1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale
The Sprint Speciale’s visual identity begins at the nose: a low, tapering front section curved like an aircraft fuselage, flowing back to a steeply raked windscreen with a small plastic air deflector mounted ahead of it.
Peaked front fenders and a domed greenhouse complete a shape drawn by Franco Scaglione at Bertone, extrapolating directly from his BAT (Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica) concept series of 1953-1955. The Sprint Speciale carried a claimed drag coefficient of 0.28 for a production car.
The body sat on the Giulietta Spider’s shorter 88.6-inch wheelbase rather than the Sprint Coupé’s. Power came from the 1.3-liter DOHC twin-cam inline-four, fitted with twin Weber side-draft carburetors and producing around 100 hp, sufficient to push the 1,900 lb (860 kg) coupe to a top speed of approximately 120-125 mph, well beyond what the conventionally bodied Giulietta Sprint or Spider could reach.
A five-speed gearbox and four-wheel drum brakes were standard equipment. The Giulietta Sprint Speciale was produced in 1,366 examples between 1957 and 1962.
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