The A6GCS sports cars and A6GCM monopostos were consistently successful, and competitive buyers took notice until in 1954 Maserati responded with the A6G/54 (later named A6G/2000) Gran Turismo, a barely disguised competition car with wider and more-comfortable bodywork from a variety of coachbuilders. One of the competitive-minded individuals attracted to […]
Author: Massimo Delbò
1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV
The Spanish bull referred to as the Miura may have first entered the pop-culture lexicon with the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s enduring 1926 classic The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway’s disaffected expatriates travel to Spain to watch the bullfights, and there they are impressed by the brutal capabilities of the Miura, a […]
1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Series IV
This B20 GT is one of the first right-hand-drive Series IV cars built. According to the official build records, it was released on June 25, 1954, finished in Grigio and fitted with engine number 3576, which it retains to this day. This car has been comprehensively restored by marque specialists […]
1947 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 S Cabriolet Pinin Farina
The 6C 2500 Sport offered here is one of the most classic and desirable examples of coachwork on the standard-wheelbase chassis, the svelte cabriolet by Pinin Farina. Like the chassis itself, an elegant evolution of pre-war design, the body is steel with aluminum doors, hood and rear deck, and features […]
1968 Fiat Dino Spider
As the importer’s plate confirms, this Fiat Dino Spider was sold new in France and registered on April 23, 1968. It was then registered in 1981 in the Saône et Loire and its engine rebuilt by Pozzi. Its service history has been kept since this time. Displayed at the Musée […]
1973 Lamborghini Espada Series III
Named after a matador’s sword, the Espada was styled along lines similar to those of the stillborn, rear-engined, 6-cylinder Marzal, but carried its 4.0-liter, 4-cam V12 up front. It produced 325 hp, an output sufficient to propel the distinctive, Bertone-styled coupe to 150 mph. Islero running gear was employed, but […]
1963 Maserati Sebring
Built on the short-wheelbase but otherwise similar chassis of the Vignale-bodied 3500 GT Spyder, the Sebring 2+2 coupé arrived in 1962, named in honor of the Bolognese manufacturer’s 1957 victory at the eponymous American endurance race. By now a 5-speed gearbox, four-wheel disc brakes and fuel injection were standard equipment, […]