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You may not associate Fiat with exotic V8 sports cars but the Fiat 8V is undoubtedly one of Italy’s greatest ever cars – and we’ve gathered no fewer than eight spectacular factory and coachbuilt ‘Ottovu’ Fiats for a giant test. Another 1950s car – the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante – provides the inspiration for a modern day Alfa 8C-based interpretation from Touring – we feature both a Coupe and a Spider this month. Equally dreamy is our run-down of the Top 50 Italian concept cars of all time, while a Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 is reunited with its former owner. Other Italian classics featured this issue include an as-new Pininfarina Spidereuropa, a Lancia Flaminia and an Abarth 1000TC. Meanwhile we’ve got behind the wheel of the latest Fiat 500 and Panda Hybrids, and we’ve also driven a 300,000-mile Alfa 156 – yes, it all still works perfectly! In addition, we’ve been to Las Vegas for SEMA, spoken to Alfa’s design chief in London and report on lots of events. As ever, it’s an action-packed issue! CONTENTS FIAT 8V – Monster group test of eight ‘Ottovu’ eight-cylinder exotics from Fiat ITALIAN CONCEPT CARS – Our Top 50 all-time greats revealed ALFA ROMEO DISCO VOLANTE – Inside Carrozzeria Touring’s modern-day flying saucers PININFARINA SPIDEREUROPA – An ultra-rare right-hand drive, ultra-low mileage 124 Spider FERRARI 365 GT 2+2 – Tracking down a 1969 ‘Queen Mother’ LANCIA FLAMINIA COUPE – Pinin Farina’s understated masterpiece FIAT 500 HYBRID & PANDA HYBRID – Fiat’s new petrol-electric Mild Hybrids on test ABARTH 1000TC – Mighty Italian road trip in a classic Abarth ALFA ROMEO 156 – Driving a 300,000-mile 1.8 Twin Spark INTERVIEW: KLAUS BUSSE – FCA’s design chief on the future of motoring SEMA SHOW – Italian car action from Las Vegas AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL 2020 – Season-opening show report from the NEC OBSCURATI – Pininfarina’s Alfa Romeo Sestriere, the first ever coupe based on the Alfa 2000