Greetings from 1950s Switzerland! From Ascona, on the north end of Lake Maggiore, to be exact. A pair of Simca Arondes (a Berline and a Grand Large hardtop) face away from us and a Hillman…
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Raising Arese: Alfa-Romeo Milano
The Alfa-Romeo 75 was the House of Arese’s replacement for the first “Nuova Giulietta,” which ran from 1977 to 1985, but Americans had never seen the wedge-shaped Giuletta, or the AlfaSud, or the Alfa Six,…
Twilight of the Big Alfas: Alfa-Romeo 2600 Spider
It’s an Alfa-Romeo and it’s a Spider, but possibly not the one you’re used to seeing. The 1962-65 Alfa 2600 Spider was Alfa’s senior droptop in the 1960s, part of the flagship 106-series 2600 range….
Innocenti Mini: The Italian Jobs
The Minis blasting through Turin’s streets in The Italian Job were from BMC (who reportedly supplied only the bare minimum, so the production had to buy more) and shipped in from the U.K.; but Italy…