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Hot looks - Alfa Romeo Alfasud ti (historical test)

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Created on May 1, 1974

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Frank Stehno

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti (1978) - first generation of the TI, note the rear spoiler, which is still designed as a spoiler lip here

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud ti (1974) - in beautiful red paintwork

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti (1976) - with sporty rear spoiler and more power

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Alfasud 1.3 TI (1977) - with the 75 hp engine, the saloon now reaches 160 km/h - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1977

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud ti - the sporty offshoot costs 11540 francs, the 5-speed gearbox costs 400 francs extra, the heated rear window 250 francs - at the 1974 Geneva Motor Show

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 1.3 (1978) - the rear spoiler was not aesthetically convincing

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti (1978) - the sporty TI version was available with a 1.3 and 1.5-liter engine and featured two doors as well as front and rear spoilers

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti (1978) - the smart alloy wheels were optional extras

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Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.2 (1972) - in a contemporary advertising photograph

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Summary

With the two-door Alfa Romeo Alfasud ti, the brand with the cloverleaf ignited the first performance stage, after the four-door Berlina had been criticized from time to time for a certain lack of horsepower. Although the increase in power was limited to just five hp, these were nicely decorated with lots of sporty accessories and made the "ti" a real fun car, according to the writers of the Austrian Auto Revue. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report at the time and shows the Alfasud ti in historical pictures.

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Sporty shape ...
... with little extra power ...
... and more torque
The finest acoustics
Appetizingly presented
Only two-door and yet hardly less practical
Minor weaknesses
Handling in a class of its own
A lot of fun for a considerable amount of money
Hope for even more power

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Alfasud ti represents the second wave from the Alfa branch in Mezzogiorno and offers - with the exception of engine performance - the proverbial Alfa image. At the presentation of the Alfasud ti, we were pleasantly surprised: after two years, there is finally a "brew" that does away with some of the criticisms of the predecessor model - the ti's looks alone stamp its tamer brother as a crisis model. Nevertheless, the new model disappoints the super sports enthusiasts among Alfa fans: the engine output has only been increased by five hp, a ludicrously low figure when you realize the hidden horsepower that still lies dormant in the modern four-cylinder engine.

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