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A Flying Star body on an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 chassis, this time with less typical connotations but enough to earn the definition of “Flying Star”.
This Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Flying Star is a powerful and very fast car which appeared in both a GT and racing car version. Built by Touring, in the hands of leading drivers, such as Nuvolari, Borzacchini, Brivio, Sommer, Chinetti and Campari, it enjoyed a long period of success in the main road and track races, including the Mille Miglia, the Le Mans 24 hours (four years in a row), the Monte Carlo G.P. and the Targa Florio. A 2.6-litre and a 2.9-litre version were subsequently produced.
The Flying Star is a type of body created by Touring Superleggera introduced at the 1931 Milan Auto Show on a Isotta Fraschini 8B chassis which gained a great success. It was also adapted to other chassis maintaining the same basic settings. The trademark elements of this kind of bodywork were basically a thick chrome strip on the side that starts from the radiator, runs along the entire car forming a ‘V’ at the doors and descends on the tail.
