Alfa Romeo Alfasud

The Alfa Romeo Alfasud is a compact car from the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo . The Alfasud was first introduced to the public in 1971 and remained in production until 1984.

Early 1960, Alfa Romeo decided to produce a smaller car than the Giulia . The Alfasud has no predecessor and had to be completely redesigned. To build the Alfasud was even a new factory built. Alfa Romeo was then owned by the Italian state and to create employment in the south of Italy Pomigliano d'Arco near Naples chosen as the location of the new plant. This explains the name of the Alfasud (sud is south in Italian) and made ​​sure that Milan disappeared from the logo Alfa Romeo.

The development of the Alfasud project was led by Rudolf Hruska and was first elected to Alfa Romeo for front wheel drive. There was also a completely new engine developed a 4 cylinder boxer engine of 1186 cc 63 hp. The design of the Alfa Sud came from Giorgetto Giugiaro, who ItalDesign had just started his own business.Although he looked as the Alfa Sud was not a hatchback and had four or two doors. The three- and five-door only came in 1981.

Initially, the reactions to the Alfasud positive: the car looked good and sporty, drove well and had a relatively large space inside. Later, however, the quality of the light: the finish was poor and the Alfasud had problems with rust . To cope with these problems was built the Alfasud Super in 1978 with a different kind of steel that was more resistant to rust. However, the rusting of the Alfasud would still years for an image problem precautions for Alfa Romeo.

Alfa Romeo also struggled with the problem of production. By strikes and excuses for not working, were produced only 465 cars in the first half. Actually, the daily production.

Other variants of the Alfasud, the Alfasud TI 1973, the Alfasud L 1974, the Alfasud Giardinetta 1975 and the Alfasud Sprint in 1976. In 1980, the facelift of the Alfasud appeared with larger headlamps, bigger plastic bumpers and larger tail lights.