The Ferrari 308 GTS does not require a good photograph to look like what it is. It requires only sufficient light and a clear line of sight, and the rest follows inevitably from the Pininfarina body and the Maranello badge. The photograph taken somewhere below Taormina — the white hotel building visible on the hill above, the bougainvillea erupting in deep magenta from the volcanic rock, the cypresses marking the sky — provides considerably more than sufficient conditions, and the result is the strongest image produced by this Sicilian rally and possibly the best argument for the event’s existence.

The Fiat 124 Spider has spent most of its existence in the shadow of cars that were more expensive, more powerful, or more famous, and has spent the last two decades quietly becoming one of the more sensible investments in the Italian classic market. Rally number 26, a sage green Series 2 example photographed on the same Sicilian road as the Giulietta Spider that preceded it by a few car lengths, represents the argument for taking the 124 seriously on its own terms.