The great feat of Hanomag-Diesel-Stromlinien-Sportwagen
With Audi dominating endurance races, diesel has earned the respect of motorsport only in recent times. But there is a story that dates...
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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
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Diablo SE30: in the middle of the history of Lamborghini Automobili
In the year in which the Bull blew out its first sixty candles, the engineer Marmiroli remembers the genesis and “behind the scenes” of...
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Paolo Martin
- Apr 6
- 5 min
“PM1” and “1300”: the Bugattis that never saw the light
Directly from the memories of Paolo Martin, the story of two Bugattis that never saw the light. SpeedHolics readers can judge the quality...
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Alessandro Barteletti
- Mar 27
- 5 min
From the Earth to the Sky: Challenges beyond the Limit
As the Italian Air Force celebrates its hundredth anniversary, we would like to tell you about the time Gilles Villeneuve, Nelson Piquet,...
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Massimo Grandi
- Mar 15
- 4 min
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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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...
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Paolo Martin
- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
The Lotus “Four Doors”, Colin Chapman’s Broken Dream
In the early Eighties, the sports sedan world was dominated by Maserati, and seen with significant interest by Ferrari. But in those...
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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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Paolo Martin
- Apr 21, 2021
- 6 min
Paolo Martin: My First Car, Fifty Years On
The first lockdown forced him to stay at home, in his villa in the hills of Turin. But Paolo Martin, the creator of some of the most...
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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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