Alfa Romeo Touring
Carrozzeria Falco was sold to two lawyers from Milan in 1926, and lawyer Bianchi Anderloni (who had been a test driver) took over design and engineering whilst his partner Gaetano Ponzoni took over the business side. Touring specialised in lightweight construction, initially with the Weymann licensed fabric covered wooden frames, but later with their very own Superleggera system. 'Super Light' was patented as 'Superleggera' in 1936 was a system of small bore tubes made to the car's shape and then covered by alloy panels. After World War Two a number of manufacturers licensed 'Superleggera', notably Aston Martin, but as the 1960s dawned monocoque construction saw manufacturers develop their own skills and turn away from coachbuilders. Touring ceased production in 1966. Carrozzeria Marazzi has revived the 'Touring' name for cars designed since 2006.
aa Alfa Romeo 1900SS Touring Coupe badge
Alfa-Romeo 1900SS Touring Coupe 1955. Carrozzeria Touring disigned several different coupe bodies on the Alfa Romeo 1900 chassis, and built cabriolets too.
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS 1931 Flying Star front
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS 1931 Flying Star, The Touring 6C was built on a 122-inch wheelbase, the Sport on 108-inch and the Soper Sport (later Gran Sport) was on 106-inch. coachwork by Touring. 'Flying Star' was a body designed by Carrozzeria Touring
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Touring front
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Touring, with coachwork by Carrozzeria Touring and a 2,336cc inline eight cylinder engine
Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Touring Coupe 1957 race
Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Touring Coupe 1957, powered by 1,997cc dohc engine, and fitted with bodywork by Carrozzeria Touring
Alfa Romeo 1900SS Touring Coupe 1955 front
Alfa-Romeo 1900SS Touring Coupe 1955. The Alfa Romeo 1900 Berlina was Alfa Romeo's first unitary body, but Alfa Romeo also provided a version with a platform that could be fitted with coachbuilt bodies. Bertone, Pininfarina, Touring and Vignale were some of the companies who designed for the 1900SS and 2000SS
Alfa Romeo 2600 1964 Touring Spider front
Alfa Romeo 2600 1964 Touring Spider. Introduced in 1962, the 2600 had the same bodies as the outgoing 2000 models, however under all the different bonnets (Giugiaro, OSI, Touring, and Zagato) was a new 2.6-litre dohc inline six to replace the old four pot 2-litre
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC 1966 fronto
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC 1966. Sharing the same mechanics as the 1,570cc dohc 106bhp Sprint model, the Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC was essentially just an open top version of that.
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