Giotto Bizzarrini’s “Macchinetta”
Based on the Topolino, the early work of the great Tuscan designer anticipated many of the cornerstones of his vision, starting from the...
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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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Arturo Merzario
- Mar 11
- 6 min
Eighty years, what a feat!
Ready to celebrate a big birthday (he was born on 11 March 1943), the "cowboy driver" accompanies SpeedHolics readers on an extraordinary...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Feb 17
- 4 min
Tribute to Carlo Chiti and his Autodelta
In the year of the sixtieth anniversary of the foundation of Alfa Romeo’s glorious “racing department”, Luigi Marmiroli remembers to...
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Massimo Grandi
- Dec 22, 2022
- 8 min
The Soviet Revolution
After the historical agreement signed with the Ford Motor Company, it didn’t take long for the streets of the ex- Soviet Union to fill...
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Paolo Martin
- Dec 16, 2022
- 6 min
Pininfarina Sigma Grand Prix: the Safe and Stylish Formula 1
With single-seaters, the style of the car is designed entirely to suit its function. So can we talk of design for Formula 1 cars? Paolo...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Dec 7, 2022
- 5 min
Ferruccio Lamborghini dines with Enzo Ferrari
Everyone knows: the cars in Sant’Agata Bolognese would never have been born without the now-famous dispute between Ferruccio Lamborghini...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
Lamborghini & Gandini Trilogy
Gandini and Lamborghini are two inseparable entities, and together they have developed authentic style legends, including the Miura, the...
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Massimo Grandi
- Jul 12, 2022
- 9 min
Intermeccanica and the Epilogue of the Work of Franco Scaglione
The history of Intermeccanica is that of the last five years of Scaglione’s work. Professor Grandi takes a look back over the events and...
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Paolo Martin
- Jun 27, 2022
- 6 min
How the Ferrari Modulo Was Born
Designer Paolo Martin talks about one of the most extraordinary and innovative dream cars of all time, unveiled to the public at the 1970...
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Luigi Marmiroli
- Jun 16, 2022
- 3 min
Modena, Capital of Motor Valley: the “Speedholics” Place of the Soul
Emilia Romagna is an ancient land of motors. Engineer Luigi Marmiroli traces back the historical and cultural reasons underlying the...
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Massimo Grandi
- May 13, 2022
- 6 min
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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Luigi Marmiroli
- Apr 15, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...