Remember The Calculus Affair, where Tintin and Captain Haddock, in Geneva, enlist the help of an Italian driving a Lancia Aurelia to rescue Professor Calculus from his kidnappers? When the Swiss traffic cop stops the Aurelia for breaking all traffic rules and asks the Italian his name, our friend replies: Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Giuseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli! When I heard this car’s double-barrelled name, I was instantly reminded of Arturo and his Lancia, as it has no less an august name: Lancia Flaminia Sport Double Bubble Zagato Coupe. As the flustered Swiss cop would say, ‘Er, don’t do it again.’
Well, if you had a car like this, you simply can’t help but do it again and again. Drive like an Italian, that is. The Lancia Flaminia, remember, has a Sport attached to its name, and a proper V6 powering its rear wheels. With a silhouette that looks as fast as it goes and a muscular sound emanating from those twin exhausts, what else do you expect?
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