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Aviation

A century of flight, and the safest way to travel by a wide margin.

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Alfa Romeo BAT

Franco Scaglione · 1953

The BAT series is a focused, documented exercise in aerodynamic research—not styling, not engineering for power, not market readiness. It is a rare case where form follows one measurable physical constraint, iterated across three years, with no deviation from that brief.

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Buick Y-Job

Harley Earl · 1950

The Buick Y-Job was the auto industry's first concept car — a 1938 Buick convertible designed by Harley Earl to showcase new technology and styling, using a Buick Super chassis and featuring innovations like power-operated hidden headlamps and electric windows.

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Cadillac Eldorado

Harley Earl · 1953

The 1953 Cadillac Eldorado is a foundational expression of postwar American automotive hierarchy: a limited-run, top-priced convertible defined by bespoke bodywork and Harley Earl’s tailfin language. It establishes no new powertrain or chassis architecture — but it does cement styling as a primary tool of luxury positioning.

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta

Alfa Romeo Centro Stile · 1972

The Alfetta is a front-engine saloon and fastback coupé produced from 1972 to 1987. It used a rear transaxle and De Dion tube rear suspension to improve weight distribution and handling. Coupé models featured a central tachometer. All models left the factory with Pirelli Cinturato 165HR14 tyres.

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Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupés

Giorgetto Giugiaro · 1963

The Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupés are foundational Giugiaro — not as a stylistic endpoint, but as a working method: take a proven platform, impose a strong, arched silhouette, and let coachbuilders extend it. They are compact, alloy-engined, live-axle sports coupés that prioritise form coherence over mechanical innovation. Their legacy is visual, not technical.

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Alfa Romeo Giulia

Giuseppe Scarnati · 1965

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Type 105 redefined what a four-door saloon could do—without electronics, without weight, without apology.

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Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ

Zagato · 1965

The Giulia TZ is a focused, lightweight racing coupé built to exploit Alfa’s existing engine and suspension in a new structural format. Its value lies in how it redefined what ‘lightweight’ meant for a front-engined RWD car in 1963—not through novelty, but through discipline.