{"id":79239,"date":"2021-09-08T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=79239"},"modified":"2021-09-22T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:29:56","slug":"alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider-veloce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider-veloce\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beautiful Italian cars often came from Alfa Romeo in the 1950s and 60s. A good example was the Giulietta, which began rolling to dealers in 1954. Originally, they planned to release the four-door sedan as the first variant. Due to various circumstances, however, the company finally switched to the two-door coup\u00e9 Giulietta Sprint. Its body was designed by Mario Felice Boano at Carrozzeria Ghia together with Franco Scaglione, who was already Bertone’s chief designer at the time. The Sprint was also produced at Bertone. The Berlina sedan followed a year later as an Alfa Romeo creation. To round off the model range, the two-door Spider with Pininfarina bodywork also appeared in the second half of 1955. The Promiscua station wagon and the Sprint Zagato and Sprint Speciale coup\u00e9 versions remained much rarer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea for the Spider came from the USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The idea of offering a two-door Spider based on the Giulietta was the brainchild of US importer Max Hoffman. He saw great potential for such a vehicle, particularly in the sunny regions of Florida and California. In addition, he made a commitment to Alfa Romeo’s management to purchase at least 600 units. Initially, a 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine with 59 kW\/80 hp worked under the hood. That was enough power to allow it to reach a topspeed of 102 mph. After all, the Giulietta Spider weighed only 880 kilograms. A short time later, Alfa Romeo also offered the Veloce version with 66 kW\/90 hp, reaching up to 112 mph. Accordingly, not only sun-hungry boulevard cruisers were interested in the little Italian car. Some vehicles were also used in motorsports. However, the drum brakes all around and the rigid rear axle quickly put an end to too great ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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