ford Mannequin T. It had standard models, but additionally variants corresponding to vans, ambulances, fireplace engines and competitors variants. His Mannequin T catalog was thought of one of the vital different and full within the fingers of a personal collector.

Nonetheless, his ardour for automobiles didn’t cease there: he continued amassing Ford fashions with a V8 engine and shortly expanded to all types of traditional autos. Her ardour unfold to all of her kids. Every of them additionally cast their very own automobile assortment, however with the deal with totally different specialties: Luis Pérez Companc -leader of the conflomerate of corporations PeCom Groupat 52 years previous – turned obsessive about Ferrari. Pablo Pérez Companc (41 years previous) specialised in rally automobiles and “homologation specials”. Jorge Pérez Companc He developed a style extra much like his father, inquisitive about American automobiles, though he additionally participated on the planet of rallying.

Though his iron sons competed sooner or later of their lives in skilled motorsports, Goyo restricted himself to the world of normal racing and traditional automobile exhibitions. He developed his style for full throttle privately, primarily on the non-public racetrack that he in-built Escobar. This observe, virtually two kilometers lengthy, is situated behind the Temaikén park in Escobar and subsequent to the headquarters of Munchi’s, the 2 passions of Goyo’s spouse, Maria del Carmen “Munchi” Sundblad Beccar Varela.

Subsequent to that circuit are the 2 warehouses with the most important assortment of traditional automobiles that exists on Argentine soil. Every warehouse has two flooring with automobiles on show and was designed by an architectural studio with the intention of turning into a museum open to the general public. Nonetheless, on account of varied administrative obstacles, the mission to open the museum to normal guests by no means got here to fruition. It’s a area that, till now, can solely be accessed with a particular invitation from the household. Pérez Companc.

In any case, on events of particular occasions such because the 1000 Millas Sport, the Recoleta-Tigre and Autoclásica, Goyo exhibited and competed with varied automobiles from his assortment. Within the first years of those occasions, Pérez Companc drove his automobiles and took them up the award ramps to the applause of the general public and the gratitude of the organizers of these occasions, who had been ranked greater by the presence of Goyo’s automobiles. Nonetheless, in recent times – whether or not for well being causes or privateness causes – the Pérez Companc patriarch delegated that place to his kids, grandchildren and shut pals of his, corresponding to the previous rally navigator Martin Christie.

In Autoclásica, their automobiles gained the prize on a couple of event “Better of Present”from a Ferrari 250 LM till the Ford Mannequin Ok which was consecrated in final yr’s version (see observe).

All of the media in Argentina immediately keep in mind Gregorio Pérez Companc because the proprietor of a household fortune valued at 4.2 billion {dollars}, which allowed him to occupy place 767 within the world rating of the Forbes Journal. In Engine1 We want to recollect him for his nice ardour: collector automobiles.

The pictures that illustrate this observe correspond to the file of Autoblog Argentina and had been taken within the first editions of Autoclásica, the place Goyo had a predominant function. The historical past of his participation in these occasions was printed within the archive observe: “Earlier than the flood” (learn right here).

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The farewell of the Ferrari Membership Argentino

The Ferrari F1 2004 ex Michael Schumacher was exhibited on the Ferrari Membership Argentino stand at Autoclásica and belongs to the Pérez Companc assortment.

He Ferrari Membership Argentinobased by the remembered pilot José Froilán Gonzálezstated goodbye immediately with the next message to Gregorio Pérez Companc. The architect Norberto Bressanopresident of FCA, despatched these phrases on behalf of all of the membership’s members:

“The Lord Gregorio ‘Goyo’ Perez Companc has been one of many first companions of the Ferrari Membership Argentino and each he and his household have all the time collaborated to provide status to the Official Membership of the Model in our nation, with their contributions and their distinctive Ferrari assortment. His son Luis, who continues to belong to the group of members of the Ferrari Membership Argentino, has generated along with his initiative distinctive occasions within the 25-year historical past of this Affiliation, corresponding to the chance to have dropped at the nation with the collaboration of the Ferrari Membership Argentino he F1 2004 With which Michael Schumacher gained his final world championship, breaking a historic time file on the Gálvez circuit. The numerous contributions that the household Pérez Companc has had over time for the Ferrari Membership with its generosity, its assortment and its ardour for the Horse makes this nice man acknowledged and remembered by all of us by means of instances previous, current and to come back.”

Pérez Companc / Pablo Pérez Companc, Luis Pérez Companc, Jorge Pérez Companc