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
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
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
Today exactly 100 years ago Giuseppe Busso was born in Turin. Busso started his career in 1937 at Fiat’s technical aeronautical engine department (Ufficio Tecnico Motori Aviazione or UTMA). Later he transfered to the technical experimental locomotive railway office (Ufficio Tecnico Autoveicoli Ferroviari Sperimentali or UTAFS). In January 1939, Busso moved to Alfa Romeo to … 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
Two museum pages have been updated with embedded videos; from Autoworld in Brussels, Belgium and from the Museo dell’Automobile in San Martino in Rio, Italy. The videos, made by other users on YouTube show a lot more than only Alfas. Yes, did you know there’s more to life than just Alfa Romeo? 😉 Sometimes there … Continue reading
Alfa Romeo in museums 