{"id":8825,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:19:29","slug":"alfa-romeo-rl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/alfa-romeo-rl\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo, 1923, RL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alfa Romeo \u201cRL\u201d, Martin & King, 1923<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The RL <\/strong>was designed in 1920 <\/strong>following the technical requirements of\u00a0the new \u201c3000\u201d racing formula that entered into force in 1921. Produced in seven series and four models (both racecars and road cars) until 1927<\/strong>, the car collected many racing successes,\u00a0like\u00a0the 1923 Targa Florio, won by\u00a0Ugo Sivocci<\/strong>\u00a0behind the wheel of an\u00a0RL Targa Florio<\/strong>.
\nThe car exhibited at the museum still has the Alfa Romeo badge without the laurel wreath<\/strong>, which was added later, after the company won the 1925 World Championship. This car was sold as a rolling chassis (a common practice for many prestigious cars at the time) in Australia, where it was fitted with a torpedo body built by the coachbuilder Martin & King<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>from Melbourne. The windscreen wiper is manual and controlled from the cockpit; the horn is electric, but the car is also fitted with a manual operating trumpet since the batteries often had insufficient range. The rear mirror is placed on the back of the headlamp, located on the chauffeur\u2019s right side.
\nAlso visible on our “RL” is the historic RACI Reale Automobile Club d’Italia “coat of arms” as it was from the 1920s until 1946.<\/p>\n

Luciano Nicolis used to say:
\n<\/strong>“This car comes from Australia, it’s very reliable and I attended many car meets like the Sardinia and Sicily tour with it. I consider this a significant car<\/em>”<\/p>\n

21st May 21st, 1989<\/strong>, driven by Luciano Nicolis, the car attends the \u201cCitt\u00e0 di Ferrara\u201d car meet.
\n1990s the car participates to Giro di Sardegna<\/strong>, organised by RIAR<\/strong> Registro Italiano Alfa Romeo.
\n2023<\/strong>\u00a0ACI Verona, La Notte del Centenario 1923-2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the article “RL Super Sport, Alfa Romeo’s first Victory at Targa Florio<\/a><\/strong>”<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n