Comments on: Just What Is On That Alfa Romeo Logo? https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/european-cars/just-what-is-on-that-alfa-romeo-logo/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Roger Hawcroft https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/european-cars/just-what-is-on-that-alfa-romeo-logo/#comment-6623 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 03:00:31 +0000 http://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/?p=8190#comment-6623 Thank you for this information. I’ve been a fan of sports racing cars and Formula 1 since about 1953 when I was 6. Those were the most exciting days in motor-sport. Not burdened by a multitude of niggling and petty restrictions and spurred on by the desire to build a reputation for their brands or simply the desire to complete, there were both factory and private entrants and you could actually see the drivers working in the cockpit, whereas today the cars might well be driven by robots and probably soon will be.

I loved the magic of it all then and the exotic names, such as Fangio, Nuvolari, Ascari and etc. and the amount of innovation and differences in the cars as teams tried to find that little advantage. The sports racing car series such as the Mille Miglia and Le Mans were spectacular and didn’t exclude the enthusiastic amateur. Indeed, some of the cars were actually driven on the road to get to the track.

People would think that I was stupid because we had no television then and I would listen to the races broadcast on the radio.

I’ve always loved the Alfas. I really like the well balanced shape of the 60’s Guilia. One of the nicest looking GT cars ever, in my opinion. I always wondered what was behind the Alfa badge but never thought to find out [Duh] – I guess I just thought it looked neat.

Anyway, just wanted to thank whoever asked and you for answering.

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