Alfa Romeo Alfetta

The Alfa Romeo Alfetta is a sporty sedan of the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo . The car was in the United States sold under the name Alfa Romeo sports sedan.The name Alfetta was used previously for the Grand Prix racing cars Alfa Romeo from the 1940s.

Early 1970 it was time for Alfa Romeo to renew the model range. The Alfa Romeo Giulia, on which the Alfa Romeo Berlina was based, was already in production since 1962 and was due for renewal. In 1972, the Alfetta 1800 followed the smallest Berlina, 1750, op. The Berlina 2000 would remain until 1977 in production. The Alfetta 1.8 got the engine out of the Berlina 1750, a four-cylinder engine with two overhead camshafts and 1779 cc. The Alfetta produced this 121 hp, a top speed of 180 km / h sprint in 9.5 seconds from zero to one hundred km / h. The suspension and driving of the Alfetta did change at all in relation to the Berlina. The gearbox and clutch were built back in the sedan to create an ideal weight distribution. The downside of this was the long-Gear lever which often caused problems with the synchromesch rings of 2nd gear. Giorgetto Giugiaro led to the appearance of the Alfetta.

Two years later, in 1974, the Alfetta 1.8 received a minor facelift and he was joined by the Alfetta 1.6 with single round headlights and the 1570 cc engine from the Giulia.In that year, based on the Alfetta also built a successor to the Giulia Sprint. The car was given the type designation Alfetta GT 1800 with a 115hp engine and was a fastback coupe. Again gave Giugiaro design bureau for the design.

In the same year for the US market was also built an Alfetta 2000 with a 1962 cc engine. From 1977 the Berlina 2000 Alfetta 2000 was also available in Europe and so has a successor. The Alfetta 2000 also saw what different from the 1800 and 1600: he had a long nose straight headlamps, bigger bumpers and larger tail lights. The GT version was the engine 2000 and the name was changed to Alfetta GTV 2000, which once marked the end of the Giulia Sprint GTV.

In 1978 Alfa Romeo Alfetta Turbo D brought the first turbo diesel for the European market. The engine was developed together with the Italian engine manufacturer VM and yielded a maximum output of 82 hp.

In 1981, the new 2492 cc was V6 from Alfa 6 stopped in the GTV, which was renamed Alfetta GTV6. The engine produced a maximum power of 160 hp and a maximum torque of 220 Nm.

In 1984, the Alfetta was followed by the Alfa Romeo 90 . The GTV models would still have to wait until 1995 for it with the new Alfa Romeo GTV received a real successor.