Your videos are amazing . Really well presented ,professional and a quality content. I dont know how your channel doesnt have millions of subscribers

@Matteo_Licata

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words. I admit I'm a bit disappointed about my results, given the effort I make to produce my own footage and the genuine knowledge I share. That's partly why I haven't been posting lately, as I'm focusing on activities that make me money. However, I'm grateful for the subscribers and viewers I do have, as you all seem to be enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I may never have a million subscribers, but sure, I have the best ones!

My Favourite Alfa of all time!!!

glorious

Breathtaking!

It is such a pitty that in our technocratic era there is no place for emotion any more... 😢 Thank you for this splendid episode, Matteo!

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Well, there still are a lot of great cars today, I believe.

@Danse_Macabre_125

2 жыл бұрын

So you want personality? Cool. Here's a giant iPad on the dashboard. - car companies now

Wonderful cars & a delightful video - just a teensy erratum at 2:11, the engine is of course behind the front axle.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch, yes you’re right! Well, glad you enjoyed it anyways, thank you!!!

When I see these beautiful "gorgeous" works of art my heart skips a beat. Alfa was truly ahead of it's time. Your channel is by far the best I have ever see on Alfa cars! It's criminal you don't have more subscribers.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!! I'm very grateful for all the following this channel has, it's quite large already and I'm always been about quality rather than quantity. Read comments like yours fills me with joy and motivation to keep doing more and better!

Thank you for the video, Matteo

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

Italian pride!!!

My favorite design when I was 2 year old and it still is... 58 years later!

Always a ALFA fan since 1970 when I bought a new spider and kept it for 40 years. Now have a 2015 4C Launch Edition. Had a race car for a while also. I have always lusted after a TZ. When I lived in California I had a couple of friends that had TZs.....the one with the longest history was owned by Marnix Delinius that he drove in lots of vintage events. His was also featured in the sports car series about different marques....in this case the one about ALFA. I remember when John Norman loaned his GTU Transam race engine from his car to run at a Laguna Seca vintage race that featured Cobras. The TZ embarrased the Cobras altough of course having a very good driver helped.

So beautiful, I could cry. 😢

Man! Those Alfas!!!

The TZ2 is well deserved of it's title as the mini 250 GTO

Great and very informative, thanks a lot. Hope we'll hit 20k subscribers this year 😉 Ciao 🙋‍♂️

@studiocalder818

2 жыл бұрын

Let's hope. It'd mean that true Alfisti are increasing

@gearhead9828

2 жыл бұрын

@@studiocalder818 Fully agree 👍

To me the TZ1 and 2 are still the greatest cars Alfa has ever made . That fantastic tubular frame dressed by those georgious Zagato body's says it all . Whit just a humble 1.6 liter engine , capable of over 210 km per hour is still very fast 60 years later ! These are not just cars , these are pieces of art that can also move . They are printed in my hart and mind for ever . ❤❤❤❤❤

The TZ2 and Canguro are two of my all time favourite car designs. Simply beautiful. 🍀♥️

Great video and very informative. I learn a lot about Alfa from yourself. Keep them coming. 👍👍

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Oh Hello...long time and good to see another good one thank you. Beautifully filmed and narrated.🙏

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!!!

These cars grew out of the Giulietta SZ and the Coda Tronca. There was an owner, Fritz Dernberger in Vancouver, BC who had an SZ and TZ1 in his garage around 1981. He raced the TZ at the old Westwood track. They were just as mind blowing then as they are now. He sold them when they became too valuable to keep and enjoy.

Beautiful

Zwoooopy design, haha i love it! Kind regards from a proud 916 spider owner!

There was a man who owned a TZ in a city not far from me 20 or so years ago. He was a member of the state Alfa club, and it would surprise me when I would go to a local Alfa track event and see this incredibly rare car running among the relatively common other Alfas. I thought it was a beautiful car, then I saw a TZ2 (race number 130) at Pebble Beach and was blown away.

My dear friend, you hit a soft spot for me this week!!! My love for the TZ1 and lust for the TZ2 has grown even more after watching this remarkably informative quick documentary!!! The main spot of my dream garage, will always be for a TZ! And despite the striking contrast of the back side, I would love to have one in black!!! You just made my Easter holidays more beautiful! Thank you!

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Your kind comment has made my day :)

Another great video. I just read you are closing down due to other commitments. I wish you well and thank you for many very enjoyable videos.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

I've just closed the memberships, not the channel. Rest assured that I'll keep making more and better videos!

I just love your channel and eagerly watch everything you put out. I am an Alfisti exceptionale.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!

To my eyes, the TZ2 is much more beautiful than the Kangaroo and the most beautiful Alfa there is. Such perfect proportions and purposeful badassness.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the TZ2 definitely has an “attitude” to it that the other lack

Another important and informative video again. Thank you for your kind work.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!!

5:12 Noticed the number plate from Udine where Autodelta was originally from. Autodelta will move to Milano in 1964

que bella

Tz2 remind me to Bizzarini 5300 gt Beautiful car

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

The Bizzarrini is one topic I'd like to cover in the future, by the way. Hope I'll get to film one!

Simply Stunning😍

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

It really is!

Pure lust. I'd not heard of these beauties before. Thanks.

I do love learning about these beautiful, and wonderfully designed machines.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

The TZ1 is my all-time favorite car. My absolutely "holy grail" top number 1 spot on my list. I wish someone built a convincing replica of it. I would build one in a heartbeat

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

It is indeed ripe for a replica project… But I wonder if there would be enough demand to justify the effort

Beautiful video and breathtaking cars, or shall I say 'poetry in motion'? Damn, only 9 specimen of the TZ2 ever produced? I've seen one race in Belgium last year...

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, the TZ2 was never meant to be sold to privateers, and its short racing career meant few were made. Thank you for your appreciation!

Thanks for presenting this awesome engine! What a beauty, and how advanced for its time.

Never realised the engine was mounted at an angle. My father was offered an SZ, the 1960s one, back in the 1980s for less money than a nearly new Alfetta GTV6, unfortunately he chose the latter but hindsight is a wonderful thing....

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Well, a GTV6 wasn't a bad thing either!

@johnphaceas7434

2 жыл бұрын

That was one of the the things that flummoxed me on Ant Anstead's build of his replica 159, I thought surely an angled drivetrain can't be ideal.

I love the TZ’s…. I have a few scale models of 1:43 size. TZ2 and TZ3 etc. Gorgeous shapes.

Splendid as always! TZ1 looks more balanced to me than TZ2.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

The TZ1 is daintier, prettier… While the TZ2 has more of an “attitude” to it… Like both of them, but I prefer the TZ1 too

Another great video Matteo. I just purchased 186 of 190 1994 alfa spider ce. Resto project.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cool! Those were the very last Spiders! Is it in bad shape?

@individual1977

2 жыл бұрын

@@Matteo_Licata Needs paint(green) and some minor body work Wood inserts not great. Needs new top. Needs new tires. Engine turns but I'm waiting for crank sensor.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

It’ll be a cool car when finished! The Spider is a box I’ll have to tick myself sooner or later

I never realized that the TZ was so small. It weighs a fraction of my 1980 Ford Fiesta. They’re beautiful though. I have a 1:32 scale slot car in my collection.

The TZ2 is reminiscent of the 250GTO. I adore this car and have lusted after it most of my life. Great video my friend

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

It is indeed a mini-GTO yes. Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

It would be nice build a prototype of the chassis on display with a straight 6 or the V8 from the 33 stradale.

Beautiful - Great review

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Why are Alfas designed by Pininfarina always much more delicate and prettier than the others? To me they capture the sprit of Alfa the best too.

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

I’d say that applies in general to Pininfarina’s designs over Bertone’s… The latter tended to go bolder, brasher than Pininfarina usually did

Beautiful cars, videos and your explanation are the best around. Living in the states as a teenager in the 60s then young adult in the 70s most of my friends liked American muscle cars, not me, I liked the Italian style cars. At the time all I could afford were the fiats. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@Matteo_Licata

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you appreciate this, as making Italian motoring history accessible to the rest of the world has always been the point of this channel, and the reason why I chose to speak in English.

@MicrobyteAlan

Жыл бұрын

@@Matteo_Licata thank you, your English is very good.

Great video, would love to see someone make a video like this about the Maserati A6G ;)

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ll see what I can do ;)

Amazing piece of automotive history,and great video

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

You can start producing that Bertone Canguro now and it still will look actual! Just sublime!

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!

@johnphaceas7434

2 жыл бұрын

It is sublime. I assume it was the basis for at least some of the design cues for the Montreal (like the side vents)? And who designed the Porsche 928? I have a feeling they might have been inspired by the Canguro too.

Have you ever covered this designer and builder "MONOMILLE GT" , version 1963 -1965, built at Sibona & Basano

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Not yet, but I’ll research it and see what I can do ;)

😍😍😍😍😍😍

Fantastico. I have to admit being a Lancia man at heart even if I have 4 Alfas as well! The racing pedigree of the Alfas is fascinating. I wish I lived in Italy in the early 60’s to have experienced being involved with these magnificent beautiful cars. The TZ2 is beyond my descriptive abilities. I had a strong thought of why no one has tried to produce them as a modern kit car. Tubular chassis and fibreglass body should make it straightforward I think? I’m sure it could be a huge success. So what has stopped anyone doing it?

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

A kit car replica of the TZ2 would indeed be feasible for a specialized company… I don’t know why it hasn’t been done already, to be honest.

That Bertone special is gorgeous, origin of the Montreal side slot vents?

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Well spotted :) Yes indeed, the Montreal’s slot vents did originate on the Canguro

This car looks just like Carroll Shelby's 64 Daytona. Actually looks like one of GMs badge engineering efforts though I'm sure they aren't related. Love the Bertone body while the Pininfarina body looks wildly out of proportion to the degree I wouldn't have thought they were even on the same frame. The prototype is definitely the best looking of group.

Awesome video. Now can you do one on the 33 Stradale?

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

I’m preparing a video about the whole 33 story for this weekend, watch this space ;)

@theman4884

2 жыл бұрын

@@Matteo_Licata Awesome.

Autodelta factory were TZ racing cars were built was based in Udine Italy

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, Feletto Umberto

170hp from a 1.6 NA, is relatively high even for current standards

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

It was. But I must add that it was in race tune, with an unrestricted intake and exhaust and an aggressive cam profile.

The TZ is gorgeous, but in its day was regarded as being too heavy to be successful

The drawing of the tubular chassis is different to the TZ chassis on display. The drawing is not a true space frame.

Bella 🤩 Alfa made so mush interesting projects, too bad FIAT buried this creativity under massive rationalism.

You really should start putting NSFW warnings in these videos. Its *required* by YT terms of service. I mean, look at 7:14!

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Lancia ten times better!!!!

@Matteo_Licata

2 жыл бұрын

Got plenty of Lancia videos on the channel too!

@hilmarwornle3798

2 жыл бұрын

@@Matteo_Licata :-) you're right! And I love my Alfa too! In Autum I'm back in Milano, proud to be a Visconti!