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Offering a general resume of the Giulietta Sprint, the book is well illustrated in the main with period images, some which have been reproduced from original sales brochures. Incorporating an appraisal on the mechanicals, and driving characteristics, use of the car in competition is also touched on...

One of the ultimate sports cars of its day, the 2.9 Alfa Romeo naturally became the play thing of kings and princes, and wealthy patrons of the European motor racing scene. Fewer than 40 of these fabulous machines were produced, and each had inevitably become the automotive equivalent of a Rembrandt..

First published in 1986, the original edition became an instant classic and established Simon Moore as the world's foremost authority on the history of Alfa Romeo's famous pre-war eight-cylinder cars. Only 2,500 copies of the first edition were printed and the book has not been available over twenty..