2015 Grand Auto Show: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Varna,
Bulgaria. The 2015 Grand Auto Show is tradition. It presents the new and
current models. Тhe 2015 Grand Auto Show comes with serious price discounts. I
have been publishing galleries of presented automobiles at the Grand Auto Show
since 2013. This year I would like to try to give you more information about every
model in alphabet order and to show pictures as well. So, the first model is
Alfa Romeo Giulietta.
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The old and new Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Sprint
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In
1954 at the Turin Motor Show was introduced the first Giulietta Sprint. It was
coupe model with 2+2 seats. The 4-door saloon Berlina was presented at Turin
Motor Show in April 1955. The most powerful version of the Berlina was called
Giulietta TI (Turismo Internationale) presented in 1957. The convertible
version by Pininfarina was called Giulietta Spider presented in the mid of 1955.
The estate version was also available with name Giulietta Promiscua. There were
built only 91 units of the estate version.
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| Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint |
The
Giulietta TI has front and longitudinal placed straight-four cylinders petrol
engine and light alloy head. Each cylinder has two valves. The engine also has
dual chain-driven overhead camshafts. There is single twin-choke carburetor,
distributor ignition and wet sump lubrication.
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1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
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The
engine displacement is 1290 cc with 65 hp @ 6150 rpm. The transmission is
rear-wheel drive, front mounted single dry-plate clutch. The gearbox is manual
4-speed plus reverse. The top speed is 155 km/h (96 mph). This engine was also
assembled into Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint and Spider models.
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1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ ‘CODA TRONCA’
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The
most powerful engine displacement also has 1290 cc but 98 hp @ 6500 rpm. The
differences were that this engine has two twin-choke carburetors instead a
single carburetor for the less powerful versions TI, Sprint and Spider. The
5-speed plus reverse manual gearbox was other specific feature. This engine
actuated Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato (SZ) and Sprint Speciale (SS)
models.
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Alfa Romeo SS
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The
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS model was with a horsepower less powerful (97 hp @ 6500
rpm) than the Sprint Zagato version. The top speed for both models was
respectively 183 km/h (114 mph) and 200 km/h (125 mph).
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1955 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
Prototipo
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The
Alfa Romeo were produced in 92 658 units of Giulietta TI model. The Sprint
Zagato model was produced in 840 units. The Sprint Speciale - 1252 units. The
Sprint - 24 084 units. Spider - 14 300 units; Spider Veloce – 2796 units.
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Prototipo in action
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My
research of the secondhand market in Europe shows that the price of Alfa Romeo
Giulietta from 50s to 70s starts from 15 000 Euro and reached almost 300 000
Euro.
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The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta – front
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The
Alfa Romeo changed the Giulietta name with Giulia from 1962 to 1978. In 1977
the Giulietta name was returned to the actual model which was in production to
1985. After 1985 the Alfa Romeo started to use numbers for its model as 33, 145
and 146 etc. The Giulietta name was retuned again in 2010 with the current model.
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The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta – front
and side
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The
Alfa Romeo Giulietta at the 2015 Grand Auto has 1.4L (1368 cc) petrol MultiAir
engine with 170 hp @ 5500 rpm. The torque is 250 Nm (184 lb.ft) @ 2500 rpm. The
top speed 218 km/h (136 mph). The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta has 6-speed
automatic transmission called ALFA TCT.
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The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta – side
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If
compare the Giulietta’ engines from 1950s and the current one there is just 78
cc differences. The power of the new engine is 1.7 times more powerful than the
first variant. The top speed of the new Giulietta with 1.4 L petrol engine and
170 hp is 218 km/h (136 mph).
