The 1937 Atalanta Sports Tourer rides again - brand new inside, 75 years old on the outside
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The 2012 Atalanta Sports Tourer
The 2012 Atalanta Sports Tourer
An excerpt from the original brochure
An Atalanta at the famous Brooklands race circuit in the UK (note the speedbowl in background).
An original Atalanta
An original Atalanta
The Atalanta had a very promising start in motoring events before the war took everyone's mind elsewhere
The 1939 Atalanta V-12 'Foursome' Drop-head Coupe used the 4.3 litre Lincoln Zephyr engine.
The 1939 Atalanta V-12 'Foursome' Drop-head Coupe used the 4.3 litre Lincoln Zephyr engine.
The Atalanta V-12 two door sports saloon
The Atalanta in its original guise
The 2012 Atalanta Sports Tourer
The 2012 Atalanta Sports Tourer
The 2012 Atalanta Sports Tourer
The guage on the dashboard shows the current settings for the adjustable suspension - still a novelty today, but a long way ahead of its time.
From the brochure of the Atalanta
The suspension and brakes are modern
The Atalanta 2012 vintage
Idyllic pre-war Britain became anything but for the next decade - the Atalanta marque was one of the many victims of WW2
Article Summary
On March 5, 1937, a new automotive marque was born in the form of the Atalanta Sports Tourer. The high-tech Atalanta was well received but when Britain went to war just two years later, all production capacity was turned toward the war effort and the marque ceased to be. Last week, exactly 75 years later, the Atalanta marque was relaunched as a traditional sportscar built to modern standards with modern electrics, brakes, suspension, chassis and a grunty 185 bhp 2.5 litre VVT engine.
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