{"id":25095,"date":"2018-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/alfa-romeo-155-gta-stradale-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-04T11:54:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T11:54:07","slug":"alfa-romeo-155-gta-stradale-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/alfa-romeo-155-gta-stradale-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo 155 GTA Stradale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While today’s DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) quarrels a bit with the future as a result of Mercedes-AMG’s exit, older motorsport fans are thinking back with a little melancholy to the days of the old DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft), which run until 1996. Until the introduction of the so-called Class-1-Touring-Cars, the teams used compact cars and middle-class vehicles, which corresponded except of some necessary changes for motorsport to production cars from the showroom. This proximity to the customers was used by many manufacturers for special edition models that should transport the sporting success to the roads. Some even had to produce these cars in order to be able to use some technical modifications in racing. These include the well-known Evolution models of the Mercedes-Benz 190 E, the BMW M3 Sportevo or the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 500.

It is less well known, that Alfa Romeo was also considering a limited edition of the 155 after having surprisingly won the DTM title with Nicola Larini behind the wheel in their debut season 1993. Together with Abarth and under the leadership of Sergio Limone, who had previously put the Lancia 037 on the wheels, first came a series of ideas and then a wind tunnel model. At this they tested different aerodynamic components, which were finally transferred to the scale of 1:1, to test them again on a real prototype. Our picture gallery proves that they even thought about a large roof wing in the style of the Ford Escort RS Cosworth, but finally rejected it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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