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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta - practical station wagon with sporty genes

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Created on May 22, 2020

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - fast 160 km/h Spitze waren möglich

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - einen Heckscheibenwischer gab es nicht

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - von vorne kaum von der Limousine zu unterscheiden

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - klassisches Alfasud-Gesicht der ersten Generation

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - die Scharniere der Heckklappe liegen aussen

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - eigenständige Rückleuchten

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - angenehmer Reisebegleiter

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - die Heckscheibe war in Italien ursprünglich nicht Teil der Grundausstattung

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - die Fahrleistungen lagen auf ähnlichem Niveau wie diejenigen der Limousine

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - grosszügig verglast, Rundumsicht garantiert

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - kompaktes Raumwunder

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - auffallend die Entlüftung hinter der Seitenscheibe

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - die Klappe öffnet weit und wird von zwei Gasdruckstossdämpfern gehalten

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - das Design der Limousine stammte von Giugiaro

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - da passt einiges hinein

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - auch mit hochgeklappten hinteren Sitzlehnen nimmt der Kofferraum 600 Liter oder 0,6 Kubikmeter Holz auf

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - die Farbe heisst "giallo Pompei"

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - die hintere Seitenscheibe ist nicht unterteilt

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - mit 1,2-Liter-Boxermotor

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - seltene Erscheinung, es wurden keine 6000 Exemplare gebaut

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - für fünf Personen und viel Gepäck

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - funktionelle Eleganz

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - klassisches Sud-Interieur mit Kunststoffsitzbezügen in der Farbe blue marine

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - der Drehzahlmesser fehlt

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - Alfa-Zeichen in der Lenkradnabe

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - Radio-Tonband aus der Zeit

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - Alfasud-Schriftzug auf dem Handschufach

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - Vierzylinder-Boxermotor, wassergekühlt, längs eingebaut

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - klassischer Alfa-Kühlergrill

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - unter der Klappe ...

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - ... verbirgt sich das Reserverad

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - Kunststoffflächen im Holz-Look

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - mit ungelegten Rücksitzen

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - Alfasud-Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1971) - Präsentation im Jahre 1971

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1972) - in der 1.2-Liter-Ausführung

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1973) - vier Türen, fünf Plätze, 9'950 Franken - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 1973

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1971) - die ersten Versionen des Alfasud hatten Vinylsitze und Gummiabdeckungen auf dem Boden

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1972) - erste Testfahrt mit dem Alfasud im Jahre 1972

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1972) - Motorraum des ersten Suds

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud (1972) - Produktionslinie im Mezzogiorno

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1978) - eine weit öffnende Hecktüre, aber nur zwei Seitentüren

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1978) - eine dreitürige Kombiversion

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - für die ganze Familie

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - Jagdszenen aus Bayern

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1975) - zusätzliche Karosserievariante mit Heckklappe beim Alfasud - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1975

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1975) - die Kombi-Version

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - in der Verkaufsliteratur von damals

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - Blick in den Kofferraum

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - Blick ins Interieur

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - viel Platz für das Gepäck

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta (1976) - heute äusserst rare Variante mit Kombi-Heck auf dem Clubstand - Auto e Moto d'Epoca 2018

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta 1.2 (1976) - einfach gestaltete Heckklappe

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Summary

When the Alfa Romeo Alfasud came onto the market in 1971, it was predicted to have a great future because the car was a real success. However, it had one flaw: it lacked a large tailgate. This came in 1975 in the form of the "Giardinetta" variant, a veritable sports estate. However, Alfa Romeo was probably too early with this type of vehicle, as the estate car Sud was not a commercial success. Instead, it is a real rarity today. This vehicle report focuses on the three-door Alfasud with rear doors and shows it in current and historical photographs as well as in the sales literature.

This article contains the following chapters

The new design with a break with tradition
Alfa Romeo's first estate
Technology of the saloon
The perfect combination?
Missed opportunity
Premature end
A survivor

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

No, the Giardinetta has little to do with a garden ("Giardina"), the term is simply used in Italy to describe an estate car. And the fact that most people have never seen an Alfa Romeo Alfasud Giardinetta in the wild with their own eyes can also be explained by the fact that only a few examples were built. Yet the Alfasud estate had a number of advantages. And the practical Giardinetta was also a little green, at least on the sales brochure. At the beginning of the seventies, an Alfa Romeo usually had four cylinders installed in a row lengthways in the front end, although eight cylinders in a V-shape were also permitted as an exception. And, of course, the driven wheels turned at the rear. A boxer engine and front-wheel drive were left to Citroën or Lancia. But all this changed in 1971, when the Alfasud came onto the market.

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