Fiat 1100 Coupé Meteor: A Small Design Gem
Talking about the industrial situation after the Second World War, Prof. Grandi investigates the small workshops which, starting from...
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When the shape reaches a form of “mathematical beauty", it creates something that is far from self-referential, super-structural or superfluous.
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Lamborghini and Gigliato: a Great but All-Too-Short Story
At the end of his career at Lamborghini, Luigi Marmiroli was invited to take part in a supercar project being launched in Japan. It could...
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Zbigniew Maurer
- Mar 25
- 7 min
2002 Brera Concept Car, As Seen From Inside Of Centro Stile Alfa Romeo
Early years 2000 was a busy period at Alfa Romeo's Centro Stile, its in-house design department. Not so much for the work load which was...
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Massimo Grandi
- Feb 26
- 6 min
"The Shape of the Wind" according to Franco Scaglione
Experimentation is the distinguishing feature of the visionary Tuscan designer’s career. Among all his works, two particular projects...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Feb 24
- 4 min
… Saved by the Moon!
The Lamborghini men had some amazing adventures during the first, top-secret tests on the Diablo prototype. Years later, Luigi Marmiroli...
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Alessandro Barteletti
- Feb 9
- 4 min
“C’était un rendez-vous”: Claude Lelouch's crazy race
At dawn on an August day, forty-six years ago – 1976 – the French film director Claude Lelouch (author of “A Man and a Woman”) grappled...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
Best Wishes to All the "Speedholics"
In the year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary Countach, I would like to send the traditional Happy New Year wishes to the...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
When I Met Clay Regazzoni
When I heard that the Clay Regazzoni Memorial Room was being moved from Lugano to Romanshorn, my mind automatically opened the drawer of...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
The "Speedholics man" and the ecological transition
The passage from fossil fuel to electric for all cars of the future - including supercars and hypercars - is a given fact. Thinking back...
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Zbigniew Maurer
- Aug 30, 2021
- 8 min
Against all odds, the Alfa Romeo new Spider “Duetto” project 938
Duetto is a magic word for Alfisti. It was chosen via an international contest to find a name for a very important car, the successor of...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Jul 31, 2021
- 4 min
From the Countach to the Diablo: Courage and Emotions
On the 50th anniversary of the Countach, engineer Luigi Marmiroli remembers when he was called in to design the heir to the "Icon". In...
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Arturo Merzario
- Jun 23, 2021
- 4 min
How I Became a Driver - Pt. 2
1964 began with a heavy blow: in the first race in Monza I was behind the fierce new Simca Abarths by almost a lap. My Giulietta SZ had...
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Zbigniew Maurer
- Jun 16, 2021
- 5 min
Diva, a White Sheet of Paper Alfa Romeo Sports Car
It happens very rarely if ever, that a designer gets a chance to freely express himself. Free from the Marketing people with their...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Jun 9, 2021
- 4 min
When I Met Ferruccio Lamborghini
Called to manage the design of the Lamborghini, I felt the need to meet Ferruccio. That was the only way I could absorb that authentic...
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Arturo Merzario
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
How I Became a Driver - Pt. 1
I never thought I would be a driver. I loved speed and mechanics, but I never imagined that I would have a career in racing. My family...
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Zbigniew Maurer
- May 13, 2021
- 5 min
Speed Through Design
There are many ways in which speed can be considered in automotive design. The first and the most obvious one that comes to mind...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
When I met Enzo Ferrari
Today marks the start of a series of articles telling of the many famous names of the car world that I have had the honour and pleasure ...
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Alessandro Barteletti
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Lartigue: The Photographer Obsessed with Speed
Stop the moment, capture the movement, freeze and yet illustrate the speed. If you think about it, photography is a great paradox.
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Arturo Merzario
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Yes, I am a Speedholic!
Hi there, fellow SpeedHolics. Speed is my stimulus, my challenge, my way to get outside of and away from the box. For me, speed is...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Mar 21, 2021
- 3 min
Supercars, Gastronomy & The Death of Individuality
If it were in the English dictionary, the term "speedholic" would be defined as a person with a very strong passion for, nay - an...
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Zbigniew Maurer
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
Speed and Cars
Speed and cars have always been strictly connected for me. When we were small kids, the first and most important parameter with which we...
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Giordano Mozzi
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
Precision Adrenaline
The challenge of the clock, fighting against it to the last hundredth of a second, isn’t just a part of pure speed races. There is a...
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