When you think of Alfa Romeo, it is the Italian's company's sports cars,
above all, that fire the imagination, since they encapsulate everything
that is great about the brand. In successive dynasties of fixed-roof
coupés and convertible spiders, Alfa Romeo has built one of the greatest
canons of work of any car maker in the world.
The appeal of Alfa Romeo's sports cars is, of course, partly down to
their aesthetic eminence. A host of talented designers created their
best work for Alfa - Giorgetto Giugiaro's Giulia Sprint GT, Franco
Scaglione's 33 Stradale and Pininfarina's Duetto Spider, to name but a
few - but style was only ever a part of the story. Drivers love Alfa
Romeo coupés and spiders, too, because technically speaking, these cars
were in a class of their own. Alfa Romeo consistently employed elements
from much more expensive machinery, democratising them into its sports
cars. One can cite gearboxes with multiple ratios, all-round disc
brakes, lightweight aluminium engines, perfectly balanced weight
distribution and many more.
Alfa Romeo Coupes and Spider In Detail since 1945 celebrates Alfa
Romeo's most iconic sporting machinery. From the earliest sports cars of
its formative years right up to the present day, every Alfa coupé and
spider is described in detail. Included are exotics like the 6C 2500
Freccia d'Oro, Montreal and 8C Competizione; focused enthusiast cars
like the Giulietta Sprint Veloce, Giulia GTA and 4C; comfortable touring
machines such as the 2600 Spider and Giulia GTC; iconic "everyman"
sports cars like the Giulia Spider, Alfetta GTV and Alfasud Sprint; and
genuinely unique projects such as the ES-30 SZ. Also included are many
coachbuilt cars, official concepts and show cars.
