Daina, Diana, Gran Sport or none of the above?
From the Archives, February 2020
Story by staff, and color photos by Gianni Petta
Gianni Petta, known for his wonderful
Siata Amica
Siata Daina, Gran Sport and Assorted Others
Daina, Diana, Gran Sport or none of the above?
Story by staff, and color photos by Gianni Petta
Gianni Petta, known for his wonderful Targa Florio dioramas, sent along a series of photos of a variety of Siatas, all taken in Italy, at the Targa Florio or the Mille Miglia vintage avents in the past few years. This prompted us to recall a very thorough road test of the Siata Gran Sport conducted by a rare early sports car magazine, which we quote from below. And why was it called a Gran Sport and Daina at the same time? [Read more…] about Siata Daina, Gran Sport and Assorted Others
Jonathan Sharp at Centro Storico Part 2 Postwar
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
We spent the morning at the Centro Storico Museum, as we related in last week’s Part 1 and below in Part 2. But it now was time to eat in Italy.
So where does an Italian working for Fiat go to take lunch? A nice little trattoria hidden down a small side street in Turin? No. Signor Hardouin has graciously arranged for us to eat at the Mirafiori factory where most of the workers eat. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp at Centro Storico Part 2 Postwar
Jonathan Sharp at Fiat’s Centro Storico
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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
After our first day or so in Turin (see Scaglietti in Turin) and the visit to the Scaglietti exhibition, the next day went well, in fact I would say very well. As previously planned, Signor Hardouin from the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Press office arrived bang on time to pick us up from the Hotel Lingotto, paying our respects to the fascinating Siata Amica as we went out the door. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp at Fiat’s Centro Storico