berlina

1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Owner’s Manual

June 22, 2011 By Roberto

This is the second in our series of articles about the 1955-1961 Alfa Giulietta Berlina, the first was the Alfa Berlina Brochure. In the following weeks, VeloceToday will present four more articles on this particular car, including:
Alfa Berlina, an Italian Perspective by Roberto Motta
Alfa Berlina Portfolio
Book Review: Evan Wilson’s Alfa Giulietta Book
Why the Alfa Berlina Failed

Below are fifteen images from the Berlina/Spider owner’s manual.

All images below © Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico, Centro Documentazione (Arese, Milano)

Bountiful Berlinettas: Mille Miglia 2009 PI

June 4, 2009 By Gerelli

Did Ferrari coin the term “berlinetta”? If not, he certainly created many cars that defined the word. Here is perhaps the greatest berlinetta of all, 0026M, a 195 MM Ferrari driven to victory in the 1950 Mille Miglia.

All photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Story by staff.

This year, our photographer thought it might be interesting to concentrate his efforts on the Italian berlinettas which are so prevalent at this event. We thought so too, and decided write an etymology of the term “berlinetta” as applied to Italian two position coupes.

Part I will cover Alfa through Ferrari, Part II, Fiat through Siata.

In 1987, in an introduction to the book “Berlinettas: Classic coupes of yesterday and today”, Sergio Pininfarina wrote: “When Enzo Ferrari invented the word ‘Berlinetta’ to designate his Coupes, he meant to emphasize a particular set of qualities.” [sic]
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Bountiful Berlinettas: Mille Miglia 2009 PII

June 4, 2009 By Gerelli

Hot on the tail of Alfa, Ferrari and Lancia, Fiat did their berlinetta act on the 1100, culminating in the 1947 1100S Mille Miglia model. It in turn was preceded by the absolutely berlinetta 1935 Balilla 508S.

Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Story by staff

In this part, Alessandro Gerelli brings us the Mille Miglia berlinettas from Fiat to Siata. As we have related in Part I, Enzo Ferrari was implicated in the birth of the term berlinetta. But was this so, and if so, how?
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