Competition Motors, Ltd.

Competition Motors had its genesis with its founder and owner, Donald Koleman, who has been an automotive enthusiast and car collector for many years. The company got underway in 1984 and initially provided restoration and rebuilding services for vintage cars.

By 1989, Competition Motors had turned out a number of vintage cars which had success in vintage events, car rallies and concours. The company began to specialize in the restoration, service, sales and culture of Bugatti automobiles.

Over the next five years, the company turned out a series of concours winning Bugattis taking five First of Class at Pebble Beach and numerous other concours. The company's restoration and service of vintage race cars brought its customers repeated wins at Lime Rock's Vintage Fall Festival, Pittsburgh Grand Prix, Bridgehampton, New Hampshire International Speedway, among others. Most notably the Company services have produced two class wins in a Type 37A Bugatti at the Monoco Historic Grand Prix, the 2003 Bugatti Grand Prix at the Monterey Classics, a 2004 Monaco Historic class win, and the coveted VSCCA 2004 Richard Seaman Trophy, all in a Type 35B Bugatti. Within the last year our customer was awarded the Jean Bugatti trophy at the B.O.C. (Bugatti Owners Club). The Company's customers have also achieved numerous pre-war fastest times of the day including hill climbs at Hunnewell, Castle Hill, Mt. Equinox and Mt. Washington. Although a specialist in Bugatti vintage automobiles, Competition Motors has provided service and restoration for other prewar and post war competition automobiles, including Alfa Romeo, Amilcar, American sprint ca, Aston Martin, BMW, Delahaye, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lagonda, Maserati, MG, Mercedes Benz,Triumph and Indy two man cars.

The company's emphasis on Bugatti and other vintage automotive sales has brought into the country and area many rare and superb examples of Bugatti race cars, sports cars and touring cars.

By the late '90s it was apparent that the company's unique and engaging location in a vintage garage in Salem, Massachusetts, was no longer able to properly provide the space requirements needed. After a comprehensive search for new and expanded quarters, the company relocated to a 26,000+ square foot, modern facility with a showroom/gallery in the historic city of Portsmouth, in sales tax~free New Hampshire.