5 Stunning Vintage Alfa Romeo Concept Cars
The low-slung, mid-engined 33 chassis was an ideal platform for advanced design experiments, some of which would become true landmarks in the history of car design: here’s their story.
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5 min readJan 16, 2022
If you’ve read my article about Franco Scaglione, you know that the production of his ultimate masterpiece, the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, amounts to just 13 examples, including the two prototypes.
However, Alfa’s racing arm Autodelta built a total of 18 Stradale chassis, and the remaining five were handed to Italy’s most prestigious design houses to become spectacular show prototypes: here’s their story.
One: Bertone Carabo (1968)
Penned by Marcello Gandini for Bertone and first displayed in October 1968 at the Paris Motor Show, the Carabo’s revolutionary wedge shape, sharply truncated rear end, and origami-like surfaces changed the course of automobile design forever, inspiring countless other prototypes and cars made throughout the 70s and 80s.
