AutoItalia Magazine Issue 309 Back Issue

Here at Auto Italia we love the Lancia Rally 037, so we were itching with excitement to drive the new Kimera EVO37, a reinvented ‘restomod’ with modern mechanicals – we hope our exclusive road test will excite you as much as it did us. It’s 50 years since Alfa Romeo launched its seminal Alfasud and we celebrate with a big, fact-filled, ‘never-knew-that’ feature, as well as driving two South African Alfasud rarities: GTA and Giardinetta estate. Even rarer is the one-off Maggiora Punto Grama 2 based on a Lancia integrale. Ferrari fans can revel in a road test of the ex-Gerhard Berger Testarossa and a report from the first Cavallino Classic concours to be held in Italy. We also praise the 100th anniversary of Lancia’s ground-breaking Lambda – the world’s first truly modern car. We also test the latest Lamborghini and Abarth models and have reports from such diverse events as the Classic Alfa Challenge, Silverstone Classic, Motor Valley Fest in Italy and the Shelsley Walsh Italian Night.
CONTENTS
KIMERA EVO37 – Modern-day Lancia Rally 037 reinvented: exclusive road test
ALFA ROMEO ALFASUD AT 50 – Celebrating the ’Sud’s golden anniversary with our 50 favourite facts
ALFASUDS FROM SOUTH AFRICA – Ultra-rare GTA and RHD Giardinetta Alfasuds on test
FERRARI TESTAROSSA – We drive the very Testarossa first delivered to Gerhard Berger
FIAT PUNTO GRAMA 2 – Fiat Punto based on a Lancia integrale: Maggiora’s 4x4 Grama 2
LANCIA LAMBDA – Celebrating 100 years of a revolutionary pioneer with a four-car track test
LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR SV-J ROADSTER – End of an era for Lambo’s pure V12
ABARTH 595 SCORPIONEORO – We test Abarth’s latest black-and-gold special edition
SILVERSTONE CLASSIC – Record-breaking racing weekend
CAVALLINO CLASSIC – Ferraris star at the Concorso di Modena
CLASSIC ALFA CHALLENGE – Action from Racing Legends at Thruxton
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