Man’s Highest Aspiration
The Alfa Romeo Montreal has enjoyed a surge in popularity among collectors and fans over the last few years, and for excellent reasons.
After all, it wears a legendary badge, looks to die for, a unique V8 engine that sounds like heaven, and, with only 3925 cars made, it’s pretty exclusive.
Expo 67
The Alfa Romeo Montreal owes its name to the Canadian city that hosted the very successful world’s fair of 1967. Visitors of the pavilion dedicated to mankind’s technical prowess were treated, among other things, to the sight of two identical Alfa Romeo coupés, resplendent in pearlescent white paint.
Alfa Romeo had received the distinct honor of being invited by the Expo’s organizers to showcase no less than “the highest aspiration of man in terms of cars.” It was no mean feat, given the high profile of the occasion, the rather daunting brief, and the fact the Expo was just nine months away.
The short timeframe led to choose the existing Giulia GT platform as a starting point, with the design and construction of the two prototypes in the hands of Alfa’s trusted partner Carrozzeria Bertone.
Bertone’s designer, Marcello Gandini, adapted the Lamborghini Miura’s design language to the Giulia’s front-engine…
