AutoItalia Magazine Issue 349 Zurück Ausgabe

Can it really be 30 years ago that Auto Italia magazine was boldly launched on to an unsuspecting world? Indeed it can! We celebrate in style with our favourite ‘inside’ stories from the last three decades. More than that, two 30-year-old icons – the Alfa Romeo GTV and Fiat Coupé – battle things out in a four-way group test. We have more loads more coupe action this month, too, starting with a Lancia Aurelia B20 coupe restomodded to Outlaw spec. Then there’s the uniquely bizarre Alfa GT Junior ‘Red Submarine’, an OSCA 1600 GT2 and a beautifully restored Ferrari 330 GT. We also reunite a Fiat Balilla with the Brooklands racetrack where it was campaigned in the 1930s. We’ve been to Turin to the welcome reopening of Fiat’s superb Centro Storico museum, and we have loads more show reports to enjoy, too. Here’s to the next 30 years of your favourite Italian car magazine!

CONTENTS
ALFA ROMEO GTV V FIAT COUPE – 1990s mega group test: 4-cylinder, 5-cylinder, V6 and Turbo coupes do battle
ALFA ROMEO GT JUNIOR – Red Submarine: a uniquely modified period Alfa racer is rediscovered and restored
FERRARI 330 GT 2+2 – One very determined restoration of a classic Ferrari
OSCA 1600 GT2 – A Maserati by another name: rare Fissore-bodied coupe from OSCA
LANCIA AURELIA B20 OUTLAW – Thornley Kelham coupe restomod that will surely convince the unbelievers
FIAT BALILLA 508S – We bring a pre-war Fiat back to Brooklands, where it was once raced by a British spy
30 YEARS OF AUTO ITALIA – The full inside story of your favourite magazine
FIAT & FRIENDS – Fiat Motor Club GB’s big bash at Gaydon celebrated 125 years of Fiat
NEC CLASSIC CAR SHOW – Full report on the 40th anniversary show in Birmingham
MILANO AUTO CLASSICA – Italy’s finest classics on display in Milan
LAMBORGHINI WORLD FINALS – Season-ending raging bull spectacular in Italy
OBSCURATI – Abarth 1000 OT Spider by Carrozzeria Ellena