Alfa Romeo has recently unveiled the 33 Stradale, the car they tag as 'super-sexy,' and they are not going to stop at it. The Italians are reportedly already working on a new supercar and are planning to roll out a limited-run model every year.
The success of the 33 Stradale inspired and encouraged the carmaker, now ready to kick off the development of another supercar. Before the official unveiling of the 33, the last supercar that Alfa introduced came almost 17 years prior.
The new Alfa model is going to be unveiled in 2026 as a 2027 model year. It is going to be a limited-run halo car, inspired, just like the 33 Stradale, from the history of the carmaker. The company has already identified potential customers and asked them for suggestions regarding the design of the upcoming supercar.
They have all suggested models from the 1960s and the 1970s, with four cars in particular being their favorites, as Cristiano Fiorio, head of strategic projects, revealed. He indicates the 1963 Giulia TZ, famous for its truncated rear end ('Coda Tronca'), which is not only a design feature, but also helps with aerodynamics.
The list of cars customers would want to see in a contemporary approach also includes the Alfa Romeo Montreal from 1970 and the 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ. No matter what the Italians go for, the standards are high since they labeled the 33 Stradale as 'the most beautiful car in the world.'
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For the recently unveiled 33 Stradale, Alfa Romeo looked for inspiration in the 1967 model with the same name. Even though the carmaker is not necessarily stuck on retro styling, that seems to be what customers really want right now, Alfa Romeo's head of design, Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, reveals.
For the development of the 33, but also of the upcoming supercar, Alfa Romeo came up with the Bottega special bespoke division. 'Bottega' is Italian for 'studio' or 'workshop.' Every single model wearing the Bottega signature will be low volume, with maximum runs of 50 or fewer, in an attempt to keep them exclusive and make sure that their value is increasing over the years. Alfa is planning to come up with a new special model every year.
16 months. That is how long Alfa's Bottega worked on the 33 Stradale, the company's first supercar in almost two decades. They already had the chassis and combustion engine from the Maserati MC20, so that must partially explain the speed of the development.
Alfa is also going to come up with an electric version of the 33. A total of 33 examples will be sold, and all have already been spoken for. The automaker has never mentioned a price for the super special supercar, but it reportedly costs $2.1 million.
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Those who are on the customers' list are yet to decide if they go for the 3.0-liter V6 or the electric powertrain. It seems that most of them are choosing the ICE. The Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is the last petrol-powered supercar, according to the Italians. This is a clear indication that the upcoming model is going to be powered by two or more electric motors.
Before rolling out a new supercar, the first with an electric powertrain, Alfa Romeo is working on a small electric crossover, a Jeep Avenger twin, underpinned by the e-CMP architecture. The EV is set to debut sometime in 2024, and it will join the Stelvio and the Tonale in the high-ground-clearance cars lineup bearing the Alfa Romeo badge.
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