Touring Superleggera Model History

Italy · founded 1926

Milan's legendary coachbuilder (1926–1966, revived 2006) — inventor of the Superleggera tubular-frame construction method and the hand that shaped the Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta, Alfa Romeo 8C 2900, and Lamborghini's first road car.

Models

Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Berlinetta

The pre-war pinnacle of Touring's art — a handful of aluminium berlinettas on Alfa Romeo's supercharged straight-eight chassis, now among the most valuable cars ever auctioned.

Sports car · 1936–1939
Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta

The car that gave the world the word 'barchetta' — Touring's open roadster body on Ferrari's first great racing chassis, winner of the 1949 Le Mans and Mille Miglia.

Sports racing car · 1948–1950
Maserati 3500 GT

Touring's most prolific pre-closure commission — over 2,000 grand touring coupes that brought Maserati into the profitable road-car business.

Grand tourer · 1957–1964
Lamborghini 350/400 GT

The first Lamborghini road car — Touring reworked Franco Scaglione's concept into a production-ready grand tourer that launched the Sant'Agata marque.

Grand tourer · 1964–1968
Disco Volante by Touring

The revival era's breakthrough — eight hand-built coupes and seven Spyders on the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione chassis, winner of the 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Design Award.

Sports car · 2013–2016
Berlinetta Lusso

A five-unit Ferrari F12–based grand tourer that revived the classic Berlinetta Lusso name with hand-beaten aluminium and carbon-fibre construction.

Grand tourer · 2015–2015
Arese RH95

An 18-unit Ferrari 488–based anniversary supercar that celebrated Touring's 95th year with a dramatic rear fin referencing the 1930s Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Berlinetta.

Sports car · 2021–2021
Veloce12

A 30-unit open barchetta built on a Ferrari V12 platform — Touring's return to the open roadster form that produced the iconic 1948 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta.

Sports car · 2024–present

Other makes