Alfa Romeo GTA
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| Alfa Romeo GTA | |
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| Manufacturer: | Alfa Romeo |
| Class: | front-engined coupe |
| Production: | 1962- 1971 |
| Predecessor: | Giulietta Coupé |
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| Body styles: | coupé |
| Engines: | 1570 cc |
The Alfa Romeo GTA was a coupé automobile manufactured by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1962 to 1971.
In 1962, the successor for the very popular Giulietta Coupé, internally called the "Series 105", was introduced. It used the shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car and was designed by Bertone. The name of the car evolved from Giulia Sprint GT to Giulia Sprint and to GTJ (Junior) and GTV (Veloce) in the late 1960s.
At the time, Alfa was very active in motorsport. Autodelta, the racing division of Alfa, developed a car for competition close to the roadgoing model. These cars were named GTA instead of GT, the 'A' standing for "Allegerita", Italian for lightweight.
Using lots of aluminium panels and by fitting a new 8-spark plug (twin spark, twin plug) cylinderhead, this car boasted 170bhp in the 1300cc car and up to 240bhp in the 2000cc car - A car usually related to the GTA but unlike the GTA derived from the GTV 1750, the 2000GTAm was created in 1968: There are 2 schools of thought about the "Am", neither one of them ever being confirmed by the factory: one says Allegerita Maggiorata, the other America. Most likely the latter is closest, since the car did not contain any aluminum parts and therefore not "Allegerita", and the base was a GTV 1750 with American injection system for homologation purposes for the American market. Spica was the injection system brand. The 1750 cc was later bored to 1985 cc to meet the 2000 cc limitation of its class to the maximum. Both types the GTA/ GTA 1300 Junior and the GTAm were very successful, these cars were lead to numerous victories. In the opening season at Monza, they won the first seven places. Andrea de Adamich claimed the title in 1966. Later on, the 1750 GTAm and the 2000 GTAm cars were lead to victory by Toine Hezemans, who won the 24 hours of Francorchamps with this car. These cars won hundreds of races before competition grew stronger in 1971. But the Giulia sometimes kept up with much bigger engined cars such as the 3 litre CSL BMW's.
GTA Engines
The Alfa 147 GTA was built with the 250 bhp 3.2 V6 24 engine which was a record for its class of car. It has an acceleration of 0-62 mph in 6.3 seconds with a top speed of 153 mph. The 250 Bhp output is achieved at 6200rpm and a torque of 30.6 kgm at 4,800 rpm.
External links
References
- Alfa Romeo Alleggerita Giulia Sprint GTA, Tony Adriaensens, ISBN 90-801197-1-7
- Alfa Romeo Giulia Coupe GT and GTA, John Tipler, ISBN 1-903706-47-5
Video Links
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA, GTV 1750, GTV 1300 Jr.