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Chronology : 1931 1933 1934 1936 1939
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Chronology : 1931 1933 1934 1936 1939
1931 The Six Cylinders of Alfa Romeo
2014 SOLD 3.1 M$ including premium
PRE SALE DISCUSSION
Alfa Romeo finds the path to success in 1926 with its new model with 6 cylinders, the 6C, which will get a continuous increase of the engine until the Second World War. The volume in cubic centimeters is directly displayed in the designation of the model.
The type 6C 1750 produced from 1929 to 1932 is equipped in different configurations in accordance with the practice of that time. The coachwork of high-end models is assigned to Zagato.
1931 was a great year for Alfa Romeo with its 8C 2300 whose variant 8C 2300 Monza is unrivaled with a top speed of 210 km/h. A 1933 car of this type coachworked by Brianza was sold for $ 6.7 million including premium by Gooding on August 15, 2010.
The 6C 1750 bodied by Zagato in Gran Sport Spider is one of the best variants designed for both daily use and competition. A rare supercharged car made in 1931 was found in 2007 sleeping in a barn for a quarter of a century.
Its successive owners so admired this little wonder that none of them dared to restore it and it remains in its original configuration. It was still untouched when it was sold for $ 950K including premium by Gooding in August 2007.
It has since undergone a thorough cleaning which makes it one of the most desirable examples of high end Alfa Romeo cars from the early 1930s. It is estimated $ 2.4 million, for sale by Bonhams in Scottsdale on January 16. Here is the link to the catalog.
POST SALE COMMENT
This great example of a car from the transition period between the 1920s and the 1930s was sold for $ 3.1M including premium.
Alfa Romeo finds the path to success in 1926 with its new model with 6 cylinders, the 6C, which will get a continuous increase of the engine until the Second World War. The volume in cubic centimeters is directly displayed in the designation of the model.
The type 6C 1750 produced from 1929 to 1932 is equipped in different configurations in accordance with the practice of that time. The coachwork of high-end models is assigned to Zagato.
1931 was a great year for Alfa Romeo with its 8C 2300 whose variant 8C 2300 Monza is unrivaled with a top speed of 210 km/h. A 1933 car of this type coachworked by Brianza was sold for $ 6.7 million including premium by Gooding on August 15, 2010.
The 6C 1750 bodied by Zagato in Gran Sport Spider is one of the best variants designed for both daily use and competition. A rare supercharged car made in 1931 was found in 2007 sleeping in a barn for a quarter of a century.
Its successive owners so admired this little wonder that none of them dared to restore it and it remains in its original configuration. It was still untouched when it was sold for $ 950K including premium by Gooding in August 2007.
It has since undergone a thorough cleaning which makes it one of the most desirable examples of high end Alfa Romeo cars from the early 1930s. It is estimated $ 2.4 million, for sale by Bonhams in Scottsdale on January 16. Here is the link to the catalog.
POST SALE COMMENT
This great example of a car from the transition period between the 1920s and the 1930s was sold for $ 3.1M including premium.
1933 A New Strategy for Alfa Romeo
2016 SOLD for $ 12M including premium
On August 21 in Pebble Beach, Gooding sells an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza, lot 128 estimated $ 12M. Here is the link to the press release.
This car had been sold for $ 6.7M including premium by the same auction house at lot 117 on August 15, 2010 and had been discussed at that time in this column. It had been illustrated in the article shared by Sports Car Digest
This Alfa Romeo is in an original condition which is quite rare for a car from that time, including its matching number engine and a great traceability of the other elements.
The nickname Monza originally applied to the short chassis version of the 8C 2300 since a victory in the Italian Grand Prix in the first year of the model in 1931.
The build of many early Monzas had been entrusted to Scuderia Ferrari which was a subsidiary of Alfa Romeo. It is not the case for the car for sale which is a rare factory built of 1933 coachworked by Brianza. It belongs to the third series when the 8C 2300 Monza had become a regular variant with a further shortened frame.
1933 had been a pivotal year for Alfa Romeo.
The 8C 2300 model begins to be replaced by the 8C 2600. Alfa Romeo goes under the effective control of the Fascist government desiring to make it a flagship of Italian industry. The brand does not maintain any more a works racing team despite the great success of the two previous years and a repositionment of the Scuderia Ferrari will be necessary.
Please watch the video shared by Gooding.
This car had been sold for $ 6.7M including premium by the same auction house at lot 117 on August 15, 2010 and had been discussed at that time in this column. It had been illustrated in the article shared by Sports Car Digest
This Alfa Romeo is in an original condition which is quite rare for a car from that time, including its matching number engine and a great traceability of the other elements.
The nickname Monza originally applied to the short chassis version of the 8C 2300 since a victory in the Italian Grand Prix in the first year of the model in 1931.
The build of many early Monzas had been entrusted to Scuderia Ferrari which was a subsidiary of Alfa Romeo. It is not the case for the car for sale which is a rare factory built of 1933 coachworked by Brianza. It belongs to the third series when the 8C 2300 Monza had become a regular variant with a further shortened frame.
1933 had been a pivotal year for Alfa Romeo.
The 8C 2300 model begins to be replaced by the 8C 2600. Alfa Romeo goes under the effective control of the Fascist government desiring to make it a flagship of Italian industry. The brand does not maintain any more a works racing team despite the great success of the two previous years and a repositionment of the Scuderia Ferrari will be necessary.
Please watch the video shared by Gooding.
1934 Single Seaters by Alfa Romeo
2017 SOLD for € 3.9M including premium
The prestige of car competitions increased considerably in the mid-1920s. The Grand Prix racing was dominated by the Alfa Romeo P2 and the Bugatti Type 35. For safety reasons it was however not until the very early 1930s that the driver remained single on board, without an assistant.
Alfa Romeo designs a monoposto based on the characteristics of the P2. Constructed in 4 units in 1931, the Tipo A is an immediate failure. It is immediately superseded by the Tipo B P3 which dominates during the season 1932 with its 5 cars built. In 1934 the modifications of the rules of the Grand Prix invite to heavier cars, changing the limit from 700 to 750 Kg. The second series of 7 units of Tipo B P3 is characterized by an increased width and a 2.9 liter engine.
It is also the time of the Great Depression. Alfa Romeo was put under receivership in 1933 by the Italian government which is reluctant to spend money for competitions. The Scuderia Ferrari company then becomes an essential partner of Alfa Romeo, of which it will remain a subsidiary until 1940.
It is not possible to find today a Grand Prix Alfa Romeo in full original condition. The traceability of the gradual installation of more efficient equipment on these cars is poorly documented. The identification of the chassis was not recorded by the administrations of the Grand Prix and in spite of the very limited number of Grand Prix cars it is impossible to identify which specific chassis had participated in which competition.
The car for sale by RM Sotheby's in Paris on February 8 is the penultimate Tipo B P3 of the 1934 group. It was registered as number 46 by the Scuderia Ferrari during the seasons 1934 and 1935.
The bodywork, narrowed in 1932 style by one of its owners, was rebuilt in its correct 1934 configuration by another one a few years later. The engine was changed but the lot for sale includes beside the car a ancient 3.2-liter engine that had previously been fitted to this chassis. The authenticity of this car can hardly be surpassed by another example of its category. It is estimated € 3.8M, lot 161.
Alfa Romeo designs a monoposto based on the characteristics of the P2. Constructed in 4 units in 1931, the Tipo A is an immediate failure. It is immediately superseded by the Tipo B P3 which dominates during the season 1932 with its 5 cars built. In 1934 the modifications of the rules of the Grand Prix invite to heavier cars, changing the limit from 700 to 750 Kg. The second series of 7 units of Tipo B P3 is characterized by an increased width and a 2.9 liter engine.
It is also the time of the Great Depression. Alfa Romeo was put under receivership in 1933 by the Italian government which is reluctant to spend money for competitions. The Scuderia Ferrari company then becomes an essential partner of Alfa Romeo, of which it will remain a subsidiary until 1940.
It is not possible to find today a Grand Prix Alfa Romeo in full original condition. The traceability of the gradual installation of more efficient equipment on these cars is poorly documented. The identification of the chassis was not recorded by the administrations of the Grand Prix and in spite of the very limited number of Grand Prix cars it is impossible to identify which specific chassis had participated in which competition.
The car for sale by RM Sotheby's in Paris on February 8 is the penultimate Tipo B P3 of the 1934 group. It was registered as number 46 by the Scuderia Ferrari during the seasons 1934 and 1935.
The bodywork, narrowed in 1932 style by one of its owners, was rebuilt in its correct 1934 configuration by another one a few years later. The engine was changed but the lot for sale includes beside the car a ancient 3.2-liter engine that had previously been fitted to this chassis. The authenticity of this car can hardly be surpassed by another example of its category. It is estimated € 3.8M, lot 161.
1936 Alfa Romeo's Reply to the Silver Arrows
2013 SOLD 5.9 M£ including premium
In 1936, Germany and Italy are politically allied but are rivals for technology. The Grand Prix single-seater car is one of the symbols by which the Reich wants to show its strength. With the financial resources granted to them, Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union were no longer allowed to lose.
Clearly the acceleration of the German technological effort is annoying Alfa Romeo and the team sponsored by that brand, the Scuderia Ferrari. Fortunately for the greatness and excitement of sport, the skill of a great driver can reverse the situation. The public enjoys the feats of Tazio Nuvolari.
Nuvolari is the leader of the Scuderia Ferrari in a lesser annual race named the Coppa Ciano. His car, an Alfa Romeo 12C36, broke its transmission in the second lap. What follows is incredible when comparing with the conditions and constraints of today's competitions.
Nuvolari will not give up. He stops one of his teammates and takes his car, an Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35. Despite the triple handicap of the time lost during the change, of the lower power of his new car and of a seat adjustment not suitable for this little man, Nuvolari wins the race.
The car used in this extraordinary sporting achievement is estimated £ 5.5 million, for sale by Bonhams at Goodwood on September 14. Here is the link to the press release shared by Sports Car Digest.
POST SALE COMMENT
The estimate was ambitious but this racing car of the 1930s is exceptional. It was sold for £ 5.9 million including premium.
Clearly the acceleration of the German technological effort is annoying Alfa Romeo and the team sponsored by that brand, the Scuderia Ferrari. Fortunately for the greatness and excitement of sport, the skill of a great driver can reverse the situation. The public enjoys the feats of Tazio Nuvolari.
Nuvolari is the leader of the Scuderia Ferrari in a lesser annual race named the Coppa Ciano. His car, an Alfa Romeo 12C36, broke its transmission in the second lap. What follows is incredible when comparing with the conditions and constraints of today's competitions.
Nuvolari will not give up. He stops one of his teammates and takes his car, an Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35. Despite the triple handicap of the time lost during the change, of the lower power of his new car and of a seat adjustment not suitable for this little man, Nuvolari wins the race.
The car used in this extraordinary sporting achievement is estimated £ 5.5 million, for sale by Bonhams at Goodwood on September 14. Here is the link to the press release shared by Sports Car Digest.
POST SALE COMMENT
The estimate was ambitious but this racing car of the 1930s is exceptional. It was sold for £ 5.9 million including premium.
1939 A Spider by Alfa Romeo and Touring
2016 SOLD for $ 19.8M including premium
Under the direct control of the Italian government, Alfa Romeo improves the performance of its luxury and sports cars throughout the 1930s. The 6-cylinder version (6C) grows in several stages from 1750 to 2500 cc. Aimed at the high end, the 8-cylinder version (8C), created in 1931 with 2300 cc, is fitted with 2900 cc from 1935. The 8C 2900B is available in two lengths from 1937 : Corto and Lungo.
Alfa Romeo has special relationships with two body shops that offer dissimilar products. A 8C 2900B assembled by Pinin Farina in cabriolet was sold for $ 4,07M including premium by Christie's on August 28, 1999, a great price for that time.
In Milan, Carrozzeria Touring patented in 1936 theSuperleggera technology. Alfa Romeo actively supports this development that must enable its Lungo variant to compete advantageously with the too massive Mercedes-Benz 540K. The war interrupted this activity. Note however that in 1939 Alfa Romeo is already offering the features that will make the success of sports cars after the war: the spider from as early as 1931, and the berlinetta.
On August 20 in Monterey, RM Sotheby's sells the culmination of this evolution : an 8C 2900B Lungo bodied in spider superleggera by Touring. It is estimated $ 20M, lot 234.
The authenticity of this car is the result of patient and painstaking work by the best specialists of the brand. The oldest traces of its eventful existence date back to the early 1950s in South America. As often, this car had been dismantled by owners seeking the best combination for their cars in competition.
In 1994, convinced that chassis 412041 and body 2027 may come from the same original car, the collector Sam Mann, passionate about automotive engineering, acquires both. The reassembly proves him right : the positions of the bolt holes are consistent, resulting from the work done by Touring workmen around 1939. Despite the extreme rarity of this model, Mann was able to complete this work by assembling an engine and a fuel pump from the original 8C 2900B series.
Please watch the video shared by Sotheby's TV and another videoshared by RM introducing five vehicles from the Mann collection.
Alfa Romeo has special relationships with two body shops that offer dissimilar products. A 8C 2900B assembled by Pinin Farina in cabriolet was sold for $ 4,07M including premium by Christie's on August 28, 1999, a great price for that time.
In Milan, Carrozzeria Touring patented in 1936 theSuperleggera technology. Alfa Romeo actively supports this development that must enable its Lungo variant to compete advantageously with the too massive Mercedes-Benz 540K. The war interrupted this activity. Note however that in 1939 Alfa Romeo is already offering the features that will make the success of sports cars after the war: the spider from as early as 1931, and the berlinetta.
On August 20 in Monterey, RM Sotheby's sells the culmination of this evolution : an 8C 2900B Lungo bodied in spider superleggera by Touring. It is estimated $ 20M, lot 234.
The authenticity of this car is the result of patient and painstaking work by the best specialists of the brand. The oldest traces of its eventful existence date back to the early 1950s in South America. As often, this car had been dismantled by owners seeking the best combination for their cars in competition.
In 1994, convinced that chassis 412041 and body 2027 may come from the same original car, the collector Sam Mann, passionate about automotive engineering, acquires both. The reassembly proves him right : the positions of the bolt holes are consistent, resulting from the work done by Touring workmen around 1939. Despite the extreme rarity of this model, Mann was able to complete this work by assembling an engine and a fuel pump from the original 8C 2900B series.
Please watch the video shared by Sotheby's TV and another videoshared by RM introducing five vehicles from the Mann collection.
1939 An Alfa Romeo coachworked by Pinin Farina
2014 SOLD 4 M$ including premium
Alfa Romeo developed in parallel two product lines for competition, in 6-cylinder and 8-cylinder. The engine volume increases over the years, for the 6C from 1.5 liters in 1926 to 2.5 liters in 1939.
In 1939, the new rules of competition no longer favor the supercharged cars that had built the glory of Alfa Romeo. The Italian manufacturer adapts its new 6C 2500 chassis to create a Super Sport model, also known as Tipo 256.
Twenty Tipo 256 are manufactured simultaneously. They aim to be used in race by both teams sponsored by Alfa Romeo, the Alfa Corse and the Scuderia Ferrari, some cars being also promised to their best customers including the Duce, Benito Mussolini. Note that the recent creation of the Alfa Corse competing with the Scuderia is one of the causes of the final quarrel between Enzo Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
Some customers prefer to have the Tipo 256 as a cabriolet. One of these cars rebodied in July 1939 by Pinin Farina was perhaps the most expensive Italian car of its time.
Pinin Farina had probably entrusted the design of this one of its kind Alfa Romeo to the most innovative stylist of his time, Count Mario Revelli de Beaumont. Certainly very proud of this masterpiece, Pinin Farina published it as an ad in the July 1940 issue of the Auto Italiana magazine.
This particular car is a true precursor of the admirable postwar Italian cars. Piero Dusio, who created Cisitalia in 1946, owned it from 1940 to 1946.
Well preserved, the Tipo 256 bodied by Pinin Farina is estimated $ 5 million, for sale by Gooding at Pebble Beach on August 17, lot 144.
POST SALE COMMENT
The final list of results brings good news for the Alfa Romeo : sold for $ 4M including premium, probably a transaction after the floor session.
In 1939, the new rules of competition no longer favor the supercharged cars that had built the glory of Alfa Romeo. The Italian manufacturer adapts its new 6C 2500 chassis to create a Super Sport model, also known as Tipo 256.
Twenty Tipo 256 are manufactured simultaneously. They aim to be used in race by both teams sponsored by Alfa Romeo, the Alfa Corse and the Scuderia Ferrari, some cars being also promised to their best customers including the Duce, Benito Mussolini. Note that the recent creation of the Alfa Corse competing with the Scuderia is one of the causes of the final quarrel between Enzo Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
Some customers prefer to have the Tipo 256 as a cabriolet. One of these cars rebodied in July 1939 by Pinin Farina was perhaps the most expensive Italian car of its time.
Pinin Farina had probably entrusted the design of this one of its kind Alfa Romeo to the most innovative stylist of his time, Count Mario Revelli de Beaumont. Certainly very proud of this masterpiece, Pinin Farina published it as an ad in the July 1940 issue of the Auto Italiana magazine.
This particular car is a true precursor of the admirable postwar Italian cars. Piero Dusio, who created Cisitalia in 1946, owned it from 1940 to 1946.
Well preserved, the Tipo 256 bodied by Pinin Farina is estimated $ 5 million, for sale by Gooding at Pebble Beach on August 17, lot 144.
POST SALE COMMENT
The final list of results brings good news for the Alfa Romeo : sold for $ 4M including premium, probably a transaction after the floor session.
1954 A Prototype by Maserati
2013 SOLD 3.1 M$ including premium
PRE SALE DISCUSSION
The prototypes are a very specific category of the collection cars. During a usually short career, they are widely processed to experience the most innovative ideas of the brand.
Such is the case of a brave small Maserati for sale by Gooding on January 19 in Scottsdale.
Built in 1954 as a racing sports car, it had a good competition record. In 1956, it was chosen as the prototype of a model that will be successful, the Maserati 300 S.
It was not enough for the Italian company that wanted to develop a high end road car. Radically changing its style, it became in 1957 the prototype of a Maserati 150 GT Spider.
Its story as a prototype stops at that point. Maserati did not follow the estimate of the production cost of the 150 GTSpider whose prototype will then remain as the only car built on this model.
It kept from this last mission its main equipment such as the engine, the gearbox, brakes and the coachwork made by Fantuzzi. Carefully restored in this configuration, it is estimated $ 3M.
I invite you to play the video shared by Gooding & Company on YouTube.
POST SALE COMMENT
Prototypes are sometimes difficult to sell. The result obtained by this Maserati, $ 3.1 million including premium, is excellent.
The prototypes are a very specific category of the collection cars. During a usually short career, they are widely processed to experience the most innovative ideas of the brand.
Such is the case of a brave small Maserati for sale by Gooding on January 19 in Scottsdale.
Built in 1954 as a racing sports car, it had a good competition record. In 1956, it was chosen as the prototype of a model that will be successful, the Maserati 300 S.
It was not enough for the Italian company that wanted to develop a high end road car. Radically changing its style, it became in 1957 the prototype of a Maserati 150 GT Spider.
Its story as a prototype stops at that point. Maserati did not follow the estimate of the production cost of the 150 GTSpider whose prototype will then remain as the only car built on this model.
It kept from this last mission its main equipment such as the engine, the gearbox, brakes and the coachwork made by Fantuzzi. Carefully restored in this configuration, it is estimated $ 3M.
I invite you to play the video shared by Gooding & Company on YouTube.
POST SALE COMMENT
Prototypes are sometimes difficult to sell. The result obtained by this Maserati, $ 3.1 million including premium, is excellent.
1955 Spider by Maserati
2013 SOLD 4 M£ including premium
The sports racing car is transformed in the early 1950s. The spiders are great with their very low open body. Before the disaster of Le Mans and the regulatory restrictions on the power, some exceptional cars are released, including the Maserati 300S equipped with a 3-liter engine and six cylinders.
In 1955 the best cars are still equally effective on track and on road. Beautiful, well balanced and easy to drive, the 300S spider is one of the favorite models of Stirling Moss. It is difficult to find a better reference!
28 copies of the Maserati 300S were manufactured between 1955 and 1958. A spider made in the first year is estimated £ 3.5 million, for sale on July 12 by Bonhams at Goodwood. Here is the link to the catalog.
This car has undergone some changes, such as for improving comfort, but they were made very carefully for not to deviate from the original configuration. It also retained its engine.
POST SALE COMMENT
Very good price, £ 4M including premium, for this formidable competitor of Ferrari.
In 1955 the best cars are still equally effective on track and on road. Beautiful, well balanced and easy to drive, the 300S spider is one of the favorite models of Stirling Moss. It is difficult to find a better reference!
28 copies of the Maserati 300S were manufactured between 1955 and 1958. A spider made in the first year is estimated £ 3.5 million, for sale on July 12 by Bonhams at Goodwood. Here is the link to the catalog.
This car has undergone some changes, such as for improving comfort, but they were made very carefully for not to deviate from the original configuration. It also retained its engine.
POST SALE COMMENT
Very good price, £ 4M including premium, for this formidable competitor of Ferrari.
1957 A Maserati for Carroll Shelby
2013 SOLD 2.13 M£ including premium
The 1950s had started well for Maserati. The prestige of the brand and the efficiency of its cars attracted the best drivers. In Formula 1, Fangio often uses a 250F.
1957 is a year of transition in endurance racing. Maserati seems to be confused by the rapid changes in regulations. Its range is too wide, from the powerful and impressive 450S to the small 150S.
Strategic choices must be made. The 200S is released but the targeted range of competition is not obvious. The 300S needs some improvements that are long overdue. So why not a 250S?
Four 250S were built, but only one was originally equipped with a 2.5 litre engine. The other three are 200S (more precisely 200SI in the new terminology of the brand) that have been modified.
In Dallas, Jim Hall and Carroll Shelby are associated, both as distributors for Maserati and as competition pilots. They appreciate the 450S and immediately see the potential qualities of the 250S of which they buy two units.
One of these two cars is the unit with the original 2.5 litre engine. They used it in races for nearly one and a half year. It is estimated £ 2.5 million, for sale by RM Auctions in London on September 9.
Discouraged by the accident in the Mille Miglia, Maserati suspends its competition program at the end of 1957, but the future will smile at its astute customers. Hall is one of the two founders of Chaparral and Shelby will create the brand that bears his name.
I invite you to play the video shared by the auction house.
POST SALE COMMENT
This interesting Maserati was sold for £ 1.9 million before fees, far below its lower estimate. It is however a good price for a model that has not been followed.
1957 is a year of transition in endurance racing. Maserati seems to be confused by the rapid changes in regulations. Its range is too wide, from the powerful and impressive 450S to the small 150S.
Strategic choices must be made. The 200S is released but the targeted range of competition is not obvious. The 300S needs some improvements that are long overdue. So why not a 250S?
Four 250S were built, but only one was originally equipped with a 2.5 litre engine. The other three are 200S (more precisely 200SI in the new terminology of the brand) that have been modified.
In Dallas, Jim Hall and Carroll Shelby are associated, both as distributors for Maserati and as competition pilots. They appreciate the 450S and immediately see the potential qualities of the 250S of which they buy two units.
One of these two cars is the unit with the original 2.5 litre engine. They used it in races for nearly one and a half year. It is estimated £ 2.5 million, for sale by RM Auctions in London on September 9.
Discouraged by the accident in the Mille Miglia, Maserati suspends its competition program at the end of 1957, but the future will smile at its astute customers. Hall is one of the two founders of Chaparral and Shelby will create the brand that bears his name.
I invite you to play the video shared by the auction house.
POST SALE COMMENT
This interesting Maserati was sold for £ 1.9 million before fees, far below its lower estimate. It is however a good price for a model that has not been followed.
1971-1972 The Sharp Angles of the Boomerang
2015 SOLD for € 3.3M including premium
From his early career, Giorgetto Giugiaro introduced sharp angles in car bodies. Employed by Bertone and afterward by Ghia, he worked on many brands and continued with the same diversity after he created his own company Italdesign in 1968.
In 1971 Italdesign draws for Citroën the body of the Maserati Bora. Giugiaro takes a chassis without engine to assemble a futuristic body known as the Maserati Boomerang. The concept car is on display at the 1971 auto show in Turin.
This car is created to dream. Maserati apparently did not intend to build further copies but made the effort in 1972 to make functional the unique Boomerang concept car. A major achievement was reached in 2003 when a new owner commissioned the changes required to its registration for French roads, still valid today.
The Maserati Boomerang is for sale by Bonhams in Chantilly on September 5, lot 11.
This low and tapered coupé is still highly futuristic 44 years after its conception. It recently participated in several concours d'elegance where it is hard to overcome. I invite you to watch the video shared by the auction house. It has a dedicated page in Wikipedia.
Here is the image shared by Herranderssvensson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
In 1971 Italdesign draws for Citroën the body of the Maserati Bora. Giugiaro takes a chassis without engine to assemble a futuristic body known as the Maserati Boomerang. The concept car is on display at the 1971 auto show in Turin.
This car is created to dream. Maserati apparently did not intend to build further copies but made the effort in 1972 to make functional the unique Boomerang concept car. A major achievement was reached in 2003 when a new owner commissioned the changes required to its registration for French roads, still valid today.
The Maserati Boomerang is for sale by Bonhams in Chantilly on September 5, lot 11.
This low and tapered coupé is still highly futuristic 44 years after its conception. It recently participated in several concours d'elegance where it is hard to overcome. I invite you to watch the video shared by the auction house. It has a dedicated page in Wikipedia.
Here is the image shared by Herranderssvensson (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
