We are all used to thinking of Alfa Romeo as an elegant or sporty vehicle, and in any case to a vehicle that runs on asphalt, but this has not always been the case. In addition to the vans, in fact, the Alfa also built this off-road vehicle commissioned by the Italian police: we must… Read More The country one: 1953 Alfa Romeo AR51 “Matta”
There is a long story behind this former Abarth 750 GT Zagato which has been heavily transformed during the past years into an offroad racer. Basically the past owner of this car owned a couple of Ferrari Testarossa (we suppose the 250, of course) with consecutive chassis serial numbers. Those TRs have been sold in… Read More Offroad racer: 1956 Abarth 750 GT by Zagato
Alfa Romeo didn’t just use to build twin cam vans like the F-12, but also some almost unknown cars like its offroad series, called AR51 “Matta”. This series was born at the beginning of the fifties to replace the Jeeps leaved by the US Army in order to provide Police and Fire departments around the country… Read More Twin cam offroad: 1951 Alfa Romeo AR51 “Matta”
