Superveloce: How Italian Cars Conquered the World
English | 2025 | ASIN : B0DCW6Y163 | 294 Pages | EPUB | 52 MB
English | 2025 | ASIN : B0DCW6Y163 | 294 Pages | EPUB | 52 MB
In 1950, at the first Formula One Grand Prix in Britain after World War II, 150,000 spectators, including the royal family, watch in dismay as Italy's Alfa Romeos take the first three places – ahead of seven more Italian Maseratis. In Paris, at the Salon d'Auto, Pininfarina's breathtakingly stylish Lancias, driven form Turin by the designer and his son, are denied entry. Parked outside, they nevertheless steal the show. How can it be that Italy, pummelled into submission by Allied bombs, is already setting new standards of speed and style that leave the rest of the world for dust?