"Beautiful as Rome', the Ferrari 250 GT California wins

A total of 70 models were entered in the competition in various categories. Among the French cars, Antonio Di Bella, RAI's New York correspondent, felt love for the Citroen DS21 Chapron coach-coupé model Le Leman; among the Porsches, Tommaso Miele, president of the Corte dei Conti del Lazio, chose a 1969 Carrera 2000 S; Tomaso Trussardi was enchanted by the Lamborghini Miura; Nicola Bulgari, who had to choose between the English cars, declared the victory of a '37 Bentley with a Gurney Nutting body; Cesara Buonamici, a Tg5 journalist for Aci Storico, awarded the prize to a '51 Ermini (there were three, but she - as a Florentine - preferred the one with the original "FI" number plate); national Base coordinator Marco Bentivogli was seduced by the space and feeling of freedom of a 1951 Buick Roadmaster Woody. Michele Placido would have driven home happily in an all-blue Austin Healy. And there's more: Mariella Mengozzi, director of the Museo dell'Auto, would do anything to have the 1912 Lancia Epsilon, which raced in the '13 Targa Florio, on display in Turin. Former Economy Minister Giovanni Tria had no doubts about awarding the spider prize to a Jaguar XK120 OTS. Another Jaguar XK 150 was judged the "most televisual" by producer Luca Bernabei, CEO of Lux Vide. Yari Gugliucci, eclectic theatre actor, imagined bringing a gleaming Porsche Speedster 356 on stage.