Every year the great Villa on Lake Como hosts the finest display of Italian
cars in the world. This is the rear of Villa Erba, near the Hotel
Villa d'Este where the public part of the event takes place.
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Not much room for chat here. The following are highlights of the magnificent show at Ville d'Este, which took place last weekend.
Below are the cars by make, from Alfa to Ferrari.
Next week, Fiat to Zagato, and 20 more great shots from
the camera of Alessandro Gerelli.
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport 1949 coupè Villa d'Este bodied by Touring, winner of the Concorso d'Eleganza of 1949.
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Alfa Romeo 8C Spider. The 2005 European premiere of the open version of the new
8C.
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Alfa Romeo 8C Spider 2005 dashboard and driver seat.
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Alfa Romeo 8C spider 2005. The 4.2 liter, 8 cylinder engine.
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Alfa Romeo 8C spider 2005 the chassis plate indicates that the car is still just a prototype.
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ coda tronca, the 1962 long tail version of the Giulietta by Zagato
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta Bertone Spider, a prototype version of the Giulietta Spider
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ASA 1000 GT, a 1965 version of the short-lived baby Ferrari.
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Pininfarina Birdcage built for the 75th anniversary in 2005. The basis for the car is the Maserati MC 12 and has a very simple lifting system for the front body.
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Bizzarrini Ghepardo. The Bizzarrini-Renault engine (600 bhp) is a detuned version of the gp2 formula cars, but the noise of the car is really exciting.
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Another view of the Bizzarrini Ghepardo. The premiere of a new car with the Bizzarrini tag, with a very aggressive body with few similarities with the Bizzarrinis of the 60s.
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Bizzarrini Ghepardo driving seat with a manual gearbox (for the moment).
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Bizzarrini 5300 GT-- the original. Note the air intakes to cool the rear brakes.
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Cisitalia 202 B 1949 body by Vignale (not Pininfarina).
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De Tomaso Pantera GTS, 1973.
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2006 Diva, with an Alfa Romeo 6 cylinder engine.
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The stunning profile of the 2006 Alfa Diva.
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Ferrari 166 MM 1953 with body by Pininfarina.
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Ferrari 212 Inter with body by Vignale.
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Ferrari 410 SA 1959 with body by Pininfarina.
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Italdesign Ferrari 50 GG 2005, based on the 612 Scaglietti rebodied by Giorgetto Giugiaro to celebrate his 50 years of design work.
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Ferrari 250 GTO 1963, owned by Brandon Wang.
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The 4 liter engine of the 1963 Ferrari 400 SA.
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The 1963 Ferrari 400 SA.
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