Ultimatecarpage.com update (05-05-08)

[Wouter Melissen]

Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,

As promised in our full report, we today take a closer look at some of the highlights that were on display at Villa d'Este and in pairs; by Pininfarina, BMW and Touring.
One of the absolute crowd favourites was this Ferrari 206 S Dino Berlinetta Competizione, which was recently acquired directly from Pininfarina by its first owner. The 1967 Frankfurt show car has gone into history as one of the coachbuilder's absolute finest designs and one of the last great curvaceous shapes before the advent of the wedge era. That Pininfarina was already into slippery shapes from an early age can be seen by this fantastic Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B. Although built in 1937, it could easily be mistaken for an early 1950s car.
Event patron BMW marked the 30th anniversary of the M1 supercar at Villa d'Este. They celebrated it by assembling half a dozen of the production cars as well as by showing the original 1972 Turbo Concept and the brand new BMW M1 Hommage.
Like many companies of its kind, custom coachbuilder Touring was forced to shut its doors in the 1960s. At Villa d'Este they were officially revived by the introduction of two Maserati based machines. The GranSport based A8 GCS is still a mock-up, but might enter production soon. Already available to the public is the Quattroporte based Bellagio Fastback.
While we were at Villa d'Este, Monaco hosted the annual Top Marques show. One of the most striking machines on display was this Weber Sportscar Faster One. Powered by a blown Corvette Z06 engine, it is expected top out at over 400 km/h.
Long time BMW tuner Alpina will go back to their roots by fielding a race version of the B6 in next year's GT3 championship.

Enjoy the links:

1936 - 1937 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Pescara Pinin Farina Berlinetta - Images, Specifications and Information

2009 Alpina B6 GT3 - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 BMW M1 Hommage - Images, Specifications and Information

1972 BMW Turbo Concept - Images, Specifications and Information

1967 Ferrari 206 S Dino Berlinetta Competizione - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Maserati A8 GCS Touring Coupe - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Maserati Bellagio Touring Fastback - Images, Specifications and Information

2008 Weber Sportcars Faster One - Images, Specifications and Information

Regards,
Wouter Melissen