The weekend of August 24th/25th 2013 it was nothing but Alfa Romeo at the Spettacolo Sportivo at the track of Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Organized by the largest Alfa Romeo owners club in the Netherlands, the SCARB, the event among hundreds of Alfa Romeos from all over Europe featured cars from the Louwman Museum and … Continue reading
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How it is made: Alfa Romeo 4C
Would you consider buying a 4C if you saw what the production starts with? Just a couple of sheets of baggy material. But in the end… Most exciting moment is the finishing touch. When they fill up the tank and screw the licenseplate onto the car. MY license plate. OK, Ill keep dreaming… Check out … Continue reading
Touring Disco Volante awarded at Villa d’Este 2013
Albeit a bit late, I’d like to get back to the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza, held from May 24th to 26th. By referendum at Villa Erba the public granted the Concorso d’Eleganza Design Award for Concept Cars & Prototypes to the Disco Volante 2013 by Touring Superleggera. In science fiction movies flying saucers (disco volante … Continue reading
Goodwood 2013 Festival of Speed, July 12-14
From the Goodwood Festival of Speed FAQ page: Can I buy a ticket on the day? Answer: Entry is by advance ticket only. It is not possible to buy ticket(s) on the day, and there will be no admission without a ticket. So if you want to go, buy tickets now. It’s been too long … Continue reading
International 6C 2500 meeting videos
As announced earlier, the Registro Internationale 6C 2500 organized an international ‘raduno’, from May 30th to June 2nd, 2013, in the Netherlands. I made three videos. The first is from May 31st. The owners and their cars (Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, 6C 2300 and 6C 1500) stopped at the market square in Oirschot. While the … Continue reading
Mille Miglia 2013 videos
Saturday May 18th the participants of the 2013 Mille Miglia returned to Brescia. Well, most of them did. The 1,600 kilometers are not only challenging the drivers and co-drivers but also the vintage and classic cars, built between 1927 and 1957 so it won’t surprise anybody that some of them broke down and had to … Continue reading
32 Alfas in the 2013 Mille Miglia
The Mille Miglia, la corsa più bella del mondo, the world’s most beautiful race, has 422 cars on the starting list of 2013. No less than 32 of them are Alfa Romeos, dating from 1928 (85 years old!) to 1957. Thursday, May 16 at 6:45 the first car will roll down from the starting platform … Continue reading
Coppa di Koumi
One of the new subscribers to the Twitter account of this website is ‘Coppa di Koumi’. Welcome! 歓迎 The name made me curious and I found out the Coppa di Koumi is a small but nice event for classic European cars in Japan, with an emphasis on Italian, but not strictly limited to cars from … Continue reading
1900 SSZ found after fourty years
Currently on display at the Style Icons exhibition in the Louwman Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands, is a rare 1900 SSZ. ‘SS’ for Super Sport, ‘Z’ for Carrozzeria Zagato. In 1952 the 1900 SSZ was developed for competition use. The weight was kept low by the use of materials like aluminum for the body … Continue reading
Mille Miglia alla Giapponese: pictures from Japan
From April 20th to 23rd some 70 most European classic cars made their way through the Japanese landscape. Alfa Romeo Giuliettas in the bamboo forest, a Stanguellini, a Triumph and an Osca under the cherry blossom, a remarkable view. It was at the Festa Primavera, the Japanese pendant of the Mille Miglia. On the entry list … Continue reading