CARS GLOBALMAG November2016 | Page 78

THE FUTURE OF ELEGANCE drivers of lesser value. Driver Huschke von Hanstein wrote a personal note to Mr. Bianchi Anderloni thanking him for the victory. Lastly the 2013 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring, a two-seater coupe entirely hand built in Touring Superleggera’s Milan workshop in just 8 units. The car is based on the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione rolling chassis, chosen for its light yet rigid structure, and utilizes the car’s original powertrain. The Disco Volante is the true essence of Italian fuoriserie: the perfect balance between design quality, sporting details and the pursuit of what is essential. It dictated the success of Touring Superleggera as producer of extraordinary tailor-made cars, helping to revive the traditional Italian coachbuilding heritage. The car is inspired by the 1952 Alfa Romeo C52, a futuristic design which sparked the publics’ imagination gaining it the Disco Volante nickname, Italian for ‘Flying Saucer’. In 2013 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring debuted at the Geneva Motor Show and won the coveted Villa D’Este Concorso d’Eleganza “Design Award”. Further awards were won at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and the St. James’s Concours. BMW 328 Berlinetta Aerodinamica