AutoItalia Magazine Issue 279 Zurück Ausgabe

Emblazoning our cover this month is an Alfasud racing car that’s been sensationally successful over the years. That’s a comment that applies every bit as much to Abarth, a badge that’s celebrating its 70th birthday in 2019, and we kick off the party with an in-depth look at the highlights of the Scorpion brand. Another anniversary this year is 25 years of the Ferrari F355 – the perfect opportunity to take a close look at one of the Prancing Horse’s best-loved modern classics. Older classics feature too, with a Maserati Sebring and an OSCA 1600GT, while we appreciate just what a historic powerplant Fiat’s amazing twin-cam engine was. Add in a classic Formula 1 racer, a Zagato electric car from 1974 and plenty of motor show and race action reports, and once again your Italian itch is waiting to be scratched!

CONTENTS
ABARTH AT 70 YEARS – We celebrate the Scorpion’s 70th birthday with its best-ever road cars
ALFA ROMEO ALFASUD – On track in a super-successful Alfasud racing car
FERRARI F355 – On the 25th anniversary of the F355, we explain why it saved the Ferrari brand
MASERATI SEBRING – Driving and appreciating this understated 1960s GT classic
OSCA 1600GT – The amazing story of an ex-Le Mans Zagato-bodied racer
ZAGATO ZELE – We go flat out in an Italian 1970s proto-electric car
GENEVA SHOW 2019 – New Fiat Panda, Alfa Tonale, Ferrari F8 Tributo and Pininfarina Battista
DALLARA 191 – The full story of Dallara’s 1991 Formula 1 car
FIAT TWIN-CAM ENGINE – Celebrating a sensational engine that’s writ large in history
MONTE CARLO HISTORIQUE – All the action from a snowbound Monte classic
OBSCURATI – The record-breaking, wind-cheating Vignale 1000 Record Sperimentale