MILAN — Alfa Romeo has revealed the 33 Stradale, a limited-edition “halo” sports activities automotive impressed by the 1967 33 Stradale that was derived from the Tipo 33 sports-racing mannequin.
The 33 Stradale was unveiled Wednesday at an occasion on the Stellantis model’s museum within the Milan suburb of Arese. Alfa Romeo will construct 33 examples of coupe, and all of them have already been bought, the automaker mentioned. The value was not disclosed.
The automobiles might be assembled by the coachbuilder Touring Superleggera, whose store is near the Alfa Romeo museum.
The 33 Stradale has comparable specs to the Maserati MC20. It is going to be powered by at 3.0-liter, V-6 twin-turbo engine that produces greater than 620 hp, an evolution of the two.9-liter, V-6 engine utilized in high-performance Alfa Romeo fashions such because the Giulia Quadrifoglio midsize sedan and Stelvio Quadrifoglio midsize SUV.
A battery-electric model additionally might be constructed, with an output of greater than 750 hp and a variety of greater than 450 km (280 miles).
Each variations have a prime pace of 333 kph (206 mph) and may speed up from 0 to 100 kph (0 to 62 mph) in lower than three seconds. There are two drive modes, a softer highway setting and a race-oriented observe one.
The 33 Stradale is constructed on an aluminum H-frame and carbon fiber monocoque construction, which Alfa Romeo says combines rigidity and lightness; with the identical purpose, the roof construction has been engineered in carbon fiber and aluminum, with front-hinged doorways that open upward. The window frames are additionally made from carbon fiber, whereas the rear window is polycarbonate.
The double-arm suspension has energetic shock absorbers, and the entrance axle may be lifted to clear highway obstacles. Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes are activated by wire.
The 33 Stradale is the primary all-new Alfa Romeo mannequin revealed below design chief Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, a former head of design at Seat and Dacia who joined the automaker in June 2021.
Alfa Romeo says the 33 Stradale’s styling is the epitome of the model’s “mandatory magnificence” philosophy, which mixes know-how and aesthetics.
The entrance finish’s sinuous shapes are typical of Alfa Romeo, as is the scudetto (protect) grill. Gullwing-style doorways improve accessibility and ergonomics, Alfa Romeo says. On the rear, the automotive’s “brutal” essence is outlined by a truncated tail.
Alfa Romeo says a drag coefficient of 0.375 Cd is achieved with out the help of energetic gadgets corresponding to movable wings.
The inside is offered within the Tributo configuration, a homage to the historic automotive with leather-based and aluminum accents, and within the sportier Alfa Corse, which makes use of carbon fiber and Alcantara.
The motive force expertise has been “completely purified of all of the interactions required in a standard automotive,” Alfa Romeo says. The steering wheel has no buttons on it, simply aluminum shift paddles.
A restricted variety of controls may be discovered on the middle console; as in an airplane cockpit, extra controls are situated on the next aircraft, within the central lining on the within of the roof.
Alfa Romeo says every instance of the 33 Stradale has been constructed to the proprietor’s specs, with {custom} requests topic to the approval of the “33 Committee,” a gaggle of executives from varied departments, together with engineering, design and motorsport.
“That is the model’s first custom-built automotive since 1969, and I promise it will not be the final,” CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato mentioned in a information launch forward of the presentation.
The 33 designation was first utilized by Alfa Romeo within the mid-Nineteen Sixties for a sports-racing mannequin; later Alfa Romeo 33s received the world sports-car championship in 1975 and 1977.
A street-legal mannequin, the T33 Stradale, was a rear-engine, rear-drive, two-seat coupe powered by a 230-hp, 2.0-liter V-8 derived from Alfa’s 33 racecar. Alfa constructed simply 18 items of the 33 Stradale after its 1967 launch.