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Alfa Romeo Giulia SS - aerodynamic wonder for everyday use
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Created on December 2, 2017
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Written by:
Bruno von Rotz
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Summary
The elegant coupé that Bertone presented in Turin in 1957 only had an engine capacity of 1.3 liters, but it was capable of a top speed of over 200 km/h. Impressive. A racing career was on the cards, but things turned out differently. With almost 2800 units produced, the Granturismo coupé was certainly a commercial success and it is still popular today and much admired for its unusual design. This report portrays a 1.6-liter Giulia from 1964 and shows it in many current and historical pictures, which also impressively illustrate its predecessors.
This article contains the following chapters
- Aerodynamics as a shaper
- From prototype to series production
- Test drive with the original Giulietta SS
- From sport to concours
- From Juliet to Julia
- Without a direct successor
- The future of yesteryear
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 11min
Preview (beginning of the article)
It is almost exactly 60 years since Bertone first unveiled the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale to the public at the Turin Motor Show, at a time when most cars looked completely different and certainly couldn't reach 200 km/h with a displacement of 1.3 liters. The Bertone coupé was predicted to have a great future, but in the end things turned out differently than expected. Franco Scaglione was behind the spectacular shape of the Giulietta Sprint Speciale. His aim was to transfer his knowledge of aerodynamics from the even more exotic BAT 5, BAT 7 and BAT 9 prototypes to a road vehicle that could also be built.
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