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Articles | History and culture
Renato Verzaro, seductive lines
I've met Renato Verzato during at a classi car show, he was drawing some of the cars around him. I've always been more fascinated by the clean lines in a pencil sketch than by the brush strokes, so I stood for a while looking at him. This is a brief interview which let us know bettere the author behind ink and colors.
Articles | History and culture
Atlas, a van for all seasons
Atlas: this name is unfamiliar to most, but the Atlas was a popular van built by Standard Triumph. Not only sports cars, then, but commercial vehicles too. Let's discover this fascinating vehicle built in Coventry.
Articles | History and culture
On the failure of Triumph
In 1981 Pat Bedard, a popular US driver and journalist, wrote this article after the last Triumph sport car produced and talked about what "sport car" meant in its golden age (150s-1970s). His thoughts may explain the reason we're still fascinated by these cars.
The original included article was published in the September 1981 issue of "Car and Driver" which we thank for allowing us to translate it.
Books | Technical
Triumph Spitfire e GT6
If you're Italian, one problem when looking for Triumph literature is the difficulty to get any in your language. If you're not confident with English, there are really few books that may help you and this, written by Eros talking about the "sister" Spitfire and GT6, is one of them.
Models | Razor-edge style Saloon
Razor-edge style Saloon Renown Limousine
La Renown Limousine nacque da un idea di Sir John Black e di Louis Antweiller della Mulliners. Il prototipo X497 fu costruito tra il marzo e l’aprile del 1951, la produzione fu avviata nell’agosto del 1951 con un prezzo di vendita di 925 sterline. La meccanica e i relativi optional rimanevano quelli della TDB mentre il telaio presentava un passo allungato a 111 pollici permettendo porte più lunghe. La mancanza di domanda indusse già nell’ottobre del 1952 a decidere il fermo della produzione di s...
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Documents | Sales brochures
British Leyland Italia (1971)
Promotional article of British Leyland Italia published in Quattroruote magazine for the 53th Turin Auto Show. Thanks to Andrea Bracca for sharing it.
