THE FUTURE OF ELEGANCE
In more recent history
the brand was bought
by a European group
specialized in luxury
car brands. This lead
to the development
of the 2008 Maserati
Bellagio, the 2009
A8GCS Berlinetta winner
of “Best Supercar
of the Year” award,
and the 2010 Bentley
Continental Flying Star
Maserati 3500 GT (1956)
overcome the fog that he encountered while
traveling to Milan and Torino. The car was delivered with the new body in February 1946.
Based on the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport theme is the Villa d’Este. This car
represents the peak of the design evolution
which begun with the various pre-war Alfa
Romeo 6C berlinetta. The car won, via a
public vote, the 1949 Gran Premio Referendum at the Concorso d’Eleganza di Villa
d’Este, and was given by public acclaim
the “Villa d’Este” nickname. Also appearing in its final version on this car, placed
in between the low horizontal air intakes, is
Alfa’s famous triangular grille, first designed
by Touring in 1942, made compulsory by
Alfa for every designer, and still today the
company’s emblem.
With the BMW 328 Berlinetta Aerodinamica Touring harvested the experience gained
on aerodynamics to provide the Bavarian car
manufacturer a competitive racecar aimed at
Le Mans’ fast straights. The body was developed at the Milan’s Politecnico wind gallery,
through extensive work on the cabin-boot junction. The result was astounding: at the 1939
24 Hours race the car won the 2 litre category and placed 5th overall. In 1940, having
undergone just a few minor changes, the car
vanquished the Mille Miglia race.
That same year BMW was at the Mille Miglia with 5 cars, four of which made in Germany. The only car with Touring bodywork
was the fastest and the only one capable of
beating the Alfa Romeo cars despite having