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Italians at the Clipsal 500, South Australia, 3-6 March 2016

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Andrew Taplin/Dean Canto Lamborghini R-EX turn 11.

Andrew Taplin/Dean Canto Lamborghini R-EX in turn 11.

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

March sees the official start of autumn in Australia but no one had told the city of Adelaide. In the near-century (38C) temperatures, the Holden, Ford, Nissan and Volvo V8 Supercars rolled into town for their opening event of the year. Annually, the streets and parklands on the eastern edge of the South Australian capital are transformed for four days, with a full program over seven classes of racing.

The meeting is also the first round of the Australian GT Championships. Germany and Great Britain had the numbers over the Italians. With six Audis, two BMWs, five McLarens, five Mercedes and three Porsches lined up against four Lamborghinis and a sole Ferrari, it was no surprise that at the end of qualifying they occupied the first five places on the grid for Friday’s race. [Read more…] about Italians at the Clipsal 500, South Australia, 3-6 March 2016

As Found Classics Number 21: Mystery BMW Nardi

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Read last week's article by Graham Gauld; this one even had Dino Brunori stumped...for a while.

Read last week’s article by Graham Gauld; this had Dino Brunori stumped…for a while.

As Found Classic Number Twenty One

In early 2013 I was asked to inspect a car in Turin that was abandoned in a garage in the 70s and had never seen the light until our inspection. The car had a BMW 750 twin engine and a tubular chassis, so someone suggested the owner that it could be a Nardi.

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Touring Goes Retro

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Story by Gijsbert-Paul Berk

To commemorate the fact that the Milanese coach building company was founded 90 years ago by the unforgettable ‘Judge’ Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni, Carrozzeria Touring unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show their ‘Blu Ceruleo’ 2016 Disco Volante Spider. The name is of course a wink to the famous super aerodynamic Alfa Romeo Disco Volante concept cars from the fifties. And in a certain way, its styling resembles these iconic sports cars. [Read more…] about Touring Goes Retro

Graham Gauld “I Knew Them When”…Nardi

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The mystery BMW Special. Note the two hoods, the front holding the engine and the top one holding the spare wheel.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

Last week I talked about the car that truly stopped the show at Retromobile, the Ferrari 335S, so now I will go from the sublime to the ridiculous.

A tale of two? Nardis

I happened by the stand of Christophe Pund who runs La Galerie Des Damiers and has a habit of digging up remarkable cars that no one has ever heard of. This year he went better and put on show a car he told me he had found as a wreck – and by the time of Retromobile it was little more than that – but did not know exactly what it was. I mention it because some reader in Italy may remember something about it and be able to help out.
Fundamentally it is a two-seater sports car with a lightweight body and powered by a 750cc BMW motorcycle engine mounted in its own compartment at the front of the car. There is a second hood under which is the spare wheel so the driver sits in one of two sketchy seats holding what appears to be a Nardi steering wheel. [Read more…] about Graham Gauld “I Knew Them When”…Nardi

Art and the Design of the Mangusta

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I have written this article for the art and design enthusiast. As a car designer, I will explain the look of the Mangusta and how it is inexplicably tied to its function. My observations are based on my professional career experiences as an automobile designer for over forty years as well as my experiences with my own Mangusta 8MA-670, seen here. Photo Dick Ruzzin

Introduction

Much has been written about Alessandro deTomaso and his automotive trials and successes, including racing and production cars. One of those cars is the Mangusta, a car designed singularly by Giorgetto Giugiaro who did the prototype and the production version, interior and exterior.

I have written a small book using my design experience to give insight into the Mangusta design and why it is so special. Pete Vack and VeloceToday have graciously offered to present part of it on their site in three parts. Below is Part 1. My goal is to present the book at the fiftieth anniversary of the Mangusta at Concourso Italiano in 2016.

Dick Ruzzin, General Motors Design Staff, retired.

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Portello Awards at the Alfa Arese Museum

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Story by Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy Scuderia Portello

Arese (Milan), February 6, 2016 – Each year, the Scuderia del Portello Alfa Romeo rewards its drivers during a meeting in the multipurpose room of the renovated Museo Storico Alfa Romeo. For the first time since it was renovated, the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese hosted the traditional awarding of the Portello Scuderia Champions. More than 300 guests from Japan, Portugal, England, Belgium, Germany, Mexico and Australia came together to celebrate with great enthusiasm and emotion their common passion for the brand Alfa Romeo. [Read more…] about Portello Awards at the Alfa Arese Museum

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