Alfa Romeo Coupés & Spiders In Detail

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By Chris Rees

ISBN 978-1-906133-86-3

176 pages, Hardback

270mm x 210mm

320 illustrations

When you think of Alfa Romeo, it is the Italian’s company’s sports cars, above all, that fire the imagination, since they encapsulate everything that is great about the brand. In successive dynasties of fixed-roof coupés and convertible spiders, Alfa Romeo has built one of the greatest canons of work of any car maker in the world.

The appeal of Alfa Romeo’s sports cars is, of course, partly down to their aesthetic eminence. A host of talented designers created their best work for Alfa – Giorgetto Giugiaro’s Giulia Sprint GT, Franco Scaglione’s 33 Stradale and Pininfarina’s Duetto Spider to name but a few – but style was only ever a part of the story.

Drivers love Alfa Romeo coupés and spiders, too, because technically speaking, these cars were in a class of their own. Alfa Romeo consistently employed elements from much more expensive machinery, democratising them into its sports cars. One can cite gearboxes with multiple ratios, all-round disc brakes, lightweight aluminium engines, perfectly balanced weight distribution and many more.

This book celebrates Alfa Romeo’s most iconic sporting machinery. From the earliest sports cars of its formative years right up to the present day, every Alfa coupé and spider is described in detail. Included are exotics like the 6C 2500 Freccia d’Oro, Montreal and 8C Competizione; focused enthusiast cars like the Giulietta Sprint Veloce, Giulia GTA and 4C; comfortable touring machines such as the 2600 Spider and Giulia GTC; iconic “everyman” sports cars like the Giulia Spider, Alfetta GTV and Alfasud Sprint; and genuinely unique projects such as the ES-30 SZ. Also included are many coachbuilt cars, official concepts and show cars.

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1 – 6C: Sporting spirit 

6C 2500 & Freccia d’Oro/GT (1939-1948/1947-1953)

6C 2500 SS (1939-1952) 

6C 2500 coachbuilt models


Chapter 2 – 1900: Alfa’s populist contender 

1900 Sprint coupe/cabriolet (1951-1955)

1900 Super Sprint coupe/spider (1956-1958)

1900 Disco Volante (1952-1953)

1900 Bertone BAT series (1953-1955)

1900 Sport Spider (1954)

2000 Sportiva (1954)


Chapter 3 – 2000/2600 Tipo 102/106: Luxury and style

2000 Spider (1957-1961)

2000 Sprint (1960-1962)

2600 Spider (1962-1965)

2600 Sprint (1962-1966)

2600 SZ (1965-1967)

FNM Onça (1965)

Pininfarina 2600 Speciale (1962-1963)


Chapter 4 – Giulietta Tipo 750/101: New horizons

Giulietta Sprint (1954-1965)

Giulietta Sprint Veloce (1956-1962)

Giulia 1600 Sprint (1962-1964)

Giulietta Spider/Spider Veloce (1955-1962)

Giulia 1600 Spider/Spider Veloce (1962-1965)

Giulietta Sprint Speciale (1957-1965)

Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato (1956-1959)

Giulietta SZ 1st series (1960-1961)

Giulietta SZ 2nd series (1961-1962)


Chapter 5 – Giulia Tipo 105/115: High aspirations

Giulia Sprint GT (1963-1966)

Giulia Sprint GT Veloce (1965-1968)

Giulia 1600 GTC (1964-1966)

Giulia 1600 Sprint GTA (1965-1969)

Giulia 1300 GTA Junior (1968-1975)

Giulia 1300 GT Junior (1966-1971)

Giulia 1750 GT Veloce (1967-1973)

Giulia 2000 GT Veloce (1971-1976)

Giulia 1.3 GT/1.6 GT Junior (1972-1976)

Giulia TZ (1963-1966)

Giulia TZ2 (1965-1967)

Giulia TZ coachbuilts (1964-1966)

Giulia 1600 Zagato Gran Sport 4R (1966-1968)

Giulia 1300 GT Junior Z (1969-1972)

Giulia 1600 GT Junior Z (1972-1975)

Spider 1600 Duetto (1966-1968)

Spider 1750 Veloce (1967-1969)

Spider 1300 Junior (1968-1969)

Spider 1750 Veloce Series 2 (1969-1972)

Spider 1300 Junior Series 2 (1969-1977)

Spider 2000 Veloce (1971-1982)

Spider 1600 Junior/Veloce (1972-1981)

Spider 1.6/2.0 & QV Series 3 (1983-1989)

Spider 1.6/2.0 Series 4 (1990-1994)


Chapter 6 – 33 & Montreal: Alfa’s V8s

33 Stradale (1967-1969)

Montreal (1970-1977)


Chapter 7 – Alfetta Tipo 116: Better the Alfetta 

Alfetta GT 1.8 (1974-1976)

Alfetta GT 1.6 (1976-1980)

Alfetta GTV 2.0 (1976-1986)

Alfetta GTV 2.6 V8 (1977)

Alfetta GTV 2.0 Turbodelta (1979-1980)

Alfetta GTV 6 2.5 (1980-1986)

Alfetta GTV 3.0 V6 (1984-1985)


Chapter 8 – ES-30: Il Mostro

SZ (1989-1991)

RZ (1992-1994)


Chapter 9 – Front-wheel drive era & sporting rebirth

Alfasud Sprint 1.3/1.5 (1976-1987)

Alfasud Sprint 1.3/1.7 (1987-1989)

GTV 2.0/3.0 (1994-2003) 

GTV 1.8/2.0 (1994-2000)

GTV 2.0 JTS/3.0 (2003-2005)

GTV 3.2i (2003-2006)

Spider 2.0/3.0 (1995-2003) 

Spider 1.8/2.0 (1995-2003)

Spider 2.0 JTS/3.0 (2003-2006)

Spider 3.2i (2003-2006)

GT (2003-2010)

Brera (2005-2010)

Spider (2006-2010)

8C Competizione (2008)

8C Spider (2009)

4C (2013-)

4C Spider (2014-)

Proteo (1991) 

Nuvola (1996) 

Centauri (1999)

Future Alfa Coupes



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