Scuderia Ferrari protégé and Alfa Romeo Racing Formula 1 driver Antonio Giovinazzi has been tasked with driving the Giulia GTA one final time before customers receive their cars. As expected of a Ferrari-backed racing driver and a Ferrari-developed engine, the corner-carving land missile has received the stamp of approval from the Italian sportsman.
Giovinazzi sums up the Giulia GTA in three words: “so much fun” over the Quadrifoglio, which is a seriously good sedan by all accounts. What makes the Gran Turismo Alleggerita better than the Quadrifoglio, you might ask?
Alleggerita is Italian for lightened, and on paper, Alfa Romeo promises weight savings in the ballpark of 100 kilograms (220 pounds). Two variants of the Giulia GTA will be produced in a limited run of 500 examples, and the more hardcore sibling is called GTAm as a tribute to the 1960s GTAm.
Both feature a 2.9-liter V6 bi-turbo engine codenamed 690T. Based on the F154 family of Ferrari V8s, the force-fed motor develops 540 PS (533 horsepower) on full song. That’s more than the M3 Competition for the 2021 model year, and it also eclipses the V8-powered AMG C 63 S.
Every car boasts a central exhaust system developed by Akrapovic, a carbon-fiber aerodynamic diffuser, 50-millimeter (2-in) wider tracks up front and out back, and a more aggressive suspension setup. Front aero has also been optimized for the sake of handling, and the Alcantara-trimmed cockpit makes no excuses about the car’s target customers. Alcantara is used extensively in the GTAm, which features a rear-seat delete and moldings designed to accommodate a pair of racing helmets and a fire extinguisher.
The GTAm further differs from the GTA through its roll bar, no door panels, pulls instead of handles, six-point harnesses from Sabelt, and Lexan thermoplastic for the side windows and rear windows. Provided that Alfa Romeo hasn’t sold them out, the Giulia GTA and GTAm retail at €176,500 and €181,500 ($214,745 and $220,830 at current exchange rates).
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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