{"id":21717,"date":"2011-07-20T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=21717"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:52:32","slug":"the-aero-alfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/the-aero-alfa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aero Alfa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21718\" title=\"The Aero Alfa in superb motion blur past Goodwood's flint wall: by Scott Dennis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3864\" height=\"2576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1.jpg 3864w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-278x185.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-526x350.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-666x444.jpg 666w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Aerodinamica-1-572x381.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3864px) 100vw, 3864px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As most of you know, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwood.com\/motorsport\/festival-of-speed\/\">The Goodwood Festival of Speed<\/a> is a huge celebration of many of the things we love. Every year it seems to get more and more of an essential date in the summer diary.<\/p>\n<p>If you care even a little bit about the the style, mechanics, heritage, design &#8211; and general magnificence of cars, then you have to be there.<\/p>\n<p>Thing is, there is so much to see, a single day is nowhere near enough.<\/p>\n<p>We regularly rely on lensmen of repute to dish up the best stuff from the event every year.<\/p>\n<p>And Scott Dennis&#8217;s amazing motion blur of the obscure and beautiful &#8216;Aero Alfa&#8217; (above) takes the proverbial biscuit.<\/p>\n<p>This car has a really murky, complex history, much of which is documented very well <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicandperformancecar.com\/features\/octane_features\/233224\/alfa_romeo_aerodinamica_spider.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say that this car was an Italian attempt to match the velocity and panache of the &#8216;silver arrows&#8217; being produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/mercedesheritage.com\/\">Mercedes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=myxMudtFX6g\">Auto Union<\/a> during the thirties.<\/p>\n<p>Its slippery design &#8211; straight out of the manifesto of Italian Futurism &#8211; is heartbreakingly pleasing to the eye.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more of Scott Dennis&#8217;s work in the forthcoming print mag &#8211; and go to <a href=\"http:\/\/scottdennis.wordpress.com\/\">Scott&#8217;s blog<\/a> for more high-end photography from Goodwood.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s some of the best we&#8217;ve seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fleeting Goodwood moments&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[2721,401,951,2016],"class_list":["post-21717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-goodwood","tag-italian","tag-mercedes","manufacturers-alfa-romeo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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