Alfa Romeo Alfetta



The Alfa Romeo Alfetta is an Italian rear-wheel drive executive saloon car and also a fastback GT coupé produced from 1972 until 1987 by Alfa Romeo. The popularity of this unit was mainly due to its combination of modest design with powerful torquey inline 4 Nord engine producing 129 ft·lb of torque at 4000 rpm coupled with 130bhp maximum power.

The Alfetta 2000 Sedan was designed by Centro Stile Alfa Romeo whereas the Alfetta GT coupé 2000 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Alfa Romeo introduced Alfetta’s with a new drive train layout to the marque whereby the clutch, transmission and differential were housed at the rear of the car for a more balanced weight distribution which gave it a superb handling charisma. The suspension relied on double wishbones and torsion bars at the front and a De-Dion beam housed at the rear of the vehicle. The trans-axle design, in combination with inboard rear brakes and a well-located De-Dion rear suspension, resulted in excellent traction and handling.

The Alfetta was made available with four-cylinder DOHC engines with two valves per cylinder and came with a turbo diesel engine supplied by VM Motori. The earlier 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0L based models had twin [double-barrel carburettors], whilst the latter models received fuel injection. According to sources in 1994, there was only one unit Alfetta Diesel which was introduced in Malaysia and was owned by a chap in Kuantan but it has yet to be seen to date.

Alfetta 2000 was famous in Malaysia during its heyday since it was widely used by the Royal Malaysian Police in the late 70′s till late 80′s which replaced the Alfa Romeo Guilia 1300 as patrol cars. This car still remains a cult symbol amongst its enthusiasts in Malaysia and could be seen at times in Malaysian roads and during Alfa Romeo TT sessions.

Credits : Aron