Entries in Alfa Romeo (86)

Wednesday
Nov022011

Winter Driving Moment of Zen

Not sure if I'll do this with my dry California Car.  But Kudos to Alfa BB user Salfa Romeaabfor a sense of adventure!

Wednesday
Nov022011

Objects of Desire: Limited Edition Alfa Art

Aerodynamic Heart by Andras Baranyai

Untitled by Frau GrauRed Car by Tilo GöbelFor the true Alfisti there are some really incredible works of art and graphic design on an Alfa theme available for purchase at this official website:

ALFA ROMEO ART

Thursday
Sep292011

Tokyo Street Sightings and bonus Mystery Car!

Overall, I found Hong Kong to be more of a prime place to spot modern exotic cars, but the cars in Tokyo tended to be a lot more interesting. Here are just a few of the cars I managed to photograph during my stay.

Can anyone guess what this is?  I'm pretty sure it's American.

Tuesday
Sep062011

We interrupt our Pebble Beach coverage ........ to bring you the Lime Rock Historics!

This Alfa Romeo GP car , circa 1936, was lapping at around 1:10! That's pretty damn fast for a 75 year old racing car on skinny tires!Labor Day weekend, I managed to escape from the Metropolis for a few hours to enjoy the Historic Races and Lime Rock Park. The track is near and dear to my heart and it's always a lot of fun to come up there. I was there on the Monday, and it rained like crazy, but I did manage to get a few rather evocative shots before I booked it home. Click the pics below for the full gallery.

Tuesday
Sep062011

Concorso Italiano 2011

Concorso Italiano, which was begun in the early 1990s, has become one of the top events in the Pebble Beach weekend. Compared to the rarified air at the Quail and Pebble Beach Concours D'elegance, the Concorso feels a lot more inclusive and down to Earth.  Its physical location is a lot closer to Laguna Seca than Carmel, and this is fitting as the event seems to straddle the line between the hardcore gearheads and the straw hat and blazer types. It feels more like a typical regional car show where owners sit by their cars (most actually drive their cars in rather than trailering them!) and chat and have a good time. Unlike a regional show, however, the scale of the Concorso is huge, and the array of machinery on display is a vast survey of mostly postwar Italian vehicles. And true to the inclusive spirit of the show, they even added a category for non-Italian cars!  We had a great time at the Concorso, which has the cars well organized by marque and model. It's really cool, for example, to see a perfectly aligned row of Maserati Boras or DeTomaso Panteras. These are cars that you'd be lucky to see once in a blue moon on the street, yet at the Concorso, you get to see a whole family reunion.  It's just fantastic. In addition to the more common Italian cars, there is all sorts of wonderful, obscure stuff in attendance. Have you ever seen an Intermeccanica, for example?? How about an Iso Lele? I certainly saw a few cars I had absolutely never laid eyes on before, so the show was very educational. Click HERE for the 2 page Mega Gallery!