A guy went to see the Alfa factory museum, posted pics -
8C 2900 These were the supercars of the 30s.
So aero ??
Bertone show car based on the T33 race car
Modern 8C clay buck in the center. The red show car on the right was pretty cool - I remember that in Road & Track.
6C 2500 "Golden Arrow?"
Besides being a cool-looking car, this is interesting because there are design elements in here from before the war, just like American cars had. Alfa tried to keep building big luxurious fast cars, but toned down and smaller....but that market had essentially vanished with the destruction of the economy. At the same time, Ferrari had quit, gotten out of his non-compete clause, and started building a very small number of fast V12 cars, mostly for racing. He only built road cars to fund the race cars, so it was a different kind of company and much smaller. Then by the early- / mid-50s, Alfa is building fast little 1100, 1300, and 1600 production sporting cars that people can afford, and many of them were developed into racing versions.
8C 2900 These were the supercars of the 30s.
So aero ??
Bertone show car based on the T33 race car
Modern 8C clay buck in the center. The red show car on the right was pretty cool - I remember that in Road & Track.
6C 2500 "Golden Arrow?"
Besides being a cool-looking car, this is interesting because there are design elements in here from before the war, just like American cars had. Alfa tried to keep building big luxurious fast cars, but toned down and smaller....but that market had essentially vanished with the destruction of the economy. At the same time, Ferrari had quit, gotten out of his non-compete clause, and started building a very small number of fast V12 cars, mostly for racing. He only built road cars to fund the race cars, so it was a different kind of company and much smaller. Then by the early- / mid-50s, Alfa is building fast little 1100, 1300, and 1600 production sporting cars that people can afford, and many of them were developed into racing versions.
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