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[/caption] Continuing this year’s celebrations surrounding Alfa Romeo’s 100th anniversary, the Italian Alfa Romeo Register (RIAR) will hold a rally for enthusiasts in Milan on June 26th and 27th. Collectors, club members and owners of current models are all invited in hopes of gathering more than 3000 enrollments. Events will include record-breaking attempts and filming from above. For registration and more information visit www.alfisti.com. Press release after the jump. [Source: Alfa Romeo] PRESS RELEASE The greatest ever Alfa Romeo international rally will be staged in Milan on 26 and 27 June For the Alfa Romeo Centenary celebrations, the Italian Alfa Romeo…

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[/caption] Alfa Romeo is in the midst of celebrating their 100 year anniversary and will debut the one-off Zagato designed TZ3 Corsa at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Unlike the ‘design exercise’ showpieces displayed in Geneva, Zagato and Alfa Romeo have pulled from their 90 years of collaboration to create this fully functioning racer. Commissioned by an unidentified German individual, the TZ3 is based on the 8C Competizione’s platform, has an undisclosed powertrain and is ready to hit the track … (or humidity controlled garage and future reserved concours spaces). Press release: Milano, April 2010:…

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Excerpt: Ferrari 599 GTO Presentation, Italian Military Academy 250, 288 and now 599. Ferrari has resurrected the famed GTO moniker (Gran Turismo Omologato). Based on the 599XX racing platform, Maranello’s newest creation is their fastest road car ever. Yes, faster than an Enzo. As you can imagine, production will be limited and word is that all 599 vehicles have already been sold. The letters GTO have always been synonymous with cost and rarity, and though it may set you back nearly $460,000 (before markup), the limited run of 599 seems awfully abundant when compared to the 288 GTO’s run of…

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Excerpt: Delahaye USA Bugnotti Coupe Without argument, Delahaye is responsible for some of the world’s most beautiful automobiles. Despite being founded in 1894, it wasn’t until the mid-1930s when they branched out from building engines and trucks to build their first in-house car. 1935 brought the highly successful Coupé des Alpes and a foray into racing. After a number of successful models, the company struggled during the Nazi occupation of France and the high taxes on French luxury cars that remained after World War II. Delahaye was taken over by Hotchkiss in 1954, who shut down car production and…