In the late 1950s, Alfa Romeo wanted a GT race car for privateer race teams, and it turned to the coachbuilder Zagato as an obvious partner. Alfa Romeo had already launched the Sprint Speciale, the SS high-performance version of the Giulietta, in 1957. Zagato fitted an alloy body on the SS chassis that was considerably lighter, and Alfa named it the SZ. Mechanically the Giulietta SZ was very similar to the SS and shared its high-compression 97-bhp 1,300cc engine. In 1961 a Kamm tail Coda Tronka version was introduced and called the SZ2. It was lower, slimmer, lighter and featured disc brakes on the front wheels.
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The 1954 Alfa Romeo Giulietta was an important vehicle for the Company, because it was the first offering since World War II that truly resembled the racing-inspired vehicles Alfa was capable of producing. The vehicles were mass-produced, a first for the company. The Giulietta came in various body styles including the Spider, Sprint, TI, and Veloce. The vehicles were built with the engine in the....
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