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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior - the little one with the bigger heart

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Created on March 15, 2016

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Bruno von Rotz

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - handy and easy to drive

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - classic coupé beauty

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the oil sump guard was and is a popular accessory

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - in Italy the speed was legally specified as "over 175 km/h"

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the Junior ran at around 185 km/h back then

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - 1020 kg and compact dimensions

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - good all-round visibility

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the side inclination is low

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - making cornering fun

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - a pleasant tourer

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - it feels particularly at home on country roads

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - hardly distinguishable from the 2000 GTV

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - not much space was provided for the rear seat passengers

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - Italian Granturismo elegance

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the headrests are more like neckrests

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - classic instruments arranged in caves

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - leatherette seats

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - Inner door lining

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - aluminum block and head as well as two overhead camshafts

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the 1.6-liter was equipped with carburetors from Weber or Dell'orto

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - even as a 1.6-liter model, the double-barrelled rocker has plenty of appeal

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - Chassis badge

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Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 (1974) - the famous Alfa radiator is only hinted at

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the Junior took over the radiator from the 2000 GTV in 1974

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the windshield wipers crouch on top of each other

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the small front windows can be rotated

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the designer leaves his mark

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - elegant door handles

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the trunk lid is opened using this lever behind the left door

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - you can't take too much with you in the "Bertone"

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - opening rear windows - who needs air conditioning?

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - GT-1600-Junior lettering

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - lettering on the rear

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - lettering on the rear

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Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior (1966) - there is no more charming way to present the little one

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1967) - the lady can hardly refuse

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Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior (1966) - the 1.6-liter was joined by the less expensive 1.3-liter

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1966) - you can also travel with four people in it

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Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300 GT Junior (1966) - All lined up for test drives

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Alfa Romeo Giulia GT 1300 Junior (1966) - the gentleman helps the lady into the car - photo from a sales brochure

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Alfa Romeo Giulia GT 1300 Junior (1966) - photo from a sales brochure

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Alfa Romeo Giulia GT 1300 Junior (1966) - atmospheric photo from a sales brochure

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Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior (1969) - the silhouette did not change in the entire 14-year production period

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Alfa Romeo Giulia GT 1300 Junior (1966) - Interior of the Junior version - Photo from a sales brochure

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1967) - with steel rims and hubcaps

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1967) - only the first series featured the large Alfa Romeo radiator grille

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1967) - plenty of space for its size, even for four people if necessary

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1966) - the small coupés were particularly popular on the beach

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1966) - the little sister

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1966) - pretty to look at, in any light

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1969) - Access to the rear seat

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1970) - Twin-camshaft engine also in the small model

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Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300 GT Junior (1966) - three related vehicles - GT 1300 Junior, Giulia 1300 TI, Giulia Super

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Alfa Romeo Giulia Super (1973) - together with GT Junior GT and SpiderJunior

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1970) - the dress of the coupé hardly changed, but the fashion did

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1970) - the silhouette remained unchanged over the entire production period

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Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (1971) - compact and sporty

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Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior (1976) - visually indistinguishable from the 1600 GT Junior

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Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV (1973) - with the two-liter the radiator grille changed, which then also found its way into the junior models

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Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce (1968) - Interior

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - the Junior received its four-eyes in 1974

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Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior (1974) - radiator like the 2000 GTV

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Summary

It represented the golden mean, so to speak, between the 1.3 and the 2.0-liter, the Bertone coupé Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior, built from 1972 to 1977. But even the small GTV had everything it needed, a twin-camshaft engine and a compact and exceptionally attractive body. And this is still true today. This driving report introduces the history of the GT Junior and shows the GT 1600 Junior in many current pictures and its brothers in extensive historical material.

This article contains the following chapters

Well introduced
Continuous evolution
The last incarnation
The golden mean
Attractive to this day
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It came later and appeared more youthful overall, which is probably why the Alfa Romeo people came up with the suffix "Junior" when they added a smaller version with a 1.3-liter engine to the Giulia Sprint GT coupé with a 1.6-liter engine in 1965. Visually no less attractive and still quite sporty, the "Junior" made it possible to enter the Alfa Romeo coupé world at a slightly lower price. Two years earlier, in September 1963, the carmakers from Milan had already presented the "Giulia Sprint GT" at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, a classically designed sports car with a twin-camshaft four-cylinder engine on the front axle and drive via the rear wheels.

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