AutoItalia Magazine Issue 332 Zurück Ausgabe

Colour bursts from every page of this month’s Auto Italia. Our cover story is all about modern classics of the 1990s – the last daring decade of Italian car design – starring the Alfa Romeo SZ, Alfa GTV, Alfa 156, Fiat Coupe and Fiat Barchetta. But we shun red when it comes to Ferrari, asking dozens of experts their views about which colours they love best that aren’t Rossa Corsa. Italy really embraced supercharging in the early 1980s; we investigate how well it did with road tests of the Fiat 131 Volumetrico and Lancia Beta Coupe VX. There’s more to celebrate for Alfa Romeo fans with features on a superb Midnight Purple Alfetta GTV restomod and how we imported a rare Giulia 1300 Ti. We also feature the full complement of Frua-bodied Maserati 5000GTs – all two of them! Summer event action is in full swing, too, with full reports on the Abarth Festival, 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, our Northern Italian Car Day at Raby Castle and Italy’s superb Silver Flag hillclimb.

CONTENTS
ITALY’S DARING DECADE OF DESIGN – 1990s icons gather: Alfa Romeo SZ, Alfa GTV, Alfa 156, Fiat Coupe & Fiat Barchetta
FERRARI NOT ROSSO CORSA – Experts choose their favourite Ferrari shades
FIAT & LANCIA SUPERCHARGED – Fiat 131 Volumetrico and Lancia Beta Coupe VX driven
ALFA ROMEO ALFETTA GTV – Amazing Midnight Purple restomod on test
ALFA ROMEO GIULIA 1300 TI – Our correspondent on how he imported his rare 105 Series
MASERATI 5000GT FRUA – Luxury in spectacular early 1960s style, times two
VERNASCA SILVER FLAG – Classic hillclimb action from Castell’Arquato in Italy
ABARTH FESTIVAL – Report from the UK’s biggest event for Abarths
NORTHERN ITALIAN CAR DAY – Raby Castle hosted a huge variety of Italian cars
GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED – All the Italian highlights of this year’s festival
OBSCURATI – Lampra: one man’s Fiat 850-based one-off