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Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti 2016: Dust and Glory Review

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Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti 2016.

Photos by Alessandro Gerelli

For the twelfth time in fourteen years, Alessandro Gerelli has covered the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti from Cortina, Italy, beginning in 2002. (Read Twelve Years of the Coppa d’Oro).

This year, despite the on and off again weather, the event attracted over 90 entries, all cars built before 1965. A link to the complete entry list follows this article.

But while Gerelli was able to document almost all of the retro events, there is a wonderful book still available about the original event. [Read more…] about Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti 2016: Dust and Glory Review

The Lancia Aurelia B20: An Appreciation PII

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An almost perfect example of a fourth series Lancia B20.

Part II
Read Part I

By Pete Vack
Very special thanks to Geoff Goldberg and Nigel Trow

An article or three, about the Lancia Aurelia, one of the most significant and important cars of the twentieth century. This week, Lancia’s famous independent suspension systems.

There is no doubt that the Lancia Aurelia B20 was technically advanced when it was introduced in 1951. As we will see, the B20 Aurelias–production-based Grand Turismos– won the Targa Florio outright and nearly won the Mille Miglia, largely due to the successful implementation of its four wheel suspension and transaxle.

As successful as it was, however, when reviewing the Lancia B20 suspension, two questions arise. Why did the Series 4-6 B20s series use de Dion type rear suspension, why with leaf springs, and secondly, why did Jano continue to use the somewhat antiquated sliding pillar front suspension?

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