AutoItalia Magazine Issue 331 Vorige editie

It’s a giant Alfa Romeo birthday this month: the famous Quadrifoglio badge turns 100 years old. We celebrate every Cloverleaf Alfa from 1923 right up to today’s Giulia Quadrifoglio. And our four-strong group test is a lucky charm for any Alfa fan, featuring the Alfasud Ti QV, 155 Q4, MiTo Cloverleaf and Giulia GTAm. As an Alfa bonus, we also track-test one of the most successful historic racers, a Giulietta Ti. We’ve been over to Italy to experience the new Ferrari SF90 XX – a track-focused but road-legal limited edition – as well as the new Fiat 600e and Topolino at Lingotto. We recount the never-before-told story of a one-off Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 by Fly Studio, and report on the Ferrari Cavallino Classic Modena concours event. Martin Buckley explains his fascination for the Fiat 130 Coupe and Berlina. Two extremes of road testing this month are the Abarth 500e (on UK soil for the first time) and the very last Maserati V8 ever: the Ghibli Trofeo 334. As always, we focus on the best events, too, like Viva Italia at Sywell and Goodwood Festival of Speed.
CONTENTS
ALFA ROMEO QUADRIFOGLIO AT 100 YEARS – From 1923 to 2023, we celebrate Alfa’s lucky cloverleaf symbol
ALFA ROMEO QUADRIFOGLIO GROUP TEST – Four cloverleaf-badged Alfa icons on test: Alfasud, 155 Q4, MiTo & Giulia GTAm
ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA TI – Successful Goodwood St Mary’s Trophy racer track tested
FERRARI SF90 XX – New, extreme, track-developed and road-legal special edition
FERRARI 365 GT4 2+2 ‘FLY’ – Exclusive: the story of Fly Studio, from F1 tech to a one-off coachbuilt Ferrari
FIAT 130 COUPE & SALOON – Why our man Martin Buckley is so obsessed with the big Fiats
FIAT 600e – Fiat’s crucial new 600e electric hatchback unveiled in Turin
FIAT TOPOLINO – Fun, frivolity and frugality from Fiat’s new micro-EV
ABARTH 500e – First road test of the electric Abarth on UK roads
FERRARI CAVALLINO CLASSIC MODENA – Third running of the Ferrari classic concours event
VIVA ITALIA – Our first Italia