Most references politely say that Fanalone means "large lights," but Italian friends have told me that it's actually slang for "big breasts"During the 1960s, the wonderfully nimble, front-wheel-drive Lancia Fulvia reigned consistently among the ...
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The expense of restoring these cars can be surprisingly high even if you get the local basket-weaving class to refurbish your seats for freeFew cars that Fiat produced had the "cuteness" of the Jolly. With coachwork by Ghia, the Fiat Jolly 500 w...
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No regular OSCA MT4 had made anything like this at auction recently-and probably not even at the peak of the sports car madness in 1989Chassis 1153 is undoubtedly one of the most original surviving OSCAs in the world today. Only the patina of ag...
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Even if the Lamborghini V8s are stuck playing character actor roles to the V12 stars, the Jalpa stands as a better car than you might realizeIntroduced in 1981 with production starting in 1982, the Jalpa was one of three Lamborghini production m...
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Credit or blame it, this car inspired years of "folded paper" designThe Maserati Boomerang was first displayed as a non-functional model at the Turin Motor Show in 1971. By the Geneva Salon of March 1972, it had been transformed into a fully op...
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Integrales of any sort are incredible performance machines, massively capable in almost all conditions, sort of the Subaru WRX of their dayThis Lancia Hyena was purchased new by the present owner from Walkers Garage, official Lancia factory-appo...
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Is a Fiat Dino a Ferrari? This question is sure to heat up the conversation the next time you're kicking tires at an auctionIn the present ownership for the past seven years, this Fiat Dino Spider benefits from partial restoration at the hands o...
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The DMC-12's greatest and most enduring claim to fame was its starring role opposite Michael J. Fox in Robert Zemeckis' "Back to the Future", the box office hit of 1985As described by the seller, who just happened to be me, on eBay Motors: Never...
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These lightweight, small-displacement sports cars provide a true pre-war motoring experience at a fraction of the cost of their more expensive French cousin from MolsheimOf all the small sports-racing cars that proliferated in France after World...
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The little jewels from Bologna won everywhere-from the small regional Italian events to major international venues like the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Le Mans and SebringA tiny bantam of a racing car, the OSCA Mt4 was ahead of its time, winning...
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At the sub-$40,000 price, this car is cheap sculpture, a conversation piece in the garage, something fun for the kids so they can play "let's pretend we're Valentino Balboni"Offered for sale direct from the museum to which it was donated in 1999...
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Cisitalias are one of those odd exceptions to the "top goes down, price goes up" rule, and in this case the coupe is actually the preferred modelA talented "gentleman driver" and owner of the sports equipment concern Consorzio Industriale Sporti...
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The Aurelia B24 feels much more modern on the road than many contemporaries, including the Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider or Aston Martin DB 2/4 Mk IIIA race-developed V6 engine, superlative handling and sensational Pinin Farina styling: These are the i...
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Why, with all its aesthetic beauty, adequate performance, and driveability, does the Ghibli continue to sell for just a quarter the price of a Ferrari Daytona?Giorgio Giugiaro penned the striking lines for Maserati's Ghibli, which debuted at the...
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Abarth was a master of self-promotion, he knew how to hire talented young people whose work he would later appropriate, and he knew how to make a quick buck.Born in Austria in 1908, Karl Abarth was a European motorcycle champion in the 1930s who...
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