After a disappointing debut campaign with the first generation Tipo 33 in 1967 during which the car showed a formidable turn of speed but poor reliability, Alfa Romeo commissioned Autodelta to…
Read MoreFollowing the spectacular success of the TZ and TZ2 GT racing cars, Alfa Romeo commissioned their official competition department, Autodelta, to work its magic on something with more mainstream…
Read MoreOff the back of an extremely successful debut campaign with the TZ which had most notably garnered class wins at the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Sebring 12 Hours, the Targa Florio and the…
Read MoreAlfa Romeo’s inaugural 1967 campaign with the Autodelta-developed Tipo 33 two-litre Group 6 Prototype was a mixed affair; while the Tipo 33 clearly had the speed to match its rivals from…
Read MoreHaving won the inaugural 1950 and ‘51 Formula 1 World Championship, Alfa Romeo quit single seater racing owing to the cost of building a new car for 1952 when a two-litre engine limit came into effect.
Read MoreProduced between 1974 and 1987, the Alfetta GT (which later evolved into the GTV) was Alfa Romeo’s two-door version of their Alfetta sedan which had been around in one shape of another since 1972.
Read MoreWhen Alfa Romeo decided to return to top flight Sports car racing in 1967, they did so with the Autodelta-designed and built Tipo 33 which was initially powered by a diminutive two-litre V8…
Read MoreAlfa Romeo originally hoped to sell 50 examples of the handsome Tipo 33 Stradale in order to qualify the car into the Group 4 Sports class. However, demand for the extremely expensive…
Read MoreAlfa Romeo’s failure to sell as many Tipo 33 Stradales as they had hoped left the firm with a surplus of naked chassis. It was originally anticipated that 50 Stradales would be built to qualify for the Group…
Read MoreFor much of 1972, Alfa Romeo’s motor racing division, Autodelta, was hard at work developing a new Flat 12 engine for use in the long-running Tipo 33 line of three-litre Group 6 Prototypes.
Read MoreWithin a few months of the Tipo 33 Stradale’s September 1967 launch, Alfa Romeo knew the model was not going to hit the 50-car homologation requirement for the Group 4 Sport category. Rather…
Read MoreAlthough Alfa Romeo had anticipated a production run of 50 Tipo 33 Stradales would be built in order to secure Group 4 homologation, only eleven standard examples are known to have been…
Read MoreIn mid 1964, Alfa Romeo commissioned their official motor sport partner, Autodelta, to develop a replacement for the enormously successful Tubolare Zagato (TZ). Like its predecessor, the new TZ2…
Read MoreAfter winning back-to-back World Championships with the mighty 158 and 159 ‘Alfetta‘ Grand Prix cars in 1950 and 1951, Alfa Romeo announced their withdrawal from works participation in motor sport.
Read MoreFive years after the last Tipo 33 Stradale-based concept, the sixth and final example was unveiled during March 1976 at the Geneva Motor Show. Constructed on chassis 750.33.117, it was the second…
Read MoreAutodelta, run by former Ferrari designer, Carlo Chiti, became Alfa Romeo’s official motorsport partner in March 1963. The first Autodelta product, the Tubolare Zagato (TZ), was a 1.6-litre GT racing…
Read MorePlans for a production run of 50 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradales proved overly optimistic and only 13 street cars were eventually completed. Too expensive to build and sell, Alfa Romeo were left with…
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