FCA has opened its new Heritage HUB and museum in the newly renovated Mirafiori manufacturing complex, in Turin. The new...
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting on my desk and every time I look at it, Italy’s “Il Drago” or “the Dragon” comes to mind. That was world rally champion Sandro Munari’s nickname because, according to...
Today we think of Fiat’s role in Grand Prix racing as the owner of Ferrari, but the Turin company was...
After World War II, many of the world’s auto manufacturers returned to car production embracing many of the technologies and manufacturing innovations developed as a result of the war effort. Aerodynamics and unit-body construction were just a few of the advents refined by the war effort that would soon become...
The late Gianni Agnelli’s favorite cars went on show at the Museum of the Automobile in Turin, Italy, on March...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began...
On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this car was a complete delight. It handled well, was very comfortable, had plenty of interior space and went well enough. So it should have done, it’s a Lancia, derived from the world-famous Aurelia but, in its...
Near the Lancia factory in Turin during March of 1954, Piero Taruffi seems pleased after a test of the Lancia...
When the world got back to normal life, after World War II, there was so much pent up demand for...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was the first of three children for Sergio and Giorgia Pininfarina, and died after a car collided with the Vespa scooter he was riding to the company’s design and R&D center...
