Alfa Romeo: The sweet car life
LA DOLCE VITA The Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne presents the exhibition of the automobile collector Corrado Lopresto. This continues the collaboration between the classic car enthusiast and the museum.
The car exhibition is named after Federico Fellini's famous film "La dolce vita" and the legendary Spider that Alfa Romeo produced in those years. Hardly any other sports car embodied the Italian style of the 1950s and 1960s better than the Spider.
First the Giulietta and later the Duetto perfectly embodied the dream of freedom and lightheartedness in the years of economic boom.
Prototypes and pre-series vehicles
The exhibition shows some rare prototypes and pre-production vehicles from the collection of Corrado Lopresto, a collector who restores his vehicles with particular care and meticulousness.
On display are the first prototype of the Giulietta Spider, presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1955, a pre-production model with a sporting past in the USA, the prototype of a Giulia Spider that was never built, and the first example of the 1750 Spider Veloce Osso di Seppia - with chassis number 0001.
In addition to these magnificent vehicles, the public can also admire a pre-production copy of the 1993 Spider and the prototype Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider Ghia. This alternative to a premium-class Spider also never went into production. The exhibition at the Museum of Transport will last until March 2022.
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