u/onbewoondeiland — reddlx

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The OVER P001 GBF is a one-off designed by Giotto Bizzarrini and first presented at Valenza Gioielli 2009. The body is made of copper sheeting, while the floor is transparent. The steering wheel, gearshift knob, switches, fuel and oil filler caps, wheel nuts, and logo are all made of platinum.

u/onbewoondeiland — 23 hours ago

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1959 Lancia Appia GTE Series II by Zagato. Fewer than 200 were made from 1958 to 1963 for Lancia's sportiest clientele, who would privately race their cars. By this time Zagato had become an official Lancia supplier whose cars were sold by Lancia dealers. The 1089cc V4 engine produced 53 to 60 hp.

u/onbewoondeiland — 2 days ago

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1962 Maserati 5000 GT by Allemano on a design by Giovanni Michelotti. Life’s Been Good for this Maserati. It was owned by Joe Walsh and supposedly did one eighty-five. His 1978 hit song confirmed Maseratis were decadent enough for rock stars. It was the most expensive production car of its time.

u/onbewoondeiland — 5 days ago

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1952 Lancia Ardea 800 Furgoncino. Lancia made many kinds of charming commercial vehicles. Of the nearly 23,000 Ardeas produced, around 8,500 were adapted by coachbuilders as 'furgoncini' (small vans) and 'camioncini' (car based small trucks).

u/onbewoondeiland — 6 days ago

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David Hockney (1937-2026) - "1995 BMW 850CSi" - The fourteenth BMW Art Car with cars as canvases.

u/onbewoondeiland — 6 days ago

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1961 Maserati Tipo 63. The mid-engined Birdcage with a 3-liter V12 engine from the 250F raced for the Briggs Cunningham and Count Volpi's Scuderia Serenissima race teams. BTW, in Italy they don't call them "Birdcage", but "Spaghetti". This one resides in the Maserati Panini Museum in Modena Italy.

u/onbewoondeiland — 7 days ago

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1929 OM 665 SS MM Superba, with a 2.3 liter supercharged side-valved 6-cylinder engine. OM (Officine Meccaniche - Mechanical Workshops) is now almost forgotten. In the late 1920s however, it was extremely successful in racing, even winning the inaugural 1927 Mille Miglia outright.

u/onbewoondeiland — 8 days ago

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The Autobianchi A112 Abarth was arguably the first hot hatchback pocket rocket and pioneered a whole new class of superminis. In rally car racing it was a popular entry level participant.

u/HistoricalCarsFan — 9 days ago

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The Autobianchi A112 Abarth was arguably the first hot hatchback pocket rocket and pioneered a whole new class of superminis. In rally car racing it was a popular entry class level participant.

u/onbewoondeiland — 9 days ago

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Can't afford a Mercedes-AMG G63 6x6? How about a six-wheeled Fiat Panda? Authorized German Fiat dealer, Horst Koch, built this one-off as a promotional vehicle in 1986, using a standard 70 hp FWD Fiat Panda. It was restored in 2020.

u/onbewoondeiland — 10 days ago

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Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938-) - "Lotus Esprit" - 1972 concept sketch of the Lotus Esprit, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.

u/onbewoondeiland — 12 days ago

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The Daihatsu Midget II is a single-seat Kei micro-truck that was manufactured from 1996 to 2001. Its ultra-compact design is perfect to navigate narrow city alleys and haul kegs to city bars. Your friends can ride in the back.

u/onbewoondeiland — 13 days ago

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1957 Fiat Abarth 500 Coupé Zagato. You can count on Fiat to make cute little cars, on Zagato to make them lighter, slippier and prettier and on Abarth to race them. Weight was reduced to 440 kg and power increased to 26 hp for a top speed of 150 km/h. It won the 500cc Italian GT championship.

u/onbewoondeiland — 15 days ago

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Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938-) - "Iso Rivolta GT" - Painting by the designer of the car.

u/onbewoondeiland — 16 days ago

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The 1963 Chevrolet Testudo (Turtle in Italian) was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and built by Bertone on a shortened Chevrolet Corvair Monza platform, that was sent over by GM's Bill Mitchell. Giugiaro's seminal design turned out to be one of the most influential concept cars ever.

u/onbewoondeiland — 16 days ago

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More than 1.6 million Simca 1000s were built from 1961 to 1978. To give the aging 1000 platform an extra lease of life, the youth market was targeted with racy versions of their saloon. Enter the Simca 1000 Rallye with hot 70s colour options like yellow, green and orange with bumblebee stripes.

u/onbewoondeiland — 17 days ago

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The NSU TT. The sporty passenger car from NeckarSUlm Germany with an aircooled engine in the back which proved to be a success in everyday traffic as well as on the race track in the late 1960s and early 1970s. An NSU TT-owner could drive his children to school and go racing in the same car.

u/Maynard078 — 17 days ago

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MV Agusta 1100 D2 Autocarro. Besides making helicopters and championship winning motorcycles, Agusta also made this charming light commercial vehicle. Why MV Agusta (Meccanica Verghera Agusta) bothered with this market is a mystery. It is estimated that only some 2,000 1100 D2s were made.

u/onbewoondeiland — 20 days ago

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Alfa Romeo "Romeo" T10 "Autotutto". Alfa Romeo also used to make stylish, cute commercial vehicles with a twin-cam engine that worked for a living. It came in many different configurations: van, minibus, school bus, hauler, transporter, truck, ambulance, hearse, camper, pickup, mobile shops....

u/onbewoondeiland — 20 days ago

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The 2010 Lancia "New" Stratos by Pininfarina was based on a shortened Ferrari 430 Scuderia chassis with the 4.3-liter Ferrari V8 generating up to 600 hp. In 2018 the design was licensed and evolved by Manifattura Automobili Torino (M.A.T.) into a strictly limited production run of 25 vehicles.

u/Long-Ad7490 — 21 days ago