Glossary / General

Mille Miglia

8 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Mille Miglia was a race in Italy where cars drove over 1,000 miles on public roads.

Technical Definition

The Mille Miglia was an Italian open-road endurance race covering about 1,000 miles, famous for its speed and danger.

Hear It Discussed

"...which was an event that ran until 1957 in Italy and it was like a real race. But then it got resuscitated in 1991 in California as more of a sort of casual drive rally event."
Driving 1000 Miles In A 70-year old car — Carmudgeon Show Jason Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott — Ep. 193 The Carmudgeon Show 07:25

"Scuderia Ferrari, which was still operational in a support capacity and even entered into the Mille Miglia, a brutal thousand mile endurance race across northern Italy."
Ferrari Borrowed Its Most Famous Symbol Past Gas 32:46

"it's pretty hairy, but you, it's, it's such a sort of expression of the, the old days of Italy, Italian motorsport, that you're kind of reluctant to say, well, ban it,"
To the office! Mille Miglia, Minis, a hydrogen record My week in cars: the Autocar podcast 35:47