Located in Turin, within one of the historic Fiat manufacturing plants in the Mirafiori complex, the Heritage Hub contains over 250 historic vehicles from the Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Abarth brands. Many have not been on display before and this includes a couple of Barchettas.
Full details are available here: https://www.fcaheritage.com/en-uk/heritage/places/heritage-hub
The Heritage Hub is not currently open to the general public, however It has recently been announced that guided tours are now available for members of car clubs dedicated to the brands with a minimum number of 25 people required.
Clearly this would be a challenge for the UK Club to generate this level of interest for a trip to Italy such as this, but we would like to get an idea of those members who would be interested. If we can get an estimate of numbers then we will possibly talk to our Barchetta friends in Germany and the Netherlands to discover if we could work together.
Please note, this is not at this stage about planning a club organised road trip to Turin in Barchettas. The trip to the Heritage Hub could form part of a visit to the city where people make their own way there or travel as a group. Realistically this would happen in 2023 if we did have enough interest.
If you are interested then please email Neil on nrmead66@googlemail.com with your details and we will collate the numbers over the next couple of weeks to see if this is worth pursuing.
Can make no promises, but would certainly be interested if the date fell kindly for me.
Thanks Paul, we will be in touch if this progresses further, Neil
Neil, Thanks for coming up with this proposal. We’re definitely ‘in’. Turin is a great city in many respects.
Health and wealth permitting, we could be interested.
Thanks Graham, we will be in touch if this progresses further, Neil
Hi Neil, the barchetta Club Italy and Germany visited the museum ,the Mirafiori Factory and the Lingotto roof test track during a meeting 2015. ( 20 Year anniversary) .
Also the barchetta Tour of Norway will take place in 2023.
So I think there are not so many of our members interested.
But I can ask our BCD members in our next newsletter if you want to.
Best wishes from the other side of the water
Jörg
Hi Jörg
It would be great if you could ask the BCD members. We have had a few responses from UK members for the proposal. Hope you are all well.
Neil
Neil Louise and I would be interested in joining the trip to Turin Regards
Clive Marshall
Hi Clive, Thanks for letting me know. Will give it just a little longer to get an idea of numbers and be in touch if we can take this further – Neil
I might be a bit late to the party as I only joined the Club today, but this is most certainly of interest!
Only just seen this. I might well be interested in this, especially if Italy has finally seen sense and scrapped the green pass (or whatever it’s called) come next year
Hi Dominic, I will add your name to the list of those possibly interested.I am currently awaiting a reply from the Heritage Hub to a few questions I have asked. I have just come back from driving to Turin and there was no need for any green pass – Neil