1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale Coupe

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale was built at Bertone's Gruliasco factory. It was designed by Franco Scaglione, the man responsible for the three BAT prototypes. The main aim of the project was to develop a car that was as aerodynamic as possible, and many styling cues from the BATs are evident. Bertone managed to get the drag factor comfortably below the 0.3 CD threshold, giving the car an impressive 125 mph top speed. Around 1,350 were sold with either the original 1300cc Giulietta engine or the later uprated Giulia unit.

This particular SS was a gift from Bertone to Briggs Cunningham in 1961 in the hope that he would commission a similar Le Mans race car. Instead it was used by Cunningham while living in New York in the early 1960s. Sold to its second owner from Colorado in 1963, it was stored away until 1998 with only 25,000 miles on the odometer.