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We’re ticking two boxes this month – boxy-shaped classics, that is, in the form of a back-to-back test of the Lancia Fulvia and Alfa Romeo Giulia saloons. Which one drives and feels better? Amazingly, it’s 40 years since Maserati stunned the world with the first-ever twin-turbo production car – we celebrate with a big group test of our four favourite Biturbo variants. We follow that with a blast in the latest twin-turbo Maserati: the 580hp Ghibli Trofeo. Two untold stories finally get their moment in the sun, too: a secret wartime 12-cylinder Alfa racer emerges from the shadows, while we recount how Abarth’s X1/9 Stradale prototype came achingly close to production. We drive a super-rare Vignale-bodied Ferrari 225 S and we’ve got reports from a great summer of events, from Festival Italia to Salon Privé to MITCAR, with Ferraris at Silverstone in the mix as well. All in all, this is a month of Italian car action at its most exciting!

CONTENTS
LANCIA FULVIA V ALFA ROMEO GIULIA – Two boxy saloon rivals from the 1960s slug it out
MASERATI BITURBO GROUP TEST – 40 years on, we assess the legacy of Maserati’s pioneering Biturbo
MASERATI GHIBLI TROFEO – New 580hp V8 saloon on test
FERRARI 225 S – We drive a super-rare 1952 Vignale masterpiece
ALFA ROMEO 12C PROTOTIPO – Secret V12 wartime one-off racer rediscovered
ABARTH X1/9 STRADALE – The homologation road sports car that came so near to production
ALFA ROMEO STELVIO QUADRIFOGLIO – Recalling a memorable test drive at Balocco
MICHELOTTI WORLD – New exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of Giovanni Michelotti’s birth
FESTIVAL ITALIA – All the action from Brands Hatch, both on track and off
MITCAR – Report on a superb Midlands Italian Car Day held at Gaydon
SALON PRIVE – All the Italian concours stars at Blenheim Palace
FERRARI RACING DAYS – Silverstone hosts a weekend of Prancing Horse track action
OBSCURATI – The Marciano 268A