The Italian car model archive
A working index of what can be read now and what has only been recovered as a historical topic. Live titles are linked. Future subjects are deliberately left as text until a properly researched page exists.
Current live coverage
The first expanded edition restores eight priority subjects whose old URLs were durable, well-captured or still externally cited. Its dedicated Abarth index adds four existing model guides.
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo 147
Launch, design, engines, 2004 revision and the 3.2-litre GTA.
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo 156
The 1998 Car of the Year, common-rail JTD, Sportwagon, JTS and GTA.
Ferrari
Ferrari F430
The 4.3-litre V8, E-Diff, manettino, Spider and 430 Scuderia.
Fiat
Fiat Grande Punto
Giugiaro's design, Multijet engines, Punto Evo and the Abarth branch.
Maserati
Maserati GranSport
The M138 platform, transaxle layout, Coupé relationship and Spyder.
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Abarth 595 and 695
The Fiat 500-based family, the SS distinction, provenance, rust and the practical risks of buying a later conversion as an original.
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Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato
The double-bubble body, its engineering purpose, the Fiat 600 foundation and the specialist questions an alloy-bodied car raises.
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Abarth 850 GT
Coachbuilt 850-class coupés, how the GT idea differs from the 850 TC racing saloon, and why chassis identification comes first.
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Abarth Spyders
A cautious guide to the low-volume open cars, their overlapping names and the documentary evidence required to identify one.
Abarth
Full Abarth model index
The naming system, tuning kits, factory conversions, coachbuilt cars and competition categories.
Recovered future topics
The old domain's normalised inventory contains roughly 793 distinct HTML-like paths from several eras. About 193 sit under the former car section, 51 under FACTfiles and 170 under the former pilot article/hub area. A URL proves that a subject existed; it does not prove that its text is complete, accurate or available to reuse.
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Alfa Romeo
Giulia and GTA · 33 Stradale · Montreal · 75 · 155 · 159 · GT · GTV · Brera · Spider · 166.
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Ferrari
250 family · Dino 246 · 308/328 · Testarossa · F40 · Enzo · 599 GTB · 612 Scaglietti · Superamerica.
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Fiat
500 · 850 · 124 · 131 · Panda · Uno · X1/9 · Coupé · Barchetta · Punto HGT.
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Lancia, Maserati and Lamborghini
Lambda · Aurelia · Fulvia · Stratos · Delta · 3500 GT · Ghibli · Bora · 3200 GT · Miura · Countach · LM002 · Diablo.
What a rebuilt model guide should contain
A useful guide needs more than specifications. It should establish the model's place in its marque, distinguish generations and variants, identify where period figures disagree, explain ownership and authentication risks, and name the sources used. If a former page covered a distinct subject with worthwhile links, that subject may justify its own new page; otherwise closely related material belongs in one stronger model guide.
Legacy URLs will receive a permanent redirect only after a destination matches their subject. Dated news, unrelated later content and paths with no genuine equivalent will not be sent to the homepage. The rebuild history and editorial policy explains why.