The 450 SS Spyder was a creative design produced by the multi-talented and world renowned automotive designer Giorgetto Giugiaro during his association with the distinguished Italian design studio and coach builder, Carrozzeria Ghia in the mid-60's.

Built at the request of Chrysler executive Virgil Exner, the Gilda was an exercise in extreme styling and ambitious performance. It was created by Ghia and debuted as a showcar at the Salone di Torino of 1955, later touring around Europe, then the US. The car was nicknamed the after Rita Hayworth's performance in the 1946 film noir classic Gilda.

After becoming successful at bodying both American and Italian cars, Ghia began production of their own cars. This G230S is one of the first cars to be completed entirely by Ghia, but they enlisted much help from the local area.

May 30th, 2007- During the 2005 Retromobile show, we ran into a Ghia bodied Jaguar XK120 that we had never seen in person or photographs and it peaked our curiosity. Packing the best British engineering and Italian flair we instantly wanted to know more, but information was scarce. Fortunately, the same car was recently auctioned by Bonham's at their Les Grandes Marques a Monaco sale and sold for ...

Draughtsmen clike Michelotti and Frua prepared projects for Ghia who had the bodies completed by Aigle in Lugano. Together Ghia-Aigle intended to equip Jaguar, MG, Panhard, Ferrari and Bugatti frames.

Bugatti tried a comeback after WWII with a modified chassis of the type T57. The new model called "T101", had the same (although slightly updated) straight-8, 3257cc engine, which in its supercharged version "T101 C" (C=Compresseur) produced around 200hp. Due to the heavy damage inflicted to Bugatti factory and the death of Ettore, la marque built only 7 chassis before going bankrupt, having the v...

The first car made by Alfa after the war was the 1900. It was the first Alfa Romeo to have a monocoque construction devoid of any frame.

Stylisitically, the Adverturer II sports a thouroughly modern design for the 1950s. Such one-of-a-kind elegance combined with a Hemi V8 make this Desoto a supercar in its own right.

During the post-war revival, Virgil Exner at Chrysler hired Turin-based Ghia to build a number of special concepts on Dodge chassis. Among these were four Dodge Fire Arrows show cars that were designed and engineered as a feasible road-going model. They were extensively exhibited across America but were never put in production. This motivated Eugene Casaroll to buy the design and build the car him...