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Articles | History and culture
Six appeal: Triumph GT6, born under the sign of Venus
"Standing still the GT6 looks beautyful, but impatient for the off". These words have been copied from the Triumph GT6 brochure and they summarize what this car has been and today continues to be: a beautiful car worthy of being called Gran Turismo. In Italy, for many reasons, the GT6 had not spread and today it's therefore a rare car, although most known and desired than during past time. At a distance of fifty years his line still arouses admiration and could not be otherwise since it was born...
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Articles | History and culture
Captains Courageous: Salvatore Ruffino and his Italia
When in November 1944 Sir John Black bought the ruins of Triumph, he had a dream: he wanted to use the brand “Triumph” to compete with his friend William Lyons, the owner of SS Cars Ltd ( later to become Jaguar ) to whom the “Standard Motor Company” had been a long time engines supplier. In 1958 when Salvatore Ruffino decided to build his coupe, Edmonds, the representative of Standard in Italy, thought that the dream of Sir John Black (who had since left the Standard ) could find be fulfilled. H...
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Articles | Travels
Villasimius report
The right road on the right car. You don't need anything else to make a holiday or a trip epic, as this short but intense article will prove.
Books | History
Giovanni Michelotti. Una matita libera
In the car world there are names that sound unknown to the most, even to enthusiasts, due to the expressed desire to remain on the sidelines, to enjoy the creative freedom given by anonymity. Giovanni Michelotti was one of the most ingenious exponents of Italian design and the discretion, in his case, was intentional: this book, born by the will of his son Edgardo, finally does him justice.
Models | Razor-edge style Saloon
Razor-edge style Saloon 1800 Town & Country Saloon
Presentata nel marzo del 1946 in contemporanea con la Roadster, con cui condivideva la meccanica, l’impostazione del telaio tubolare e delle sospensioni, la 1800 Salon ebbe una genesi particolarmente travagliata. Come da tradizione Standard, il disegno della automobile venne affidato al fornitore delle carrozzerie, in questo caso la Mulliners. I designer Leslie Moore e Jim Wignall seguirono i desideri di Sir John Black che desiderava una berlina che si rifacesse, quanto a linee, allo stile Razo...
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Documents | Press
Triumph in the Geneva Rally (1965)
Advertising space on the June 18th 1965 issue of Autocar to celebrate the Spitfire's participation in the Geneva Rally. Thanks to Andrea Bracca for sharing it.
