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For Sale: A Rare V16-Powered Cizeta V16T Supercar

Jon Branch August 16, 2024
Cizeta V16T sports car supercar
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

The Cizeta V16T was originally going to be called the Cizeta-Moroder V16T because it was the product of a partnership between composer Giorgio Moroder and Claudio Zampolli’s Cizeta business. As it turned out Zampolli’s…

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The Bimota Tesi 1D 904: “The Best Production Bike In The World”

Jon Branch October 11, 2023
Bimota Tesi 1D Italian motorcycle superbike
  • Ducati
  • Italian
  • Main
  • Motorcycles

The Bimota Tesi 1D was described back in the early 1990s as being arguably the best superbike in the world. It combined advanced front and rear suspension, a Ducati superbike engine, and a state-of-the-art…

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For Sale: An Iso Rivolta IR 300

Jon Branch February 1, 2023
Iso Rivolta IR 300GT Coupé Bertone
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

The Iso Rivolta IR 300 GT is a little known but superb Grand Touring car, perhaps one of the greatest of the 1960s all things considered. It’s been called the “Italian Corvette,” but truth…

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Lancia Delta S4 Group B Works – The Car That Won The 1986 Monte Carlo Rally

Jon Branch November 5, 2022
Lancia Delta S4 rally car
  • Cars
  • Italian
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  • Rally

The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car created with the sole purpose of winning events in the World Rally Championship. In order to achieve that it required full time four-wheel-drive so…

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Engine – A London Dry Gin From Italy

Ben Branch June 16, 2022
Engine Gin
  • Gear
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Engine is a unique take on the concept of a London dry gin, it’s made in northwestern Italy not far from Turin, and its recipe pays tribute to Italian and Piedmont tradition, containing rosolios, cordials,…

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For Sale: A Stunningly Beautiful 1974 MV Agusta 750S

Ben Branch May 7, 2022
MV Agusta 750S
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

The MV Agusta 750S was released in 1970, it was a superbike the world had been clamoring for for years but there was just one catch – it cost almost three times as much…

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The Lucini Lamborghini Hydroplane – Powered By An 8.2 Liter Lamborghini V12 With 850 HP

Ben Branch December 7, 2021
  • Boats
  • Italian
  • Racing

The Lucini Lamborghini Hydroplane was built by legendary Italian boat builder Lucini in 1992 for a Swiss businessman who wanted to compete in the Centomiglia del Lario (“One Hundred Miles of the Lake”) on…

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Motomaggioni: Italian Heritage and Motorcycles – A Love Story

Alessio Monteleone November 20, 2021
Motomaggioni 25
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

This story was written by Alessio Monteleone, an Italian writer and photographer who currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eugenio’s workshop has a small window in a secondary street, not far from Porta Venezia in…

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The 1440 HP Lamborghini V12-Powered “CUV Miura” – 1984 UIM World Championship-Winner

Ben Branch October 26, 2021
Lamborghini V12-Powered CUV Miura
  • Boats
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

This vessel was built by Italian boatbuilders Cantieri Uniti Viareggio (CUV) to win the 1984 UIM World Championships, a feat it achieved, giving CUV their third world championship win and cementing them as one…

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The “Italian E-Type” – A Jaguar E-Type By Frua And Italsuisse

Ben Branch September 16, 2021
Jaguar E-Type By Frua And Italsuisse 5
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

The car you see here is the only E-Type Jaguar that had its design reworked by Frua and Italsuisse. The reason both coachbuilders took part is an interesting story in itself, largely centered around a larger-than-life character named…

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For Sale: The Alfaholics Spider-R 007 – The Fastest Spider In The World

Ben Branch September 13, 2021
Alfaholics Spider-R 007 9
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

The Alfaholics Spider-R 007 was nicknamed the “The Fastest Spider In The World” by the British team who built it. It’s a 216 bhp Twin Spark-powered 1977 Spider with a 6-speed sequential gearbox, a competition…

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20+ Years In Storage: A 1975 Alfa Romeo Montreal Garage Find

Ben Branch September 11, 2021
Alfa Romeo Montreal
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

This 1975 Alfa Romeo Montreal has spent well over 20 years stored away in a garage gathering dust, it’s now being offered for sale as a rolling restoration project that appears to be in…

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