The Giulietta Sprint Speciale prototype at the Tour d'Elegance of Pebble Beach
Despite arsons that damaged the Big Sur area, the Tour d'Elegance, and affiliate event of Concours d'Elegance of Pebble Beach, started anyway on a specially designed route in order to ensure the safety of the participants. With a postponed starting at 9, the cars of the participants have driven for more than 69 km of panoramic roads to get to the Ocean Avenue at Carmel-on-the-sea, where the cars have been displayed to the public.
Among these beautiful cars, the Giulietta SS Protoupo of the Lopresto Collecion has raised the italian motors pride in the world: the Rosso Alfa.
Preview at Pebble Beach for the prototype Giulietta Sprint Speciale 1957
After almost 60 years from its first and only appearance in public, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta "Sprint Speciale" prototype of Bertone will be back to be admire at the Concours d'Elegance of Pebble Beach. The debut at the concours starts after a in-depth work of restoration, that has brought back this extraordinary car with shapes that had been shown in the Salone di Torino in 1957.
Corrado Lopresto chairman of the jury at the Concours d'Elegance in Florence
Corrado Lopresto was appointed as chairman of the Jury for the prestigious Concours d'Elegance in Florence "Firenze Sotto Le Stelle". A big achievement for the owner of the most important Italian Collection in the world, that had to decide according to restoration criterias, history and preservation of the cars that had been displayed in this weekend in Piazza Pitti, in the old town.
