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Officine Fioravanti has done what Alfa should've done from the start—fitted a proper manual to the modern Disco Volante, the 2000s homage to Touring's aerodynamic masterpiece. It's the difference between owning a car and piloting one. Values on these have been creeping up; a manual example will only accelerate that trajectory.

Officine Fioravanti has done what Alfa Romeo wouldn't—dropped a manual into the modern Disco Volante to mark Touring's centennial. It's a 2000s revival that gets the transmission question right, because some cars demand three pedals regardless of what the spreadsheet says.

Alfa's dropping a special edition Giulia Quadrifoglio, but don't mistake this for a swan song. The 505-hp 2.9L twin-turbo V6 sedan is already rare enough on European roads; this variant will be scarcer still. Values on clean examples have been climbing steadily as enthusiasts finally recognize what Alfa engineered here.

Alfa Romeo's new custom shop dropped a Quadrifoglio with serious aero work: low-drag bodykit, split rear wing, and enough attention to detail that it feels less like marketing exercise and more like someone actually cared. This is what happens when you let engineers play instead of product planners.

The 90s and 2000s were the last gasp of practical performance—when manufacturers still believed wagons could be thrilling. An E39 M5 Touring, an RS6 C5, a 540i with a proper engine: these weren't compromises, they were statements. Today's crossovers pretend they've replaced them. They haven't.

Before SUVs murdered practicality, fast wagons were the thinking enthusiast's move—real performance wrapped in understated sheet metal. The RS6 C5, E55 AMG, and V70 R proved you could haul a family and embarrass sports cars at the same traffic light. Values are climbing because people finally figured out what they lost.

One of 3,443 Touring-bodied 2000 Spiders built between 1958-1962, this example was Hoffman Motor Company imported in August 1961 and spent its early life in the Northeast. The 2.0L inline-four and five-speed manual made it genuinely quick for the era. Clean American-delivery examples are increasingly scarce as values track upward.

Alfa's EV transition just hit a speed bump. The 184-hp Giulia and 280-hp Stelvio Quadrifoglio get a four-year lifeline while delayed all-electric replacements stay in development limbo. For buyers hunting clean examples of the last proper gasoline Alfas with that particular steering feel, the window just widened—and so did the market's patience.

Today's Bring a Trailer slate spans the full spectrum—from air-cooled 911s to family-kept '51 GMC pickups to a fresh 992 GT3 RS still wearing dealer plates. The trucks are the real story here: vintage F-250s and Dodges are moving on no reserve, a sign the market finally remembers that 1970s iron holds its own against euro exotica. One eye on the Ferrari 512 TR; Euro cars from that era are getting their due.

Autocar's staff went to war over which model defined each marque. From the MG ZT-T 260's sleeper credibility to whether a 911 variant beats the 356, they're parsing the real difference between good and generational. The gap between what journalists remember and what the market actually values keeps widening.