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Dec 04
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2025 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio vs. Australia’s Best Driving Roads

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It’s 5 am on a slow Wednesday morning in Albury, NSW, and I’m prepping the 2025 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio for Australia’s best driving event, the Targa Classica. This four-day event is based on the famous Targa Florio in Italy where Alfa Romeo has a special connection.

The story goes that Italian racing driver Ugo Sivocci couldn’t win a race. Then, one day he decided to paint a ‘lucky’ four leaf clover on his car. When he did, he started winning races. The first race he won was the Targa Florio in 1923, and this was the first race where the Quadrifolgio symbol appeared on an Alfa Romeo. Sadly, one day Sivocci was testing the new Alfa Romeo P1 at Monza without the four leaf painted on it. During a high-speed test lap, Sivocci crashed and was tragically killed and the brand’s four leaf clover, which has one corner missing, symbolizing his absence, has been fixed to every performance-focused Alfa Romeo since.

Together, the 2025 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and I will drive some of the best roads in the country while competing in 70 to 80 time trials, including Gymkhana-style courses, point-to-point legs, average speed tests, and even some time on a race track to explore the car’s full potential.

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Dec 04
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Targa Classica competitors roll into Melbourne to kick off Grand Prix weekend

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A convoy of 100 modern and classic sporting cars arrive in Melbourne this week – here’s where to see them.

Australia’s take on the infamous Targa Florio road rally, the 2025 Targa Classica concludes its 2025 event with a display of all competitor vehicles this Thursday March 13 at Melbourne Olympic Park.

The 200-odd competitors, fresh from four days and over 1250km of touring and competition stages will gather for public viewing at Garden Square (behind Rod Laver Arena), at the Melbourne Park Tennis complex, between 3:30 and 7:30pm Thursday afternoon.

The Targa Florio road rally has been run in Sicily since 1906, and in 2017, with the support of the Palermo Car Club, the Targa Florio Australian Tribute was launched. It became the first event to ever carry the famous name outside of Italy.

Mar 11
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AXA Sydney Harbour Conours D’Elegance 2022

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AXA Sydney Harbour Conours D'Elegance 2022

The third time is a charm – having established a tradition with James we look forward to everything that is the Sydney Harbour Concours each year with great excitement.  Each year James and his team have delivered a great event – one filled with cars, colour, charm and champagne!  Pommery flowed from start to finish – Inge promised me that you can’t get a hangover from fine French Champagne – we certainly put the theory to the test.

 

How has James managed to run a world class event year in year out and continue to make it better.  In 2020, No GP / No Targa Florio – March came around and up we drove to Sydney for the SHC.  2021 the same again.  In 2022 March again and in a backdrop of flooding waters surrounding Sydney and a late change of venue due to the local council at Swifts deciding the events were off until parking can be sorted out, James moved the whole event into the centre of Sydney – the Hyde Park Barracks the perfect setting for 2 great days.

”How has James managed to run a world class event year in year out and continue to make it better?

Andrew LawsonTarga Florio Aus
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Girls posing in front of Historic cars

For the first time and facing flooding roads and no hood Paul and Linda decided to put the Alfa on the trailer for the drive to Sydney.  With more than 120,000km under our care it was the first event in Australia that the car had been on a trailer for – whilst Nuvolari would have driven his Alfa in 1938, the Lawson’s are getting soft and opted for the comfort of a 4-wheel drive for the trip north.

It was the right decision as the trip ended in sheeting rain and flooded roads – walls of water crossing median strips deluged the Nissan Patrol as the car pulled to a stop in Waverton.

The rain would come and go for the next few days but happily Saturday afternoon saw the sun come through for an enjoyable afternoon at the Barracks.

Thanks as always to James Nicholls and the Distinguished Gentleman’s Club for a fantastic event – as we drove south from Sydney the sheeting rain did not dampen our enthusiasm, we were very happy to have enjoyed great times with family, friends and all that is the magic of the Sydney Harbour Concours D’Elegance!

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