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.