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Special class - Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 in the (historic) test

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Created on May 17, 1975

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Paul Simsa

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 (1975) - with only one headlight on each side

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 (1975) - cheaper than the 1.8-liter, but only two headlights

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 (1975) - visually close to the 1.8-liter

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 (1975) - little jewelry, but a beautiful silhouette

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 (1975) - cheaper version with single headlights and 106 instead of 121 hp - Geneva Motor Show 1975

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1600 (1976) - simply designed basic model with 1.6 liter engine capacity - Geneva Motor Show 1976

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.6 (1977) - Cockpit

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - Juan Manuel Fangio at the presentation in Grignano

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - elegant sports sedan

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - initially still equipped with chrome bumpers

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - immediately recognizable as an Alfa

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - with plenty of space in the trunk

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - good space in the sedan

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - good all-round visibility in the sports sedan

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - Interior with large round clocks and sports steering wheel

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1972) - Cockpit

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1973) - who could resist here

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1973) - straightforward design, functional

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1973) - instructive illustrative model shows the transaxle design of the car equipped with a De Dion axle - at the Geneva Motor Show in 1973

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1975) - built between 1975 and 1981 in three displacement variants

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta (1976) - was available with 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 liter displacement

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 1.8 (1976) - five-seater sedan

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2000 (1977) - with two-liter engine and square headlights

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2000 (1977) - new version with revised front end and two-liter engine with 122 hp - Geneva Motor Show 1977

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2000 (1977) - Steering wheel and dashboard

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2000 (1978) - the fastest version of the Alfetta with a two-liter engine

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Summary

Introduced in 1972 with the 1800/121 hp engine and in 1975 with the 1600/108 hp engine, Alfa Romeo offered an interesting car for gourmets on a tight budget with the Alfetta. The Alfetta embodied the step into the next generation of Alfa Romeo mid-range cars and offered the best chassis among the 1.6-liter cars. This test report explains how the Alfetta 1.6 fared in comparison with the 1.8 version and other Alfa machines.

This article contains the following chapters

Construction and chassis
Engine and gearbox
Interior
Bodywork
But some shortcomings
Plus points
Minus points
Overall verdict
Technical data & measured values

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Among the 1.6-liter cars, this is a special car for DM 13,990: Alfa Romeo equipped the Alfetta with the engine from the Giulia Super, which was boosted to 108 hp, simplified the equipment somewhat and thus offered an interesting car for gourmets on a tight budget. However, it should not be too tight either. An Alfetta is basically not an economy car, for that there has long been the Alfasud. Alfetta was once the name of a famous Alfa Romeo racing car. The Alfetta production car was designed with the same uncompromising racing technology as the 1800/121 hp engine presented in May 72. The 1600/108 hp version was launched in January 1975. This Alfetta 1.6 is no heavier empty than the structurally old-fashioned Giulia (1600/105 hp), but larger inside and for luggage. This is why the Alfetta's five-speed gearbox is stepped to slightly higher revs in relation to speed (rear axle reduction ratio 4.3 instead of 4.1), resulting in a slightly higher rev range.

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