Certified by the Registro Italiano Alfa Romeo (RIAR), confirming its original engine
The sportiest Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 chassis, with exquisite Carrozzeria Touring coachwork and sunroof
High-performance, short-wheelbase Super Sport model
Eligible for the Mille Miglia and a triumph of post-war Italian design
The Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport
The 6C 2500 was a
landmark model for Alfa Romeo, as it was both the end and start of two different
chapters. This was the last car built by Alfa Romeo before World War II and the
first built post-war, with engineering and designs evolving over time. This car
also marked the end of Alfa Romeo’s long history with the 6C road car lineage, following
this model was the four-cylinder 1900.
The top of the range, most
sought-after and expensive of all 6C 2500s was the Super Sport, seen here,
which was built using a developed and shorter 2,700 mm wheelbase, giving a
sportier and more agile feel. Super Sport specification also meant that the Vittorio
Jano-designed, six-cylinder, 2,443 cc engine was fed by three Weber
carburettors, to produce an impressive 110 bhp — in 1950, let’s not forget!
As a result of this
Alfa Romeo being so desirable, no less than 15 coachbuilders designed and built
bodies for the 6C 2500, but the artisan who is perhaps most synonymous with
this model is Carrozzeria Touring of Milan. Using its Superleggera construction
technique, Touring’s designs are considered amongst the most exquisite to clothe
the 6C 2500.
The Alfa Romeo 6C 2500
was available exclusively to the high society, with owners including King
Farouk of Egypt, Prince Aly Khan, American actress Rita Hayworth, American
actor Tyrone Power and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
With only 383 Alfa
Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sports built after the war, the car quickly gained huge
admiration, becoming an icon for a nation working to move forward. A symbol of
wealth and success in period, the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport has always
been well admired by classic car connoisseurs, with examples now joining some
of the largest and most important collections.
This Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport Villa d'Este by Carrozzeria Touring
The Alfa
Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport offered here, chassis 915.896, was completed by
Touring on Valentine’s Day in 1950 and delivered to the Alfa Romeo Sales Department
with the original engine, number SS 928207, which still powers the car today.
The first owner, Mr Ernesto Stagni, a resident in Como, Italy, bought the car
in January 1951, with the car wearing Touring body number 3538. The design of
this Touring Superleggera body is very similar to that of the ‘Villa d’Este’
coupe, especially at the front, with the iconic cutaway around the front
lights. And yet another fantastic feature of this Alfa Romeo is its ultra-rare
sunroof, because in Italy it’s always sunny!
Believed to
have remained within its native Italy, this Super Sport was seen in the
workshops of the famed Gianni Torelli in the 1980s, at which point the engine
was being rebuilt. The car then passed through Germany before being fully
restored by Dino Cognolato in 2003.
In 2004,
the car was awarded its FIVA Identity Card. During this process, FIVA consider
the current condition and originality, awarding this car Class A/3. “Class A”
means the historic vehicle is to a standard specification as delivered by the
manufacturer, with “3” meaning the car is presented in a restored condition. In
the same year, the car was registered in Italy with the license ZA 963RY,
whilst also being awarded its Registro Storico Nazionale Certificato di
Iscrizione and Automotoclub Storico Certificato d’Identità. Retro Viseur magazine featured this Super
Sport in its May 2005 edition with a six-page article.
The most
impressive documentation to accompany this hugely important Alfa Romeo is its
Registro Italiano Alfa Romeo Certificazione di Autenticità. The Registro
Italiano Alfa Romeo (RIAR) was founded in 1962 and now operates from within the
Museo Storico Alfa Romeo in Arese, Italy. The Certificate of Authenticity,
rarely awarded by RIAR, is designed especially for Alfa Romeos of particular
historical value and is well regarded as one of the most important and
respected certification programmes available in today’s classic car world. This
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport by Carrozzeria Touring’s Certificate of
Authenticity, number 0021, confirms it still retains its original engine. The
certification is presented in a beautiful red leather-bound book, within a red
leather case — there really is no mistaking the importance of this
documentation.
Since being
awarded its ultra-desirable RIAR certification, this 6C 2500 Super Sport has
been displayed at the Concours d’Elegance Salvarola and was also listed as a
known and existing example in the three-volume book Alfa Romeo 6C2300 – 6C2500 a cura del Registro Internazionale 6C 2500 by Fabio Morlacchi & Stefano
Salvetti.
All Alfa
Romeo 6C 2500s are special cars, but this is more special than most, as it was
built on the ultimate Super Sport chassis with an exquisitely elegant
Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera bodywork design. Whether you would like to
experience the thrill of entering the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este or the
rush of racing around the Italian countryside in the Mille Miglia, this Alfa
Romeo is for you, offering access to a wide variety of the world’s most
exclusive historic motoring events.
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