During its first 100 years of car manufacturing, Alfa Romeo collaborated with nearly all the best Italian styling houses to include Bertone, Pininfarina, Touring, Ghia and Ital Design. In addition, the Milan…
Read MoreOne of the first individuals to recognise the commercial potential of Ferruccio Lamborghini’s automotive project was Gerino Gerini, an Italian nobleman whose aristocratic family originally…
Read MoreTwelve months after the base DB4 had made its highly anticipated debut, Aston Martin displayed a high performance, short wheelbase version generally supplied without rear seats aimed at those…
Read MoreHaving been announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2002, Aston Martin’s Zagato-bodied DB7 V12 Vantage (officially dubbed the DB7 Zagato) was subsequently given a public launch at the…
Read MoreAs a consequence of an exclusivity agreement for production models signed by Ferrari and Pininfarina in late 1952, other Italian coachbuilders rarely got a look in when it came to creating…
Read MoreOff the back of an extremely successful debut campaign with the TZ which had most notably garnered class wins at the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Sebring 12 Hours, the Targa Florio and the…
Read MoreFollowing Ferrari’s successful debut campaign as a manufacturer in 1947, the Maranello firm headed into the 1948 season with an enlarged two-litre engine to replace the 1.5 and 1.9-litre units used thus…
Read MoreHaving won the inaugural 1950 and ‘51 Formula 1 World Championship, Alfa Romeo quit single seater racing owing to the cost of building a new car for 1952 when a two-litre engine limit came into effect.
Read MoreOf Italy’s myriad coachbuilders, arguably the best known for unconventional and avant-garde designs has been Zagato. The firm’s earliest bodies to grace Ferrari chassis emerged in the early…
Read MoreAfter the economic doom and gloom that permeated many western economies during the 1970s and early 1980s, things began to rapidly improve as corporate regulations were stripped back and…
Read MoreZagato’s first collaboration with Automobili Lamborghini happened in a semi-official capacity during 1965. At the time, Ferruccio Lamborghini’s auto maker had just got up to speed with production of…
Read MoreAfter the FIA decided to ban Group B cars on safety grounds, the humble Lancia Delta found itself catapulted to the forefront of world rallying. When Group A took over in 1987, the turbocharged, four…
Read MoreAt the London Motor Show in October 1960, Aston Martin unveiled a lightweight version of their DB4 GT with restyled coachwork by Zagato of Milan. The DB4 GT Zagato was the ultimate Aston Martin…
Read MoreLancia introduced the Beta Coupe at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1973. A handsome front wheel drive 2+2 Coupe, it was styled in-house at Lancia’s Turin design studio and was powered by…
Read MoreDespite a rich pedigree that extended back almost to the dawn of motoring, by the late 1980s, Alfa Romeo’s product line lacked a certain vigour. The firm was mostly churning out humdrum runabouts…
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