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
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
Think the historic Mille Miglia is the only revival event of a legendary Italian road race? Wrong! This year, from August 28th to September 1st, classic cars will transit the Dolomites in northern Italy, starting from Cortina d’Ampezzo. Registration is open to cars built from 1919 to 1961 (exceptions can be made for cars up … Continue reading
I must confess: when I see a car chase on TV I must lean forward, I’ll be on the edge of my chair. Especially when Alfa Romeos are involved. They’ll be my favorites, no matter whether they belong to the good guys or the bad guys. In the seventies wild car chases were a recurring … Continue reading
Recently the Italian classic car magazine Ruoteclassiche published on its blog photos from some of the most successful cars from Alfa Romeo’s Autodelta motorsports department. Alfa Romeo took the cars to the Balocco test track, west of Milan, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Autodelta, which was founded by Ing. Carlo Chiti and Ing. Lodovico … Continue reading
Here’s a video from the Automotivedreams YouTube channel. The comments are in Italian, but the images speak for themselves. This is part 1. Part 2 can be found on the Museo Storico page. On the same page you’ll find a slideshow from the hiddes treasures in the basement of … Continue reading
It’s like the attendants of the celebration (March 17th, 2013) of Autodelta’s 50th anniversary secretly try to keep the pictures and videos to themselves, there’s not much to be found on the internet. But last week Hirundo Photography published a gallery of gorgeous pictures. Click and enjoy.
La Collezione Pininfarina is the works museum of maybe the worlds most important design house. You will not find an endless row of cars, but those present demand hours of scrupulous study; Modulo, Cambiano, Sergio and as for Alfa Romeo the stunning 2010 2uettottanta. If you are into automotive design the new page is certainly … Continue reading
The data of all Italian museums have been added now, each on a seperate page. A single page with all museums would be to much cluttered. Also added are a videos page and a Twitter account. p.s. sometimes problems with the display of the Twitter button and the tweets occur.
Alfa Romeo in museums 