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Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce (GTV)

The 2000 GT Veloce was introduced in 1971 together with the 2000 Berlina sedan and 2000 Spider and built until 1976.

History

The 2000 range was the replacement for the 1750 range. Once again the engine was rationalized throughout the range. The engine displacement was increased to 1962 cc with a change of the bore and stroke to 84 mm × 88.5 mm. Oil and radiator capacities remained unchanged. The engine produced 132 PS (97 kW; 130 hp) at 5500 rpm with the SPICA fuel injection, which, once again, was only fitted to cars destined for the United States and Canadian markets, with carburetors retained for other markets producing officially the same power.

The sporting 1750 GT led to the development of the engine from 1779 to 1962 cc over the years. The new engine intended for road production, derived from the 1750 with various modifications, was marked with the initials AR00512.In 1971, when the 1750 sedan was replaced by the 2000 sedan, the 1750 GT Veloce (also known as 2000 GTV)  was also replaced by the 2000 GT Veloce (Alfa Romeo series 105.21). The increase in engine capacity resulting from the new 84mm bore brought power to 132 HP DIN (150 HP SAE).

The 2000 GT Veloce presented both technical and aesthetic renewals: new front grille with chrome bars with raised Alfa Romeo shield and integrated lights, larger rear lights, brand new central console, instrumentation in a single block created by the "Jaeger", placement of the secondary instrumentation grouped together in "cloverleaf" style between speedometer and tachometer behind the Hellebore dished steering wheel; new front seats. It was equipped with a 25% ZF limited slip differential as standard, while air conditioning was optional, Campagnolo or Cromodora "Millerighe" alloy wheels, metallic paint and leather upholstery.

The 2000 GT Veloce is the only GT to display, on the rear pillars, the sports badge depicting the snake (enamelled green on a white field) instead of the traditional green or gold four-leaf clover. Since 1974, with the presentation of the fourth series of the GT Junior (1300 and 1600), the whole range is made, internally and externally, aesthetically uniform to the 2000 GT Veloce, except for the rear lights, the badge with the snake green and the absence of overriders on the bumpers in the 1600 and 1300 displacements.The Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce, the rims are aftermarket

The increase in performance brought the maximum speed declared to over 195 km/h. The average acceleration found on the raw models was 7.2 seconds (one second less than the sedan variant) to reach 100 km/h (the original verification was made on the parameter of 60 miles per hour) and the time of 12 seconds and 6 tenths to cover, starting from a standing start, the distance of 400 meters (which corresponds to the 1/4 mile typical of US tests).The sporting qualities, partly inherited from the GTAm, have allowed many 2000 GT Veloce to be modified with the original 00512 engine and used for competitions, reducing the number of original cars available to collectors.

PERFORMANCE

• power-weight ratio: 15.3 lb/hp, 7 kg/hp
• acceleration: standing 1/4 mile 16.8 sec
• fuel consumption: 23.7 m/ imp gal, 19.8 m/US gal
• max speeds: (I) 29 mph, 47 km/h; (II) 48 mph, 77 km/h; (III) 71 mph, 114 km/h; (IV) 96 mph, 154 km/h; (V) over 121 mph, 195 km/h

The interior trim was also changed, with the most notable differences being the introduction of a separate instrument cluster, instead of the gauges installed in the dash panel in earlier cars. 

Externally the 2000 GTV is most easily distinguished by the following features:

• Grille with horizontal chrome bars, featuring protruding blocks forming the familiar Alfa heart in outline.
• Smaller hubcaps with exposed wheel nuts.
• Optional aluminum alloy wheels of the same size as the standard 5. 1/2J × 14 steel items, styled to the "turbina" design first seen on the alloy wheels of the Alfa Romeo Montreal. "Turbina" refers to the wheel's resemblance to a jet engine inlet.
• The larger rear light clusters first fitted to United States market 1750 GTV's were standard for all markets on the 2000 GTV.

From 1974 on, the 105 Series coupe models were rationalized and these external features became common to post-1974 GT 1300 Junior and GT 1600 Junior models, with only few distinguishing features marking the difference between models. 

Almost 38,000 examples of the 2000 GT Veloce were produced until 1975, of which 6,337 were sold in the United States (to which additional bumpers were applied to comply with US homologation and a plate with the wording "Alfa Romeo" placed above the badge on the rear bonnet) and 5,451 with right-hand drive. In total 37,459 2000 GTVs were made before production ended.

 

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint Zagato

Manufacturer	Alfa Romeo
Production	1963 to 1967
Designer	Ercole Spada at Zagato (SZ)
Class	Sports car
Layout	FR layout
Engine	2.6 L DOHC straight-6
Transmission	5-speed manual
Wheelbase	101.57 in, 2580 mm
Length	179.13 in, 4550 mm
Width	65.08 in, 1653 mm
Curb weight	2425 1b, 1100 kg

The Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint Zagato (SZ) was presented by Alfa Romeo In 1963.

History

At the Salon de Geneve, in March 1962, An evolution of the 2000 range is unveiled in the form of the sedan 2600, which will be produced until 1968.In 1963 Zagato presented the prototype of its interpretation of the 2600, designed by Ercole Spada, with an aerodynamic line that could be recognized from the front end fitted with elliptical-shaped headlights and a particularly large Alfa Romeo trilobe, it was distinguishable by the particularly original lines that recall the contemporary Zagato style, making it similar to a Lancia Flaminia Super Sport.

 The car was put into production only in 1965 and produced for only two years, with only 105 units built until 1967. In 1962, Carrozzeria Pininfarina presented its proposal for the nascent 2600 series. First it presented a sedan, then it created a red spider and, transforming the same car, an emerald green coupé. With integral chassis the front suspension as independent, wishbones, coil springs,anti-roll bar, with telescopic dampers at the rear rigid axle, trailing lower radius arms, transverse linkage bars, coil springs and telescopic dampers.

The 2600 Spider Speciale was presented at the 1962 Turin and Geneva Motor Shows, painted red, characterized by a clean and elegant line, with retractable headlights and a very special shield in which the Visconti snake and the Milan cross of the small round emblem they grow larger to occupy the entire Alfa Romeo trefoil, as already seen on their only sedan ever made. The car was later transformed into the 2600 Coupé Speciale presented at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1963, also equipped with other aesthetic changes, including the change of colour from red to green and the adoption of spoked wheels. After having lost track of it over the years, it was rediscovered in the United States and restored according to the specifications of the Brussels Motor Show.

The 2600 SZs are very rare with only 105 cars produced today they are by far the most valuable model in the 2600 range.

The twin cam engine of 2582 cu cm with light alloy cylinder block and cylinder head fitted with 3 Solex 44 PHH horizontal twin barrel carburettors produced 165 hp at 5900 rpm.

^PERFORMANCE:

• ^{Engine capacity: 157.91 cu in, 2582 cu cm}
  
• ^{Fuel consumption: 17.6 m/lmp gal, 14.7 m/US gal, 16 1 x 100 km}
  
• ^{Max speed: 133.6 mph, 215 km/h}
  
• ^{max power (SAE): 165 hp at 5900 rpm}
  
• ^{max torque (SAE):159 1b ft, 22 kgm at 4000 rpm}
  
• ^{max number of engine rpm: 6000}
  
• ^{specific power 63.9 hp/l}
  
• ^{power-weight ratio: 14.8 lb/hp, 6.7 kg/hp}
  
• ^{speed in top at 1000 rpm: 19.9 mph, 32.1 km/h.}
  
• ^{max speed in 1st gear: 29.8 mph, 48 km/h}
  
• ^{max speed in 2nd gear: 49.7 mph, 80 km/h}
  
• ^{max speed in 3rd gear: 73.3 mph, 118 km/h}
  
• ^{max speed in 4th gear: 98.8 mph, 159 km/h}
  
• ^{max speed in 5th gear: 133.6 mph,215 km/h}

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Alfa-Romeo 2600 Touring Spider 

Make	Alfa-Romeo
Class	Sports car
Main type	open roadster
Production	from 1962  to 1965
Engine	6 cylinders 2582cc
Length	177.30 in, 4500 mm
Wheel base	98.50 in, 2500 mm
Height	54.37 in, 1380 mm
Width	63.04 in, 1600 mm
Dry weight	2933 1b, 1330 kg

The 2600 Spider Touring was a open sports car produced from 1962 to 1966 by Alfa Romeo .

History

Like the 2600 sedan redesigned by the company, the new Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider as the series 106.01, was designed and built by the Carrozzeria Touring bodyshop .As with its direct ancestor, the Milanese coachbuilder decided not to use the Superleggera method , in which the exterior body panels were made of aluminum , but a modern monocoque structure made entirely of steel ,the 2600 Spider was the first bodywork built in the new factory in Nova Milanese . 

The 2600 Spider underwent restyling and adopted all the technical improvements made to the sedan, including the engine. The open two-seater is based on the four-door chassis, from which it inherits steering, brakes and suspension and from 1964 the brakes became disc brakes on all wheels., but with a shortened wheelbase from 2720 mm to 2500 mm and an engine boosted to 145 HP thanks to an increase in the compression ratio up to 9: 1 and the adoption of three double-barrel Solex 40 PHH carburettors. Thanks to the 5-speed gearbox  and the different bodywork, the spider reaches 124.2 mph (200 km/h).

• PERFORMANCE:
• Engine capacity: 157.91 cu in, 2582 cu cm
• Fuel consumption: 17.6 m imp gal, 14.7 m Us gal
• Max power (SAE): 165 hp at 5900 rpm
• Max torque (SAE) 159 1b ft, 22 kgm at 4000 rpm
• Max number of engine rpm: 6500
• Specific power 63.9 hp/l
• Max speed in 5th gear: 124.2 mph
• Power weight ratio: 17.9 lb/hp, 8.1 kg/hp

The bodywork of the 2600 Spider differs from that of the previous 2000 not only for the renewed mechanics, but also for numerous external details that distinguish it at first sight. It is in fact equipped with a single air intake on the bonnet (instead of the two smaller ones on the 2000) The first 2600 Spiders produced also had the bonnet that opens from the front, with hinges installed on the passenger compartment side, while later they were moved to the front cross member, so that the bonnet opens from the passenger compartment side but retains the small winged logos of the Touring bodywork , without the Superleggera writing in italics because the body is now in steel.

The front differs for the single front bumper instead of the previous split ones Right from the start, the success of the 2000 Spider in America prompted Alfa Romeo to produce the 2600 Spider America. The differences with the "European" 2600 Spider are limited to the front and rear bumpers , equipped with large rubber overriders to North American standards of the instruments and Rear lights..The 2600 Spider features a chrome grille between the windscreen and the bonnet and deflectors on the front windows. The side panel is simplified by eliminating the particular oblique chromed grilles of the 2000 and one of the two superimposed chromed sills, while the particular direction indicators with chromed "tail" remain on the front mudguard. Only the rear is practically unchanged, with the same chromed rear bumper extended along the side and the same vertically developing taillights surrounded by a chromed frame. These are mounted on the end of the fins and border the boot lid, on which the chromed license plate holder and the Alfa Romeo 2600 lettering are located.The line of the bodywork is not altered by the roof hood , which when open fits into a special compartment and when closed blends in with the rest of the car body.

Inside the passenger compartment of the 2600 also has two separate seats, well padded and upholstered in vinyl, but instead of the rear shelf for storing the luggage, there is a rear bench for accommodating two more occupants, being approved as 2 plus 2. The dashboard , painted black, has an eyelid inside which there are four circular instruments, the speedometer / odometer and tachometer , larger, and, smaller, petrol level indicator, oil pressure gauge and water and oil thermometer. The three-spoke steering wheel is in black Bakelite with aluminum spokes and a horn button . In the center of the board are therear-view mirror and a slot for the radio while in front of the passenger there is a glove box, closed by a flap, and a large grab handle.Among the paid accessories of this luxurious spider are the spoked wheels, the sedan's pressed sheet metal rims as standard, the air conditioning , the rigid sheet metal hard-top roof , the electric windows and the interior finished in leather , refined equipment suitable for the class of the car.

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Alfa Romeo 158 Race Car

Constructor	Alfa Romeo
Class	Race Car
Designer(s)	Gioacchino Colombo
Chassis	Single-seater, tubular frame
Suspension (front)	Trailing arm, transverse leaf springs, hydraulic dampers
Suspension (rear)	Swing axle, transverse leaf spring, hydraulic dampers De-Dion-axle was one of the last modifications 1951.
Engine	Alfa Romeo 1479 cc (90.3 cu in), straight-8, Roots-type supercharger**, front mounted.
Transmission	Alfa 4-speed manual
Power	190 bhp (142 kW) @ 6500 rpm 350 bhp (261 kW) @ 8500 rpm (F1)
Fuel	Shell (98.5 % methanol, 1 % Castor oil, 0.5 % water)
Tyres	Pirelli

The Alfa Romeo 158 Also known as Alfetta due to its small size, is one of the most successful racing cars ever produced. 

History

The first version of this successful racing car, the 158, was made during 1937/1938. The main responsibility for engineering was given to Gioacchino Colombo.

The car entered the history of modern sports car racing as the longest-lived single-seater in its various versions, and also, as the one that has achieved the greatest number of successes in the Grand Prix. 

First built in the spring of 1937, in the Scuderia Ferrari workshops. The abbreviation 158 was to indicate, according to a custom of the time, the engine capacity, of 1500 cc, and the number of cylinders, 8; the engine was supercharged, with a single stage Roots supercharger the two-stage supercharging by Roots-type blowers driven off the front end of the engine but mounted at the rear of the block on the left-hand side. From the very first bench tests it demonstrates remarkable qualities of power and reliability, developing 180 HP at 6,500 rpm, power which, at its first appearance on the track, reaches 195 HP, at 7,000 p.m. The Gearbox was integral with back axle (four-speeds, synchromesh on top and third) with swing axles at rear in conjunction with transverse leaf.

The car complied with the regulations in force since 1938 for the "small cars" category with a maximum engine capacity of 1.5 litres and compressor, against the 3.0 litres with compressor charge or 4.5 litres without of Grand Prix cars from that time.

The Alfa Romeo 158 officially debuted at the Coppa Ciano in Livorno on 7 August 1938, it was the winner, with Emilio Villoresi 1st, and Clemente Biondetti 2nd. 

The next evolution (model B), bears the date of 1939, and, with a power increased to 225 HP, at 7,500 rpm, wins the Coppa Ciano of Livorno, on 30 July 1939, and the XV Coppa Acerbo of Pescara , of 13 August 1939, with Clemente Biondetti. Unfortunately, the pre-war climate will prevent this car from racing across borders.

In 1940, due to the outbreak of the Second World War, car races were drastically reduced, and even more the following year, 1941, taking place almost exclusively in South America, with a reduced presence of European vehicles and drivers.

When the war was over, in 1946, racing returned and the Alfetta, further lightened and strengthened compared to the pre-war model (model 158/46; 254 HP; 7,500 rpm; weighing 630 kg), won, with Nino Farina, the 1st Grand Prix des Nations in Geneva on 21 July, also placing Carlo Felice Trossi in 2nd place and Jean-Pierre Wimille in 3rd place. He also wins, with Achille Varzi, the III Valentino Grand Prix, which takes place in Turin on 1 September (2nd Jean-Pierre Wimille, also on an Alfetta), and, with Carlo Felice Trossi, he wins the III Circuit of Milan, of 30 September, with Achille Varzi 2nd, eConsalvo Sanesi 3rd, also on Alfetta.

In 1947 , thanks to the adoption of a 2-stage Roots supercharger, the power was further increased to 275 HP, always at 7,500 rpm (model 158/46B), and, in that year, he was awarded: the VII Grand Prix ​​de Suisse, of 8 June, in Bremgarten , with Jean-Pierre Wimille (2nd Achille Varzi, and 3rd Carlo Felice Trossi, always on Alfetta); the VII Grand Prix de Belgique, on 29 June, on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit , again with Jean-Pierre Wimille (2nd Achille Varzi, and 3rd Carlo Felice Trossi, also on an Alfetta); the 1st Bari Grand Prix , on 13 July, with Achille Varzi (Consalvo Sanesi placed 2nd with a second car); the XVII Italian Grand Prix, on 7 September, at Parco Sempione in Milan. The victory goes to Carlo Felice Trossi, while 3 other Alfette are placed in 2nd place, with Achille Varzi, in 3rd, with Consalvo Sanesi, and in 4th with Alessandro Gaboardi .

In 1948, well into the season, power increased further, up to 315 HP, again at 7,500 rpm (model 158/47). Basically, the same as the first cars and developed during 1947 but not raced. The same engine with higher supercharge and bigger primary stage blower. modifications to the suspension to produce even greater flexibility. One practice car of this type was used at Berne but crashed, killing Varzi on the spot. The only discernible external difference is the use of a single large-diameter exhaust pipe in place of the two small pipes of the normal Type 158. 

 In this year, he won: the VIII Grand Prix de Suisse, on 4 July, in Bremgarten, with Carlo Felice Trossi winning ahead of Jean-Pierre Wimille, also in an Alfetta (in the tests of the same GP, Achille Varzi crashed with his Alfetta losing his life); the XXXV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, on 18 July, in Reims-Gueux, with Jean-Pierre Wimille first, ahead of Consalvo Sanesi and Alberto Ascari , all with the same car; the XVIII Italian Grand Prix, which takes place in the Parco del Valentino on 5 September, and which once again sees Jean-Pierre Wimille as the winner; the 1st Grand Prix of the Monza circuit, Monza , on 17 October, and which sees yet another victory for Jean-Pierre Wimille, ahead of Carlo Felice Trossi, Consalvo Sanesi, and Piero Taruffi , all 4 in an Alfa Romeo 158.

1949 opens in the worst possible way, for Alfetta and for world motoring: in fact, on January 28, during practice for the Juan Domingo Peron Grand Prix, on the Palermo Park circuit in Buenos Aires, he dies in an accident, at the wheel of a Gordini was Jean-Pierre Wimille, a promising driver who had reaped many successes in the years prior to driving the Alfetta, and on whom the Milanese company was aiming for that year as well. And, shortly after, Carlo Felice Trossi will also die, from an incurable disease. In a few months, the Alfa racing team, dominating the last 3 years of racing, practically disappeared. It was therefore decided not to participate in any Grand Prix.

The debut of the Alfetta in the 1st Formula 1 World Championship took place in 1950, with a completely new team, which saw lined up two Italian drivers, Nino Farina, and the no longer young Luigi Fagioli, born in 1898, and an Argentine driver, almost forty years old, but of whom great good is said, a certain Juan Manuel Fangio. With a power of 350 bhp at 8,600 rpm, and with a weight of only 700 kg, which brings the weight/power ratio to the remarkable (for those times) value of 2 kg/bhp, the Alfa Romeo 158 has no practically rivals, winning 6 of the 7 Grands Prix of this first world season (6 Grands Prix are considered, because at the Indianapolis 500, even if introduced in the world circuit, neither European drivers nor cars took part). The 7th Grand Prix of the season, the XXI Italian Grand Prix, the last round of the 1950 world championship, which takes place on 3 September at the Monza circuit, is won by the Alfa Romeo 159, the natural evolution of the 158, on its debut, driving, Nino Farina, who also won the 1st Formula 1 world champion title.

The car's last Grand Prix win came in 1953 at The Grand Prix, Italy.