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Kadoorie’s Perfecto Balilla

March 13, 2023 By pete

The little winglet on the rear of the coachwork and the superb finish to the car.

By Graham Gauld

To me the Fiat Balilla 508 has always been one of the most stylish small sports cars of the 1930s and it was certainly a very successful model for Fiat.

The model I want to talk about, however, is a particular “Coppa D’Oro” model owned by the Hong Kong-based businessman Sir Michael Kadoorie, owner of the Peninsula Hotel Group and, incidentally, the Quail Lodge Golf Club at Laguna Seca, California.

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Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti 2019

July 30, 2019 By pete

Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli

Cortina d’Ampezzo, the site of the Olympic Games of 2026, is also the location for the traditional

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