Abarth racing cars: books - history and technology

Abarth : Racing Cars - Collection 1949-1974

A spectacular collection of 48 Abarth racecars, covering the whole production period, with lavish pictures by top photographers, which makes for a very exciting book. The author has access to huge archives, one from a former race mechanic, with lots of letters, documents and historic photos.
The pictures are the main focus here, interspersed by anecdotes from the golden times of motor racing.

Il mistero 204 - La prima Abarth, l'ultima Cisitalia

Who really designed the Cisitalia-Abarth 204, the car in which Nuvolari achieved the last success of his extraordinary career? Why was this winning model, desirable to drivers, built in no more than eight examples? And how many were actually made? Why was the 204, designed and built by Cisitalia, 'given' to Carlo Abarth? And what is the real story of the 'death' of Cisitalia and the birth of Abarth?

The answers to these and many other questions are contained in this book, with pictures and documents never published before: among others, the contract between Cisitalia and Porsche to build the F.1 360 Grand Prix and other models with highly advanced features. You can also discover the protagonists of those incredible days, at the end of the 1940s, when one of the most important brands in automotive history, the Abarth Scorpion, was created.

Finally, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of engineer Giovanni Savonuzzi, the 'father' of the Cisitalia 202 and many other famous models, including the Gilda show prototype, a chapter is dedicated to this great designer and engineer, who was all too soon forgotten.

Text in Italian.

Abarth - Voitures de course 1949-1974

L'œuvre de Carlo Abarth, issue de sa célèbre manufacture de voitures de sport de Turin entre les années 1950 et 1970, comprend une gamme impressionnante d'automobiles fascinantes, du modèle Fiat standard modifié aux prototypes fabriqués à la main.

À l'occasion de son 70e anniversaire, les voitures de course uniques Abarth de la collection Möll ont été présentées sous un nouveau jour par des photographes internationaux renommés. Accompagné d'images historiques et des souvenirs personnels des témoins de cette époque et des légendes du sport automobile, ils offrent un voyage visuellement stupéfiant dans un âge d'or de la course automobile.

Abarth 1949-1971 - Gran Turismo 'Da Corsa' / Racing GTS

This book is distinguished from other publications thanks to a number of innovative, original features. It gives centre place to the images of the various models in question, specifically the Abarth racing GTs, privileging contemporary photographs, almost all of them previously unpublished. The period examined runs from 1949, the year of the official founding of Abarth & C, through to 1971, the conclusion of Abarth's independent history with its acquisition by Fiat.

The book examines only those cars that were raced and they are all documented within the context of specific events. The main aim of the text is to record, year by year, the most evident aesthetic and mechanical modifications made to the individual models. The documentation has all been drawn from rigorously contemporary books, magazines and official programmes and has been faithfully reproduced.

Text in Italian.

Abarth 1949-1971 - Sport e Prototipi

There was a time in which the Abarths, the cars carrying the Scorpion badge, were challenging far more powerful and prestigious marques such as Porsche and Ferrari in endurance races and the Mountain Championship classics. At that time, between the dawn of the 1950s and the early 1970s, the Abarths wrote memorable chapters in the history of sports car and prototype racing too, with cars of incredible appeal raced by drivers of international repute.

Following the book devoted to Abarth GT racing cars, this volume, again written by Renato Donati, one of the leading Abarth enthusiasts and experts, focuses on the sports cars and prototypes. All the Abarths that have competed in the category, in particular in Italy between 1949 and 1971, are analysed one by one.
As usual, the book is embellished by a wealth of previously unpublished black and white and colour photographs.

Text in Italian. Limited printrun of 1200 unnumbered copies.