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!colspan=2 style="color: white; background: darkgreen;"|Alfa Romeo 33
 
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|width="40%"|Manufacturer:||[[Alfa Romeo]]
 
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|Production:||[[1983]]-[[1994]]
 
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|Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] 5-door [[hatchback]] & [[station wagon]]
 
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|Predecessors:||[[Alfa Romeo Alfasud]]
 
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|Successors:||[[Alfa Romeo 145|Alfa Romeo 145/146]]
 
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|Competitors:||[[Ford Escort]]<br>[[Volkswagen Golf]]
 
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|colspan=2|[[Image:33pressphotorear.jpg|250px|Alfa Romeo 33]]
 
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The '''Alfa Romeo 33''' was a [[compact car|compact]] car built between by [[Alfa Romeo]] between 1983 and 1994.
 
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The Alfa 33 road car was essentially an evolution of its predecessor, the [[Alfa Romeo Alfasud|Alfasud]], which was based on the same floorplan, chassis and mechanicals albeit with some minor modifications.. Launched in 1983 as a 5-door hatchback, and a [[station wagon]] version (initially badged Giardinetta, later badged SportWagon) was introduced the following year as the same time as a 4x4 version of the hatchback. The hatchback (Berlina) was styled by the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, Ermano Cressoni, and station wagon was restyled by [[Pininfarina]]. The 33 became reknowned for its nimble handling and powerful boxer engines, but also became equally well-known for its unreliable electrics and tendencies to rust (a frequent complaint on Italian cars in general at the time).
 
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During its 11 year lifespan the 33 saw two restyles: a mild one in 1987, when the 1.7 litre engine was introduced and a revised interior, and a much more extensive one in 1990, with a heavily restyled exterior (in line with the new Alfa "family look" established by the flagship [[Alfa Romeo 164|164]]), a revised interior, and the 1.7 litre engine upgraded to a 137 bhp 16 valve version. 
 
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The 33 was discontinued in [[1994]] and replaced by the [[Alfa Romeo 145|Alfa Romeo 145 and 146]], which used the same Boxer engines but built around an entirely new platform based on the [[Fiat Tipo]].   
 
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===Single carburettor Engines===
 
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*1.3, 79bhp
 
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*1.5, 85bhp
 
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===Twin carburettor Engines===
 
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*1.3S  86bhp
 
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*1.5TI 95bhp
 
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*1.5  95bhp (Gold leaf / oro)
 
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*1.5QV  105bhp (Green leaf / quadrifoglio)
 
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*1.7QV  118bhp
 
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===Fuel injection Engines===
 
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*1.4 88bhp (some markets under 1.3 logo)
 
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*1.5 95bhp
 
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*1.7 107bhp (IE)
 
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*1.7 16v 137 - 132bhp (QV)
 
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*1.8 TD 83bhp (3 Cyl)
 
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==External links==
 
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* [http://www.alfaromeo.com/ Alfa Website also with Racing with History ]
 
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* [http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1968.html 1968 Race results]
 
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* [http://www.imca-slotracing.com/2006-FG.htm 1972 Racing season Alfa vs. Ferrari ]
 
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* [http://www.alfaclub.nl Dutch alfaclub with lots of technical information ]
 

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