Alfa Romeo: Design Evolution of the First Generation "Suit Mob" (Part Two)

Speaking of Italian car design, Alfa Romeo is one of the most unavoidable brands. 2020 is the anniversary of the establishment of Alfa Romeo brand 1 10. Since its birth, it has become synonymous with ultimate aesthetics and performance. In the next series of articles, Icona Jun will bring you the design interpretation of Alfa Romeo.

In the next part, you will see the elegant GT models of the legendary Alfa Romeo -6C series, as well as more recent elegant models, and of course, the design summary and reflection made by Icona.

If you want to give Alfa Romeo a category of car cents, what about 8C and Tipo mentioned in the last article? 33? Stradale series can occupy a place in almost every category. But the next 6C series seems to be born for "elegance", so that Concorso, one of the most famous elegant car beauty contests in the world, can be made? Delanica? Villa? De Este named it.

6c- Satisfy all your illusions about elegance.

As mentioned in the last article, the meaning of "C" in Alfa Romeo's car name is Italian Cilindro cylinder, and the number behind it represents the displacement of this engine. Alfa Romeo 6C series was born in 1927. The original version was designed by VittorioJano, the model number is 6C? 1500, that is, it is equipped with an engine with a displacement of 1.5 liter. This car won the Italian1000000-mile rally in the second year of its launch. The champion of Miglia

1929, the legendary 6C? 1750 series was born, this car is in 6C? On the basis of 1500, it has been upgraded a lot. Excellent engine enabled it to run at an amazing speed of 95 mph (153 km/h) more than 90 years ago, and then introduced the 6C? 1750? Grandma. The sports version can run to 170 km/h! In the same year, the 6C series won all the car races it participated in.

Among the races he participated in, it is worth mentioning that 1930 Italy 1000 mile rally, racer Tazio? Nuvolari and Batista? Guidotti drives 6C for them? 1750? GS's racing headlights are buckled with red lampshades, which can be disguised as taillights and confuse the front car at night.

More dramatically, when approaching the finish line, Guidotti simply turned off the headlights completely, leaving another legendary racer, Archer, in front? Valzi let his guard down and crossed the finish line, thus winning the 1000 mile rally with 1930. This is the first time in the history of 1000 mile rally that the average speed of the car has exceeded 100 km/h, and he has been driving outside the track for nearly 16 hours. At that time, not only racers were required to have high driving skills, but also the driving system of racing cars was required to have amazing power. The legendary 1750cc displacement has also been used by Alfa Romeo to this day.

193 1 year, a 6C? 1750? GS？ Spider? Zagato drove out of the factory. Unfortunately, the car was damaged in the race. However, this is not the end of the legendary car life. 1938, bought by CarrozzeriaAprile, savona body factory in savona, Mario? Revill? De? Beaumont reformed it, so the brand-new 6C was redesigned on the basis of retaining the mechanical layout of the original car. 1750? GS is presented to people.

Body modeling abandoned the mainstream "open" modeling at that time and replaced it with relatively closed aerodynamic design. Coupled with the white and dark blue body, it is equivalent to wearing a tuxedo for this veteran athlete, which is shocking! 20 14, by the famous Italian classic car collector corrado? Lopresto built a new 6C? 1750? GS？ Spider? Zagato? Aprile met the world again, and without any suspense, she won the prize including Coppa? He won many awards in the elegant competition of Este Manor in Italy, including the highest award, d'oro.

Speaking of design master Mario? Revill? De? Beaumont has to mention his other Alfa Romeo 6C work-6C? 2500? ss？ Coupe? Bertone. As we all know, excellent lines and sexy shapes have always been emphasized by Italians when designing automobile shapes. Paying attention to the trend and interpenetration of lines is the tradition of Italian automobile design and the internal pursuit of Italian art.

6C？ 2500ss？ Coupe? Bertone is a car with the simplest lines. There are no redundant lines on the mirror-smooth body, and an extremely elegant body posture is created through short front suspension and long rear suspension. This car doesn't look like Tipo? 33? Stradale is compact and capable, but it brings an aesthetic purification journey to the viewer. 20 1 1, this car won the gold medal in the Italian Este Manor Elegant Competition.

Careful you may have noticed that the article mentioned the elegant competition of Este Manor in Italy many times, Concord? D'eleganza means elegant competition in Italy. As the name implies, all the car elegance competitions are beauty contests, the most famous of which is the Pebble Beach elegance competition in the United States. In Europe, the Este Manor Elegance Competition, held in the most luxurious hotel in Europe on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, is similar to the Pebble Beach Elegance Competition. Alfa Romeo 6C? 2500? ss？ Villa? D'Este is a car named after Este Manor, and it is also the only car permanently collected by Este Manor.

Alfa Romeo 6C series was discontinued due to World War II. After World War II, Alfa Romeo resumed production of 6C chassis. There are three models of 6C series chassis that have resumed production: 2500, 2500S and 2500? SS, the latter is shorter in length but more powerful. 6C2500？ SS？ Villa? De Este's design adopts the common technique of Italian automobile design-the combination of waist line and window line runs through the body to reflect the integrity and compactness of the design.

Alfa Romeo classic moustache styling insurance?

6C2500？ SS？ Villa? De Este's "moustache" Yuan?

The same design elements are also reflected in Alfa Romeo 147.

The difference is that it combines this design with Alfa Romeo's classic "moustache" design, extends the front end of the lower window line to the hood, and makes a "moustache" shape at the headlights. At the same time, the rear of the car echoes the front of the car, and the lines sink, making a shape similar to a "moustache" at the taillights. Although the waistlines on the front and rear wheel arches are not actually connected together, they have played a proper role in vision, and such waistlines can also be seen on Mercedes-Benz 300SL a few years later.

Mercedes-benz 300SL

"Elegance" is the most important key word in Italian automobile and even the whole Italian design field, while simple design and easy use of lines and surfaces are the essence of Italian automobile design and even Italian design. Is it? More. Instead of simply subtracting, the complex design is simplified, leaving only the most touching part. At the same time, Alfa Romeo tells us that the car is neither a simple means of transportation nor a running tool with developed limbs and simple mind. In addition to the cold machinery, there is a need for temperature design, because cars are the art of walking.

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