Cars
When a car is nicknamed “Flying Saucerâ€, odds are that it has an out of this world shape. This was true for the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante (the name is Italian for flying saucer) which was unveiled as a concept car in 1952 boasting a drag coefficient of just 0.25.
- Color Me Green: Touring Superleggera's Alfa Romeo Disco Volante
Behold one of the finest looking cars at this (…and last) year's Geneva Motor Show: the luscious Alfa Romeo Disco Volante from Italian coachbuilder and design firm, Touring Superleggera. Read more »...
- Touring's Breathtaking Alfa Disco Volante Wears Green And Gold For Geneva – Plus Top Gear Video
Ask me which new automobile I'd like to own and keep forever regardless of cost or use and I'd say that, the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante from Touring Superleggera would be one of my first picks, for its looks, its handcrafted nature and its lineage...
- Touring Superleggera Dances To The Tunes Of The Alfa Romeo Disco Volante In Geneva [photos + Video]
Felice Bianchi Anderloni, the man who founded the Milan-based Carozzeria Touring, had once said that “Weight is the enemy, air is the obstacleâ€. With a brief to design a car that would be “insensitive to the windâ€, Touring’s...
- Classic Galleria: 20 Alfa Romeo Desktop Wallpapers
We think the title says it all but if you insist on continuing to read this post instead of following the jump to check out and why not, use one of these photos to adorn your desktop, just let us say that we put together a gallery consisting of twenty...
- James Glickenhaus Receives First U.s-bound Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione
Some guys have all the luck... Car collector James Glickenhaus who made headlines last year for his custom-ordered, Pininfarina-designed, Ferrari P4/5, has become the proud owner of the first Alfa 8C Competizione destined for the US market. The handover...
Cars
1950’s Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Reborn as an 8C Competizione-Based Limited Production Model
When a car is nicknamed “Flying Saucerâ€, odds are that it has an out of this world shape. This was true for the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante (the name is Italian for flying saucer) which was unveiled as a concept car in 1952 boasting a drag coefficient of just 0.25.
The original Disco Volante is revered so much by Alfa fans today that it was chosen for the statue donated to Alfa Romeo's centenary celebrations in 2010.
Milan-based coachbuilder Touring Superleggera, which cooperated with Alfa Romeo in the creation of the original car, has plans to debut a modern-day version at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the iconic Alfa.
Just like the original, the 21st century Disco Volante will be built on an existing Alfa Romeo. This time around, it won’t be the 1900 and its 158HP engine but the 8C Competizione chassis, around which Touring’s craftsmen will construct a bodywork reminiscent of the 1950's car but made out of hand-beaten aluminum panels and carbon-fiber.
Read more »- Color Me Green: Touring Superleggera's Alfa Romeo Disco Volante
Behold one of the finest looking cars at this (…and last) year's Geneva Motor Show: the luscious Alfa Romeo Disco Volante from Italian coachbuilder and design firm, Touring Superleggera. Read more »...
- Touring's Breathtaking Alfa Disco Volante Wears Green And Gold For Geneva – Plus Top Gear Video
Ask me which new automobile I'd like to own and keep forever regardless of cost or use and I'd say that, the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante from Touring Superleggera would be one of my first picks, for its looks, its handcrafted nature and its lineage...
- Touring Superleggera Dances To The Tunes Of The Alfa Romeo Disco Volante In Geneva [photos + Video]
Felice Bianchi Anderloni, the man who founded the Milan-based Carozzeria Touring, had once said that “Weight is the enemy, air is the obstacleâ€. With a brief to design a car that would be “insensitive to the windâ€, Touring’s...
- Classic Galleria: 20 Alfa Romeo Desktop Wallpapers
We think the title says it all but if you insist on continuing to read this post instead of following the jump to check out and why not, use one of these photos to adorn your desktop, just let us say that we put together a gallery consisting of twenty...
- James Glickenhaus Receives First U.s-bound Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione
Some guys have all the luck... Car collector James Glickenhaus who made headlines last year for his custom-ordered, Pininfarina-designed, Ferrari P4/5, has become the proud owner of the first Alfa 8C Competizione destined for the US market. The handover...