A for Alfa Romeo, Z for Zagato: two strong points of reference for the car that OldCar24 presents on its stand.
From the prestigious Portello factory to the equally excellent coachwork of Ugo Zagato.
An almost obligatory step for top-of-the-range sports cars.
Zagato had the opportunity - at the time of the Great War - to experiment at the Ansaldo workshops, with aerodynamics and vehicle weight reduction. He used aluminium and wood in the name of 'lightness and speed'.
Alfa Romeo entrusted him with its best sports cars, which won in the most important races.
The Alfa Romeo 1900 opened the great post-war season for the house of the Biscione in the 1950s. Having won the Fl World Championships in 1950/1951, the company continued to design sports models with an extraordinary staff of engineers.
The '1900' saloon was considered a flagship of rare elegance, spacious, with four doors and a large boot.
On 2 October 1950, it was presented to the public at the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, and was a great success, as it appealed to the tastes of the upper middle class and the business world.
The 1900 SS or Super Sprint was a super sports car that participated in the Mille Miglia, the 1953 Tour Auto and the 1956 Targa Florio.
The TI (Turismo Internazionale) version increased its speed from 150 km/h to 170 km/h
To the most demanding customers Alfa Romeo gave them the self-supporting steel body, so that they entrusted the best coachbuilders with the task of dressing it, creating masterpieces of style.
A true one-off was born in the hands of Zagato, who produced no fewer than 39 SSZs, the designation SSZ standing for 'Super Sprint Zagato'. As well as being a thoroughbred sports car, the 1900 SSZ was a rather refined car in terms of its lines and interior, and was built to order.
The Alfa Romeo 1900 SSZ was the protagonist of many competitions in the 1950s, often driven by Consalvo Sanesi, a famous driver for the Portello company at the time, and was Ugo Zagato's favourite car.
Last but not least, the Alfa Romeo 1900 was a source of pride: the famous 'Pantera' used by the Italian State Police's 'Squadra Mobile Squad' were all Alfa Romeo 1900s, black and obviously modified in their bodywork.
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