27.04.2011 ALFA ROMEO MUSEUM TEAM ALL SET FOR THE MILLE MIGLIA CHALLENGE

ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 SUPER SPORT
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 SUPER SPORT
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 SUPER SPORT

The Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico team will line up the 6C 1500 Super Sport, the "oldest" model, entrusted to Moceri and Labate and identical to the model which Campari and Ramponi won the great Brescia race in 1928.

As is usual for the Mille Miglia historical tribute, the Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico team will line up three official museo vehicles which, in accordance with the regulations, took part in the Mille Miglia race, held from 1927 to 1957, and which saw Alfa Romeo cars triumph some eleven times: a record which remains unbeaten.

From 1928 to 1947, the Mille Miglia was one of the great classic competitions in which Alfa Romeo dominated, while in the 1950s, the brand collected a whole series of prestigious victories, just as important as they were achieved by vehicles in mass production, thus demonstrating the excellence of the brand's products.

The Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico team will line up the 6C 1500 Super Sport, the "oldest" model, entrusted to Moceri and Labate and identical to the model which Campari and Ramponi won the great Brescia race in 1928. The second vehicle to be entered in the race is a 6C 1750 Gran Sport from 1930, driven by Salvinelli-De Marco, a model which became legendary through the Mille Miglia: it was in a similar 1750 that Nuvolari and Guidotti won in 1930, the edition in which the driver from Mantua achieved a record of 100 km/h average speed over the whole race and the contrast with Varzi, also driving an Alfa Romeo 1750, became the leitmotif for the race.

Finally, a 1900 Super Sprint from 1956 completes the official vehicles group: two journalists will drive this coupé with a body of a Touring car, typical of the 1900s, the "sports saloon which wins the races", prestigious gran turismo in the 1950s, and top of the Alfa Romeo range at the time.

The official historic vehicles from the Alfa Romeo museum will be accompanied by a fleet of six Alfa Romeo Giuliettas fitted with the 1.4 MultiAir Turbo petrol, the winner of the Best New Engine of the Year 2010 award by the International Engine of the Year committee - to which is added the 140 HP 2.0 JTDM-2 which completes the turbodiesel range. The Giulietta aims to be a functional C-segment car that offers a five-seat, roomy interior along with good comfort levels, in addition to being the safest compact car according to Euro NCAP thanks to the 5-star rating it earned last year with an overall score of 87/100. There has also been a focus placed on minimising running costs as demonstrated by the 35,000 km servicing intervals for the diesel engine models.
 

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