The last big coupe produced by Fiat was also the last attempt by the Turin factory to remain in the world of luxury cars: after the 130, Fiat was content to produce – at most – middle-sized sedans. Of course, a coupe with a V6, 3.2 litre engine was not the best choice in the… Read More Pristine burgundy: 1972 Fiat 130 Coupé
It had not happened for a long time to find a Giulia 1600 in these conditions: it is the faded photograph of when it was parked for the last time, in 1984. The thing that immediately catches the eye of this car are its conditions of originality: apart from a few details inside the engine… Read More Time capsule: 1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super
Here is one of the 1091 Giulia Spider Veloce built: this is the rarest version of the Alfa Romeo Spiders in the decade between the mid-50s and mid-60s. This version summarized the best of Alfa’s experience with the spiders, made up to that moment: 1600 cc engine capacity, dedicated cams, two Weber DCOE 2 carburettors,… Read More Oregon red: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce
The history of Intermeccanica is very varied: from its birth in Italy, to the passage to the American continent there would be a lot to say, but this is not the topic of the article. Of course we can say that it produced beautiful cars and if it did not have the success it deserved… Read More Sunburnt/2: 1968 Intermeccanica Italia Spider
Didn’t you know that there is also a four-door version of the Fiat 600? Well, now you do. Surely it is not surprising not to know this version, created in very few specimens by Francis Lombardi coachworks: so far we have only seen period photos and advertisings; we suspected that some would have survived but… Read More The variant four: 1959 Fiat 600 Lucciola by Francis Lombardi
Sometimes it happens that vintage cars satisfy the sight – even more than modern ones – but someone is missing something. This is something, in most cases, power: in reality we believe that the real problem of classic cars is braking, but ours is obviously a subjective point of view. As for the power instead,… Read More Two hearts: 1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider by Touring
Even in Europe, in the late 1940s, the long wave of cars built with metal and wood arrived, a style dictated mostly by Chrysler and Ford since the early 40’s. Italy in those years had a strong commercial exchange with the United States (its main customer for many goods) and the American continent in general,… Read More Italian woody: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B51 Giardinetta by Viotti
After the Second World War, Europe was in pieces and had started to lick its wounds, yet at the same time there were people who commissioned cars like these. After all, it is not a novelty that rich people are certainly not suffering from the crises, however it is also true that if it were… Read More Post war glory: 1946 Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet by Pininfarina
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have nothing to do with the couple presented here, consisting of two very different vehicles, both in terms of use and nationality. The first has four wheels and was built in Germany (although its body has Italian origins), the second has two wheels and was designed and built in Italy;… Read More The odd couple: 1963 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupé + Ducati Cruiser 175
Here we are in the presence of one of the best pieces among the Italian cars of the 60s: an important factory and an equally famous coachbuilder. It is worth saying that this is not a car born to have a “civil” use and therefore converted to racing: the OSCA 1600 GT was born with… Read More Winning four: 1963 OSCA 1600 GT by Zagato
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