1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce Sprint Berlinetta

When Carlo Leto di Priolo crashed his Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce on the 1956 Mille Miglia, he had the car rebodied by Zagato, with aerodynamic aluminum coachwork. The rebuilt car was raced with such success that 18 further examples of the Sprint Veloce Zagato were built. The SVZ is perhaps the ultimate Alfa Romeo Giulietta. The SVZs had the highly tuned 750 series, 4-cylinder overhead camshaft 1300cc engines, giving 116 bhp. This car raced at the 1960 Targa Florio driven by its owner, Baldassare 'Saica' Taormina, finishing in 14th place. In 1960 Alfa Romeo collaborated with Zagato to build a production car incorporating the best features of the SVZ, and the Sprint Zagato, or SZ, was the result.

This car is one of 16 Sprint Veloce Zagato coupes built specially for competition between 1956 and 1959. All 16 Zagato cars were slightly different in finish and were tremendously successful on race tracks throughout Europe and the United States in period.

A restoration began in 2007 in Italy. It was imported to the United States in 2012 and is driven weekly in the New York City area.