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Si l’un d’eux courut les 24 Heures du Mans 1952, l’équipe Alfa Romeo manqua son coup et aucune Disco Volante ne fut ensuite engagée en course. Trois styles de carrosserie habillèrent les prototypes : deux spiders à queue longue ou courte et un coupé. Le moteur était une version poussée (156 cv) du 1900 à quatre cylindres, porté à 2 litres et doté d’un bloc en aluminium.

#ALFA ROMEO DISCO VOLANTE PRICE PLUS#

Pas en avant considérable par rapport au cadre type échelle précédent, le châssis était un treillis tubulaire beaucoup plus rigide sans entraîner une augmentation de poids. Celle-ci allait transmettre sa suspension avant indépendante et son pont oscillant à la Disco Volante, tandis que le reste du modèle était totalement nouveau. Ce brillant dessin était l’œuvre de Touring, la grande carrozzeria milanaise, qui avait commencé à collaborer avec Alfa à la fin des années 1920 et qui fut responsable de la ligne de la toute première nouveauté d’Alfa après 1945, la 1900. Lancée en 1952, la première tentative de cette nouvelle aventure fut la Tipo C52 « Disco Volante » (soucoupe volante) ainsi appelée en raison de sa forme aérodynamique lenticulaire avec d’importants porte-à-faux. Offered with Italian libretto, it represents a wonderful opportunity to acquire a faithful replica of a legendary Alfa Romeo recognised as one of the great automotive styling icons of the 1950s.Īprès avoir dominé en Grand Prix et en F1 après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Alfa Romeo se retira de cette discipline à la fin de 1951 pour faire porter son effort sur la catégorie sport. The car subsequently passed through the hands of a number of Italian collectors and was restored approximately 10 years ago.

Equipped with twin-plug ignition, the Alfa Romeo 1900 engine was built by well known race preparation specialists Conrero of Turin while the rest of the mechanical parts - gearbox, brakes, suspension, etc - are likewise all Alfa Romeo. The car's identity comes from a 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 Super.

Today the original long-tailed spider and the coupé belong to the Alfa Romeo Museo Storico in Arese, Italy.Īccording to the vendor, in the mid-1950s a wealthy client from Milan commissioned Carrozzeria Corasco of Turin to build this copy of the famous Alfa Romeo Disco Volante around a tubular steel chassis clad with aluminium bodywork. Although one was entered for the 1952 Le Mans 24-Hour race, the Alfa Romeo team failed to show up and none of the Disco Volantes was ever raced. Three different body styles were used for the prototypes: long- and short-tailed two-seat spiders and a closed coupé.

#ALFA ROMEO DISCO VOLANTE PRICE FULL#

The engine was a tuned (158bhp) version of the 1900's four-cylinder unit, enlarged to a full 2.0 litres and fitted with an aluminium block. Representing a considerable advance on the ladder frames used hitherto, the chassis was a state-of-the-art tubular spaceframe that offered superior rigidity without the penalty of increased weight. The latter contributed its independent front suspension and live rear axle to the Disco Volante, though the rest of the design was completely new. This striking design was the work of Touring, the great Milanese carrozzeria, which had begun collaborating with Alfa Romeo in the late 1920s and would be responsible for Alfa's first all-new design of the post-war period: the 1900. Launched in 1952, Alfa's first effort in this new venture was the Tipo C52 'Disco Volante' (Flying Saucer) so called because of its aerodynamic bodywork that featured prominent overhangs.

Having re-established itself at the forefront of Grand Prix racing, Alfa Romeo withdrew from Formula 1 at the end of the 1951 season and switched its attention to sports cars.

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