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Oct 15, 2020

Alfa 166: The Last Flagship

I've had the pleasure of visiting the historic Mirafiori works in Turin around 2005. Alfa 166 production was transferred there in 2002,...

Matteo Licata

Oct 11, 2020

Lancia's Greatest Hits

Lancia's heritage is second to none in automobile history, yet this once-proud brand, which pioneered unibody construction, designed the...

Matteo Licata

Oct 2, 2020

The First Modern Alfa

They say that familiarity breeds contempt, and that's been very much the case with the Alfa 164. With the many units sold spending the...

Matteo Licata

Sep 17, 2020

The 10 Rarest Post-War Alfa Romeos

After publishing the "Top 10" of Alfa Romeo's greatest commercial successes, I wondered which are the Alfas with the lowest production...

Matteo Licata

Sep 11, 2020

Why the Alfasud Sprint is cool

Giorgetto Giugiaro is widely considered the greatest automobile designer in history, a title he certainly more than deserves. One of my...

Matteo Licata

Sep 5, 2020

Alfa Romeo's Greatest Hits

Alfa Romeo sold less than 70.000 cars globally in 2019. The lack of any significant model launch since 2015, among other factors, have...

Matteo Licata

Sep 1, 2020

The Last Classic 911

Porsche has been selling rear-engined cars called 911 for almost six decades now. Still, it's fair to say that the current 911 is related...

Instant Classic: 1990-93 Alfa Romeo Spider

Matteo Licata

Aug 21, 2020

Instant Classic: 1990-93 Alfa Romeo Spider

The term "classic" is widely used for cars at least a quarter-century old. Yet some models were classics right off the production line,...

Matteo Licata

Aug 5, 2020

The Greatest Automobile Ever Made

I believe the Citroen DS is one of France's greatest contributions to the modern world, up there with the metric system. The reason...

Matteo Licata

Jul 18, 2020

The Story Of Twin Spark 16v Engines

The long-lived family of Twin Spark 16v engines was snubbed by purists yet appreciated by a whole new generation of Alfisti, as it went...

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