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33 Stradale Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 inspired Supercar
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The Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is a sports car manufactured by Alfa Romeo. Unveiled on August 30, 2023, the car was made available with two powertrain options, either a 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged 690T V6 engine (which is a development of the engine from the Giulia Quadrifoglio) or an all-electric powertrain option.
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No it's not, you're there turn the bloody camera around like on them steering wheel POV videos, we want~
now!
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tristatez28lt1
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Who is the strange speaking slicked back ancient guy? This presentation is not up to date... all is forgiven as long as they get the car right.
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Good grief! The limited-run Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is utterly gorgeous!
Only 33 will be made, and you can choose a 620bhp V6 or 750bhp+ tri-motor EV… if you have €3 million!
"You’ve got to love Alfa Romeo, right? It’s just one of the immutable automotive laws. There are too many great cars to list here, up to and including the current Giulia Quadrifoglio. Yet sales splutter and Alfa’s grand ambitions are perpetually thwarted. This is a love that’s constantly being tested.
Now meet the new 33 Stradale, a mid-engined, 620bhp ‘fuoriserie’ (limited edition) super sports car whose debt to its Sixties forebear is so strong they haven’t even bothered to change the name. With a heritage as potent as this, why not just lean into it?
“The new 33 Stradale has been designed to enhance our identity, elevate our aspirations, and embody our DNA and values,” says Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato. “It is the brand’s first custom-built car since 1969, and I promise it will not be our last. It brings Alfa Romeo back into the ‘Supercar Club’, of which we were one of the founding members. We wanted to create something that lived up to our past, to serve the brand and to make the Alfisti fandom proud.”
Let’s park Alfa’s long-held desire to be Italy’s BMW and take this thing at face value, shall we? It’s directly and unashamedly inspired by 1967’s near-unicorn, the 33 Stradale, designed by the maestro Franco Scaglione, and nothing less than one of the best-looking cars ever. The original was created to spearhead Alfa’s return to front-line racing and was the first in a series of unassailably cool competition machines (see the Tipo 33 bloodline).
This all happened under the leadership of the great Carlo Chiti, reporting to Alfa Romeo CEO, the engineer and polymath Giuseppe Eugenio Luraghi. These are two of the greatest characters in automotive history.
The new car, somewhat intriguingly, can be had with either a 3.0-litre, twin-turbo V6 making 620bhp or as a BEV that will most likely run three electric motors for more than 750bhp (Alfa is keeping its powder dry on the exact details for now.) It uses a carbon fibre monocoque with aluminium front and rear subframes. And it will be manufactured in a limited run of just 33 cars by celebrated Milanese carrozzeria, Touring Superleggera for maximum personalisation. There’s no word yet on the ICE/BEV split, though we reckon almost all buyers will go for the former; perhaps only a single tri-motor version will be built…
Either way, that’s almost twice as many units as the original – only 18 were made – a handful of which were used to underpin some of Italy’s coolest concept cars (1968’s Alfa Romeo Carabo and ’69’s Iguana, to name two).
The new 33 Stradale signals some important evolutionary steps for the company. It’s the creation of Bottega, a kind of skunkworks that Alfa Romeo says was inspired by Renaissance workshops and Sixties coachbuilders. A bespoke department, in other words, based in a special room in the Alfa Romeo museum in Arese. Potential customers were invited to a secret preview in Monza during last year’s Italian GP, where plump wallets were no doubt swiftly prised open (all 33 cars have been snapped up). But as well as being a high-end brand-building exercise, this is also a manifesto for Alfa’s future visual direction under the auspices of Head of Design, Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos.
“The 33 Stradale project has come about as a result of the passion and dedication of a small team of designers and engineers at the Alfa Romeo Centro Stile,” he asserts. “The design is inspired by Franco Scaglione’s masterpiece of 1967, with a bold look to the lines of future Alfa Romeo models. [It is] a true manifesto of essential beauty.”
Channelling the spirit of a car as beloved as the original 33 Stradale is not a quest for the faint-hearted: look at the way Marcello Gandini publicly and petulantly dissed 2022’s limited run Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4. Would we prefer an all-new Alfa Romeo supercar to posit an all-new design language? Perhaps. But you can’t deny that Centro Stile and the Bottega guys have done a straight-up job here. The front end sees an integrated nose and wing volume the Italians call a cofango, pleasingly short and almost stubby on the new car, while a strong V-shaped section adds tension to the softer elements. The Alfa scudetto – shield – is present and correct, but it’s rendered here in carbon fibre and can be ordered in classic form or in a 3D iteration. LEDs add a new graphic to headlights whose shape is close to the original."
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Only 33 will be made, and you can choose a 620bhp V6 or 750bhp+ tri-motor EV… if you have €3 million!
"You’ve got to love Alfa Romeo, right? It’s just one of the immutable automotive laws. There are too many great cars to list here, up to and including the current Giulia Quadrifoglio. Yet sales splutter and Alfa’s grand ambitions are perpetually thwarted. This is a love that’s constantly being tested.
Now meet the new 33 Stradale, a mid-engined, 620bhp ‘fuoriserie’ (limited edition) super sports car whose debt to its Sixties forebear is so strong they haven’t even bothered to change the name. With a heritage as potent as this, why not just lean into it?
“The new 33 Stradale has been designed to enhance our identity, elevate our aspirations, and embody our DNA and values,” says Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato. “It is the brand’s first custom-built car since 1969, and I promise it will not be our last. It brings Alfa Romeo back into the ‘Supercar Club’, of which we were one of the founding members. We wanted to create something that lived up to our past, to serve the brand and to make the Alfisti fandom proud.”
Let’s park Alfa’s long-held desire to be Italy’s BMW and take this thing at face value, shall we? It’s directly and unashamedly inspired by 1967’s near-unicorn, the 33 Stradale, designed by the maestro Franco Scaglione, and nothing less than one of the best-looking cars ever. The original was created to spearhead Alfa’s return to front-line racing and was the first in a series of unassailably cool competition machines (see the Tipo 33 bloodline).
This all happened under the leadership of the great Carlo Chiti, reporting to Alfa Romeo CEO, the engineer and polymath Giuseppe Eugenio Luraghi. These are two of the greatest characters in automotive history.
The new car, somewhat intriguingly, can be had with either a 3.0-litre, twin-turbo V6 making 620bhp or as a BEV that will most likely run three electric motors for more than 750bhp (Alfa is keeping its powder dry on the exact details for now.) It uses a carbon fibre monocoque with aluminium front and rear subframes. And it will be manufactured in a limited run of just 33 cars by celebrated Milanese carrozzeria, Touring Superleggera for maximum personalisation. There’s no word yet on the ICE/BEV split, though we reckon almost all buyers will go for the former; perhaps only a single tri-motor version will be built…
Either way, that’s almost twice as many units as the original – only 18 were made – a handful of which were used to underpin some of Italy’s coolest concept cars (1968’s Alfa Romeo Carabo and ’69’s Iguana, to name two).
The new 33 Stradale signals some important evolutionary steps for the company. It’s the creation of Bottega, a kind of skunkworks that Alfa Romeo says was inspired by Renaissance workshops and Sixties coachbuilders. A bespoke department, in other words, based in a special room in the Alfa Romeo museum in Arese. Potential customers were invited to a secret preview in Monza during last year’s Italian GP, where plump wallets were no doubt swiftly prised open (all 33 cars have been snapped up). But as well as being a high-end brand-building exercise, this is also a manifesto for Alfa’s future visual direction under the auspices of Head of Design, Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos.
“The 33 Stradale project has come about as a result of the passion and dedication of a small team of designers and engineers at the Alfa Romeo Centro Stile,” he asserts. “The design is inspired by Franco Scaglione’s masterpiece of 1967, with a bold look to the lines of future Alfa Romeo models. [It is] a true manifesto of essential beauty.”
Channelling the spirit of a car as beloved as the original 33 Stradale is not a quest for the faint-hearted: look at the way Marcello Gandini publicly and petulantly dissed 2022’s limited run Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4. Would we prefer an all-new Alfa Romeo supercar to posit an all-new design language? Perhaps. But you can’t deny that Centro Stile and the Bottega guys have done a straight-up job here. The front end sees an integrated nose and wing volume the Italians call a cofango, pleasingly short and almost stubby on the new car, while a strong V-shaped section adds tension to the softer elements. The Alfa scudetto – shield – is present and correct, but it’s rendered here in carbon fibre and can be ordered in classic form or in a 3D iteration. LEDs add a new graphic to headlights whose shape is close to the original."
Good grief! The limited-run Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is utterly gorgeous
Only 33 will be made, and you can choose a 620bhp V6 or 750bhp+ tri-motor EV… if you have €3 million
tristatez28lt1
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You know what? Not that impressed... and that super french CEO for such an italian heritage brand 
tristatez28lt1
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so this is mechanically an MC20 and MC20 Folgore which is also coming out next year. Just for 3 mil and more exclusive.Good grief! The limited-run Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is utterly gorgeous!
Only 33 will be made, and you can choose a 620bhp V6 or 750bhp+ tri-motor EV… if you have €3 million!
Tourbillon
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Give it sometime. It's an initial reaction of course! I felt similarly about, well I'd rather not say but the lighting didn't help that one!
And £3 million is entry level now anyway thanks to Rolls Royce LOL!
I don't need time, watching the video hit me immediately, a hyper beauty - Ferrari level and beyond, light years from what I felt when I saw the MC20, it's a shame they only make 33, from what I see this is the "engine" that Alfa needed to get it out of the well as a Halo car, like a return to life, much better than the 8C, outside and inside an orgasm of details and purity, I love it
lol, looks like it's the father of the project
Bridster
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Sadly, exactly what I suspected. Just rebodied MC20 for a ridiculous price. It does look pretty, but that's all there is to it. Hailing it as "Alfa Romeo's return to the supercar arena" is pretty ridiculous.
There is nothing wrong with Alfa doing a rebodied MC20 with their own exterior and interior, I don't think anyone would have problem with that. I just don't get why it's limited to 33 and costs €3M. If they just did an MC20 sister car, I would be all thumbs up. With this I have to go thumbs down, as this is just a pointless design car for collectors with no real significance or impact.
There is nothing wrong with Alfa doing a rebodied MC20 with their own exterior and interior, I don't think anyone would have problem with that. I just don't get why it's limited to 33 and costs €3M. If they just did an MC20 sister car, I would be all thumbs up. With this I have to go thumbs down, as this is just a pointless design car for collectors with no real significance or impact.
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tristatez28lt1
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^ and now we know what the MC20 Folgore will be like.
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https://www.evo.co.uk/alfa-romeo/205556/new-alfa-romeo-33-stradale-supercar-revealed
"Powertrain
The petrol-powered option uses a 3-litre V6 which Alfa Romeo says is a development of the 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 as seen in the Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio models. In the Giulia GTAm it develops around 533bhp; in the 33 Stradale it is expected to turn out 607bhp, a considerable hike.
It’s installed transversely in the engine bay (unlike the Maserati MC20, which positions its Nettuno V6 north-south)."
"Powertrain
The petrol-powered option uses a 3-litre V6 which Alfa Romeo says is a development of the 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 as seen in the Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio models. In the Giulia GTAm it develops around 533bhp; in the 33 Stradale it is expected to turn out 607bhp, a considerable hike.
It’s installed transversely in the engine bay (unlike the Maserati MC20, which positions its Nettuno V6 north-south)."
Bridster
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Not sure where you got the last sentence from, as it's not mentioned in the article you linked.
From Alfa's own press release:
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Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian luxury car manufacturer and a subsidiary of
Stellantis Italy. It was founded on 24 June 1910 in Milan, Italy, as A.L.F.A., an acronym
for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. The brand is known for sport-oriented vehicles
and has been involved in car racing since 1911. As of 2023, it is a subsidiary of the
multinational automotive manufacturing corporation Stellantis.
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