THE REBEL
ALFA ROMEO 1900 C SPRINT SPECIALE - ZAGATO
1900C Sprint Speciale As you circle around this red-and-yellow 1954 1900 C Super Sprint Zagato you’d be tempted to class it as a Gran Turis mo, the type of car meant to devour long journeys in style and comfort, a luxurious experience for the fortunate few. You’d be wrong. Although just 39 were made, at a price that wasn’t bringing it within reach of the masses, this Alfa was not destined for spirited drives around Lake Como, but its stomping ground was to be found on the period’s great road races, from Mille Miglia to Targa Florio and everything in between. Six of them took the road from Brescia to Rome and back in 1955, one year before this Madrid-registered one got her original Spanish plates that it still wears to this day…
