Italian Classic Cars Archives

Fiat 500

In ’57 – when the Fiat 500 was released – motorcycles ruled Italian roads. Whether solo – or attached to a side-car – they were the way most people got from A to B. The …

Fiat 508S Balilla Sport

On January 1, 2020 By Julian Porte In 1930s Cars, 1930s Classic Cars, 1930s Fiat Sports Cars, 1930s Italian Cars, 1930s Italian Classic Cars, 1930s Italian Sports Cars, 1930s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Fiat, Fiat 508S Balilla Sport, Fiat Cars, Fiat Classic Cars, Fiat Classic Sports Cars, Fiat Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Sports Cars

In commercial terms, at least, the Fiat 508S Balilla Sport had much in common with the VW Beetle. As with the Volkswagen – or, people’s car – the Balilla was designed to be transport for …

Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB

On December 27, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Ferrari Sports Cars, 1960s Italian Sports Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Ferrari, Ferrari 1960s Cars, Ferrari 1960s Classic Cars, Ferrari 1960s Classic Sports Cars, Ferrari 1960s Sports Cars, Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB, Ferrari Cars, Ferrari Classic 1960s Cars, Ferrari Classic 1960s Sports Cars, Ferrari Classic Cars, Ferrari Classic Sports Cars, Ferrari Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

The Ferrari 250 GT was the base model for the most expensive car ever made. That was the Ferrari 250 GTO which sold at a Sotheby’s auction for silly money. Actually, $48.4m – in California, …

Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

On December 24, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1960s Cars, 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Classic Sports Cars, 1960s Italian Cars, 1960s Italian Sports Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, Alfa Romeo Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

The driving force behind the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale was Franco Scaglione. He was an engineering whizz-kid from an early age. He was also blessed with precocious design sensibilities. A mechanical marvel of one sort …

De Tomaso Mangusta

On December 3, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1960s Cars, 1960s Classic Cars, 1960s Classic Sports Cars, 1960s De Tomaso Sports Cars, 1960s Italian Cars, 1960s Italian Sports Cars, 1960s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, De Tomaso, De Tomaso Mangusta, De Tomaso Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

Coachbuilt by Ghia, the de Tomaso Mangusta was about as stylish as a sports car gets. Well, apart from its name, that is. A mangusta is a mongoose. Absolutely no offence to mongooses intended, but …

Fiat 8V

On October 29, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1950s Cars, 1950s Classic Cars, 1950s Classic Sports Cars, 1950s Fiat Cars, 1950s Italian Cars, 1950s Italian Classic Cars, 1950s Italian Sports Cars, 1950s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Fiat, Fiat 8V, Fiat Cars, Fiat Classic Cars, Fiat Classic Sports Cars, Fiat Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Sports Cars

Had the 8V – or, Otto Vu – been built in the US, it would have been dubbed the V8! But since it was, of course, built in Italy, the Fiat powers that be opted …

Lamborghini Diablo

On May 14, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1990s Cars, 1990s Classic Performance Cars, 1990s Italian Classic Supercars, 1990s Italian Sports Cars, 1990s Italian Supercars, 1990s Lamborghini Classic Sports Cars, 1990s Lamborghini Classic Supercars, 1990s Lamborghini Sports Cars, 1990s Lamborghini Supercars, 1990s Performance Cars, 1990s Sports Cars, 1990s Supercars, Classic Cars, Classic Performance Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Classic Supercars, Italian Sports Cars, Italian Supercars, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Cars, Lamborghini Classic Cars, Lamborghini Classic Sports Cars, Lamborghini Classic Supercars, Lamborghini Diablo, Lamborghini Sports Cars, Lamborghini Supercars, Performance Cars, Sports Cars, Supercars

The Lamborghini Diablo had to top the Countach – its wedge-shaped predecessor. To do so, it would need to be pretty special. Hence the fact that Marcello Gandini was given the design brief. He fulfilled …

Maserati Bora

On March 11, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1970s Cars, 1970s Classic Cars, 1970s Classic Sports Cars, 1970s Classic Supercars, 1970s Italian Cars, 1970s Italian Classic Cars, 1970s Italian Classic Sports Cars, 1970s Italian Classic Supercars, 1970s Italian Sports Cars, 1970s Italian Supercars, 1970s Maserati Cars, 1970s Maserati Classic Cars, 1970s Maserati Classic Sports Cars, 1970s Maserati Classic Supercars, 1970s Maserati Sports Cars, 1970s Performance Cars, 1970s Sports Cars, 1970s Supercars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Maserati Cars, Classic Maserati Performance Cars, Classic Maserati Sports Cars, Classic Performance Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Classic Supercars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Classic Sports Cars, Italian Classic Supercars, Italian Sports Cars, Italian Supercars, Maserati, Maserati Bora, Maserati Cars, Maserati Classic Cars, Maserati Classic Performance Cars, Maserati Classic Sports Cars, Maserati Classic Supercars, Maserati Sports Cars, Maserati Supercars, Performance Cars, Sports Cars, Supercars

The Bora was Maserati’s response to the Lamborghini Miura. It matched the latter’s mid-engined layout. Ferrari’s Berlinetta Boxer also joined the mid-engined party. But, it arrived late. The Bora beat the Boxer to it by …

Lancia Fulvia

On March 1, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1970s Cars, 1970s Classic Cars, 1970s Classic Sports Cars, 1970s Italian Cars, 1970s Italian Classic Cars, 1970s Italian Classic Sports Cars, 1970s Italian Sports Cars, 1970s Lancia Cars, 1970s Lancia Classic Cars, 1970s Lancia Classic Sports Cars, 1970s Lancia Sports Cars, 1970s Performance Cars, 1970s Sports Cars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Performance Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Classic Sports Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Lancia, Lancia Cars, Lancia Classic Cars, Lancia Classic Sports Cars, Lancia Fulvia, Lancia Sports Cars, Performance Cars, Sports Cars

The Lancia Fulvia is an automotive legend. An ‘homologation special’, only 1,180 Fulvias were built – just enough to qualify the car to compete in international rallying. As such, it went on to win two …

Bugatti EB110

On February 14, 2019 By Julian Porte In 1990s Bugatti Performance Cars, 1990s Bugatti Sports Cars, 1990s Bugatti Supercars, 1990s Cars, 1990s Classic Performance Cars, 1990s Italian Classic Supercars, 1990s Italian Performance Cars, 1990s Italian Sports Cars, 1990s Italian Supercars, 1990s Performance Cars, 1990s Sports Cars, 1990s Supercars, Bugatti, Bugatti Cars, Bugatti EB110, Bugatti Performance Cars, Bugatti Sports Cars, Bugatti Supercars, Cars, Classic Cars, Classic Performance Cars, Classic Sports Cars, Classic Supercars, Italian Cars, Italian Classic Cars, Italian Classic Sports Cars, Italian Classic Supercars, Italian Sports Cars, Italian Supercars, Performance Cars, Sports Cars, Supercars

The ‘EB’ in Bugatti EB 110 stood for Ettore Bugatti – the firm’s founder. On the 110th anniversary of his birth, the new supercar was unveiled. Fittingly, the launch took place in Paris – since …