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Swiss-Italian cooperation - Alfa Romeo 1900 C Super Sprint Coupé from Ghia-Aigle Lugano

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Created on May 9, 2013

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Bruno von Rotz

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - eines von fünf ähnlichen Ghia-Aigle-Coupés auf der Basis des 1900 Super Sprint

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - elegantes Coupé, die Nebelscheinwerfer wurden vermutlich nachgerüstet

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - zeittypisch die Finnen auf den hinteren Kotflügeln

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - das Design soll von Giovanni Michelotti stammen

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - Heckansicht - auffallend die kleinen Leuchteinheiten

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - Interieur mit üppigen Ledersitzen

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - die Instrumente sind baugleich auch bei den anderen Alfa-Modellen der Zeit anzutreffen

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - der Geschwindigkeitsmesser aus dem Alfa-Teileregal

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - versenkt montierte Scheinwerfer

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - sofort als Alfa Romeo erkennbar

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - das berühmte Alfa-Romeo-Zeichen auf dem Bug

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - 115 PS stark

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - Vierzylinder-Hochleistungsmotor mit zwei obenliegenden Nockenwellen

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - Speichenräder und grosse Trommelbremsen

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - mit charakteristischem Dachüberhang

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - Türgriffe

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - Schriftzug des Karosseriebauers

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Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1959) - auch die Heckleuchten sind versenkt angeordnet

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Alfa Romeo 1900 - Austellungs- und Demonstrationsmodell am Genfer Autosalon 1951

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Alfa Romeo 1900 (1952) - Serienproduktion der 1900-er-Limousine

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C (1952) - das Traggerüst des 1900 C, das die Basis für die Varianten von Touring und Pininfarina bildete

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Alfa Romeo 1900 (1950) - Hinterachskonstruktion

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C (1952) - Coupé-Version in einer Ausstellung

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C (1953) - Coupé

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C (1954) - Autosalon Genf 1954

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Sport Coupé Touring (1953) - elegantes Superleggera-Coupé

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C (1954) - Cabriolet Pinin Farina

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Cabriolet (1955) - hübsches Pininfarina-Cabriolet

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Gran Sport Cabriolet (1954) - Pininfarina-Cabriolet mit geschlossenem Dach

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Sport Cabriolet (1954) - Pininfarina Cabriolet

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C Coupé Ghia (1953) - spezielles Coupé mit charakteristischer Front

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Coupé (1953) - Coupé-Einzelanfertigung von Pininfarina

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C Coupé (1953) - ein Pininfarina-Entwurf

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Coupé (1953) - Pininfarina-Entwurf

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Conrero Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint (1953) - aufgenommen in Genf 1953

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Zagato (1954) - wunderschöne Zagato-Version

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Zagato (1954) - gezeigt am Concors d'Eleganza von Campione, nur 950 kg schwer

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Zagato (1955) - Chassis 001955, Sportscar Auktion in Genf '90

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1956) - eleganter Coupé-Aufbau der Firma Ghia S. A. Aigle, gezeigt am Genfer Salon 1956

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C (1956) - Bertone 2000 Sportiva Version

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva (1956) - geschaffen bei Bertone

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS, Superleggera (1956) - mit Touring-Karosserie und abgesenktem Motor, auf dem Chassis der zweiten Serie

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS, Superleggera (1956) - mit Touring-Karosserie und abgesenktem Motor

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Alfa Romeo 1900 C Coupé Vignale (1953) - aufgenommen im Mailand beim Flughafen von Linate

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Alfa Romeo 1900 (1956) - Pininfarina-Entwurf mti durchsichtigen Kotflügeln am Turiner Autosalon von 1956

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1957) - Werbung im Katalog der Automobilrevue des Jahres 1957, abgedruckt auf Seite 7

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1957) - das erste "Lugano"-Coupé, Chassis-Nummer 1900CSS.10099, ursprünglich dunkelgrün, gezeigt u.a. am Genfer Autosalon 1957 auf dem Stand der Ghia S. A. Aigle

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1957) - ausgeprägte Finnen am Heck des von der Firma Ghia S. A. Aigle karossierten Alfa Romeo mit der Chassis-Nummer 1900CSS.10099

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1957) - in dieser silberfarbigen Lackierung stand der Wagen 1957 auf dem Stand der Ghia S. A. Aigle in Genf

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Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Coupé Ghia-Aigle (1958) - das Design stammte von Pietro Frua, gebaut wurde das Coupé von Ghia-Aigle

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Summary

Based on the Alfa Romeo 1900 and the short version 1900C, many special bodies of great elegance were created in the 1950s. The coachbuilder Ghia-Aigle also fitted the Alfa chassis with coupé bodies designed by Giovanni Michelotti, one of which will be auctioned by Bonhams in Spa at the end of May 2013. This report briefly summarizes the history of the Alfa Romeo 1900 C and discusses the individual variants. One of the Ghia-Aigle coupés is described and illustrated in detail.

This article contains the following chapters

Reaching new heights with top-class utility cars
The sportier descendant 1900 C
Super Sport with an additional 15 hp
Many special bodies
Ghia-Aigle from Switzerland
The "Lugano" coupé from Ghia Aigle
The five known Ghia-Aigle coupés based on the Alfa Romeo 1900 C SS
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Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

They rarely appear, the special bodies that were built on the basis of the Alfa Romeo 1900 C Super Sprint chassis in the 1950s. Ghia-Aigle, a coachbuilder in Switzerland, bodied five of these coupés in a similar style between 1957 and 1959, one of which will be offered by Bonhams in May 2013. After the end of the Second World War, Alfa Romeo mainly produced powerful and expensive representative vehicles of the 6C 2500 type, which naturally only allowed a low output. In 1950, however, the company from Milan presented the Type 1900, a "medium-strong utility car", as the Automobil Revue wrote at the time. Of course, the Alfa Romeo 1900 was not a bread-and-butter vehicle either, but with its four-cylinder high-performance engine, which was characterized by two overhead camshafts and drew 80 hp from 1,884 cm3, it certainly had sporty qualities. The self-supporting saloon was presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1950. From 1954, the "1900 Super" was available with slightly more displacement and 10 hp more power.

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