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Alfa Romeo

Alfas Star at Goodwood, July 2-4, 2010

August 11, 2010

Story and photos by Robert Neary
With a theme of VIVA VELOCE and a celebration of 100 years of Alfa Romeo, this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed was a truly wonderful event for the Italian car enthusiast.

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Racing the Alfa Giulietta in America Part I

August 11, 2010

By Carl Goodwin
A slow beginning
The Alfa Giulietta did not come on the sports car scene as Porsche did, with dramatic wins and startling performance. Instead, it kind of slid into the U.S. market, and began to race two years after its introduction in Italy.

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Racing the Alfa Giulietta in America Part II

August 11, 2010

By Carl Goodwin
Stoddard Racing
Chuck Stoddard won national SCCA championships in 1959, 1961 and 1965 in Alfas. “The Giulietta didn’t get interesting,” he says, “until the Veloce was introduced. Bob Grossman was one of the first to run one. Max Hoffman was behind it – he pitted Porsche against Alfa. He would go to Porsche and [...]

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Alfa Romeo Museum: No One Can Touch it Now

July 14, 2010

Story and photos by Roberto Motta
Over the past weekend, the Mayor of Arese, Gianluigi Fornaro told the Italian press that the Alfa Romeo Museum, with all the cars and all the valuable historical archives, cannot be moved from its home of Arese.

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Making the Mummies Dance

June 23, 2010

A hands on approach brings ancient Alfas to life at the Simeone Foundation
By Pete Vack
Photos by Harry Hurst
Thomas Hoving assumed the directorship of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967 and began a number of building projects and renovations. He brought new life to the aging Museum and was often said [...]

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MUG 412 and the story of an Alfa Romeo RLSS

June 23, 2010

By Pete Vack
Fred Simeone became the owner of this rare Alfa Romeo RLSS, chassis number 69013, because he rarely forgets a mug. “I was at Goodwood in 2002 and noticed the Bonhams’ catalog had an RLSS for sale with a British license plate which read ‘MUG 412‘. It struck me as being very [...]

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Giuseppe Merosi and the Alfa Romeo RL series Part II

June 23, 2010

By Nicholas Lancaster with thanks to the AROC of Great Britain
Part I covered the Merosi cars designed from the beginning of ALFA in 1910 to the introduction of the RL in 1921, which would be the mainstay of the company until production of the Jano-designed 6C 1500 was underway in 1927. Part II features [...]

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VeloceToday Drives the Alfa Romeo RLSS

June 16, 2010

By Pete Vack
Color photos by Harry Hurst
Thanks to the kind offices of the Simeone Foundation, VeloceToday was recently given the opportunity to drive two rare pre-war Alfa Romeos. While driving the “Legendary” 2.3 Castagna was a dream come true, it was perhaps even more fortunate to have been able to sample an even [...]

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