Auto Italia Magazine - June 2021

In this issue

There are group tests and group tests – and then there’s our Alfetta GTV 6 mega test. No fewer than 10 gorgeous Alfa GTV fast-road and race coupes together on track, from Munari’s rally car to the Callaway Twin-Turbo – it’s a story not to be missed. Alfa fans will also love our road test of the delicately beautiful 1900C SS coupe by Touring. It’s heaven for V12 lovers, too, with the new drop-top Ferrari 812 GTS going head-to-head with its 365 Daytona Spider forebear, fully 50 years its elder. We also reveal all the super-rare ‘missing link’ V12 Ferrari cabrios made in the last 50 years, and report on Ferrari’s Finali Mondiali in Italy. Fan of the Fiat Panda 100HP? You should be, as our buying guide explains. But in 1982 Fiat wasn’t a fan of its divorced Spanish cousin Seat – find out why in our Ritmo v Ronda courtroom drama. Add in a healthy dose of 1960s rarities from Maserati, De Tomaso and Michelotti and this month is a real Italian ‘tutti frutti’.

CONTENTS

ALFA ROMEO ALFETTA GTV 6 GROUP TEST – 10-strong mega-test of fast road and race GTVs
ALFA ROMEO 1900C SS – Sublime Alfa 1900 coupe by Touring on test
FERRARI 812 GTS V 365 GTS4 ‘DAYTONA’ – 50-year spiritual spider back-to-back
FERRARI V12 CONVERTIBLES – Front-engined V12 convertible ‘missing links’
MASERATI MEXICO – Old school charm at the dawn of the supercar era
FIAT RITMO – The amazing story of why Fiat sued Spanish ex-partner Seat over its Ronda
FIAT PANDA 100HP BUYERS’ GUIDE – All you need to know about this mini-firecracker
TRIUMPH FURY – The beautiful Michelotti prototype we wish hadn’t got away
FERRARI FINALI MONDIALI – Spectacular season ender at Misano
DE TOMASO MANGUSTA – Down-under reader’s mid-engineed pioneer
OBSCURATI – Colonel Gaddafi’s Alfa V6-engined Tesco Rocket