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16 Febbraio 2009 Imperdibile appuntamento con la storia dell'auto italiana LUNEDI' 02 MARZO alle ore 20,45 in Sala Meeting "Savoia" all'Hotel Kriss di Bardolino     Carrozzeria Touring (established March 25, 1926 in Milan, is an Italian automobile coachbuilder famous for its design and superleggera construction methods. The company went inactive on December 31, 1966. The company was founded by Felice Bianchi Anderloni (1882-1948) who previously worked for Isotta-Fraschini as a test driver, as well as the Italian operations of Peugeot. With his friend Gaetano Ponzoni, he had acquired majority in Carrozzeria Falco (1925), which he turned into the Touring name, Ponzoni becoming the head of administration. Falco belonged to Vittorio Ascari, brother of Alfa Romeo champion, Antonio Ascari, and was located in a suburb immediately north of Milan (in via Ludovico de Breme 65) only a short distance from Alfa Romeo, Italian Citroen, and the former Isotta-Fraschini plant. Predictably, Touring's first bodywork assignments were for these companies. Anderloni came to Touring more as an automobile designer than a car constructor, and learned the mechanics of the trade as the company progressed. The company licensed Charles Weymann's system of fabric-covered lightweight frames, a predecessor of their own Superleggera construction system. Touring hired Giuseppe Seregni, who previously collaborated with Anderloni on the 1927 Isotta-Fraschini 'Flying Star,' as its first professional designer. Touring's skills with light alloy and fabric-covered tubing forms brought commercial success in aircraft production in the 1930s, leading Anderloni to develop the patented Superleggera construction system. This "super lightweight" system consists of a structure of small diameter tubes to form the body's shape with thin alloy panels attached to cover and strengthen the framewoek. Aside from light weight, the Superleggera technique gave great flexibility, allowing Touring to quickly construct innovative body shapes. 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia from the Ralph Lauren collection Carrozzeria Touring "Superleggera" badge on a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8CPrior to World War II, Touring gained fame for their Superleggera Alfa Romeo designs, particularly on the 8C 2900 chassis. Another famous Superleggera Touring body was found on the aerodynamic BMW 328. Anderloni died in 1948, just as the company was reconstructing after the war, but he and Federico Formenti were involved in a few post-war master works — the Ferrari 166 coupe and spider List of Touring cars Touring bodied Alfa Romeo 6C2300B BMW 328 Touring Coupé Maserati 5000 (1959)1930s Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 1940s BMW 328 1940s Alfa Romeo 2500 1950s Alfa Romeo SS (Super Sprint) 1900 1950s Pegaso Z-102 1950s Bristol 401 1959-1962 Lancia Flaminia GT, GTL and GTC 1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mark II Spider (3 produced) 1957-1962 Maserati 3500 GT 1959-1960 Maserati 5000 Scià di Persia 1960s Alfa Romeo 2000 convertible 1960s Fiat spider 1959-1962 Aston Martin DB4 (built under license by Aston Martin) 1963-1966 Lamborghini 350 GT/GTV, 400 GT 1940 Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter Coupe 1951 Ferrari 195 Inter Coupe 1951 Ferrari 212 Inter Coupe 1952 Ferrari 340 MM Spider 1953 Hudson Italia 1963-1964 Sunbeam Venezia 1966-1976 Jensen Interceptor DON'T MISS IT - CONFERENCE BEGINS AT QUARTER TO NINE pm - FREE ENTRANCE << indietro

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