- Alfa Romeo is delighted to announce the return of the legendary 33 Stradale, an icon of the Nineteen Sixties, reputed by many to be one of the crucial stunning automobiles of all time, and derived instantly from the Tipo 33 – as soon as a giant identify in world motorsport.
- A undertaking that respectfully celebrates the model’s historical past and takes it ahead into the longer term. The new 33 Stradale acts as the perfect hyperlink between the interior combustion engines of the previous and the electrical future, achieved by rigorously and respectfully reinterpreting the stylistic options of the 1967 33 Stradale. A automotive that takes on the position of the Alfa Romeo manifesto and anticipates particular particulars from the model’s future.
- After over 50 years, Alfa Romeo is returning to the world of “fuoriserie” (‘custom-built’) automobiles, with a restricted collection of solely 33 models, all of which have already bought.
- A “fuoriserie” (‘custom-built’) automotive sort accredited to be pushed on the street, the 33 Stradale provides excellent efficiency on the monitor however has been conceived with no compromises when it comes to consolation and ease of use, together with on an on a regular basis foundation.
- Handcrafted on the Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera, their tailored high quality requirements assure obsessive consideration to element. Each automotive is designed to be a singular and unrepeatable murals, with the ambition to grow to be a part of Alfa Romeo’s historical past.
- An unprecedented stage of customisation: to assure the individuality of every mannequin, we now have the “Bottega,” a workforce of Alfa Romeo professionals who concerned clients from the outset to begin to collectively create their automotive, distinctive in each element, all the way in which to the choice of personally “signing” the chassis quantity.
- The undertaking confirms Alfa Romeo’s strategy to producing unique restricted editions through artisan processes, technological innovation and profound buyer interplay.
- The undertaking outcomes from the fervour inside the Alfa Romeo workforce, whose robust need was to create a one-of-a-kind within the automotive panorama and inside the Stellantis Group, however above all, one thing that would match up to the model’s historical past. The alternative of a lifetime for automotive followers, who’ve turned their ardour into their vocation, like a dream come true.
Alfa Romeo is delighted to announce the rebirth of the custom-built 33 Stradale, a veritable “manifesto” of the Italian model’s present and future capabilities concerning type and driving expertise. Made in solely 33 unique models, in accordance to a singular artisan course of, the brand new “two-seater” coupé combines the model’s heritage and future because the image of noble Italian sportsmanship.
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The important ingredient to make a dream come true is an effective dose of braveness and a pinch of wholesome insanity. This was the identical recipe for the automotive many think about among the many most stunning ever: the 33 Stradale, launched in 1967. Today, with the identical boldness and imaginative and prescient, the Alfa Romeo workforce has designed and developed the brand new 33 Stradale, an genuine murals in movement, the upshot of the proper mixture of magnificence and know-how. Its purpose is to present essentially the most thrilling driving expertise and the immortal allure of an icon to a tiny circle of fans who’ve believed within the undertaking ever for the reason that outset. The new 33 Stradale was created on the newly based Alfa Romeo “Bottega”, the place the model’s designers, engineers and historians first listened to potential consumers, then produced the automotive collectively, exactly the identical method as in Renaissance artisan boutiques and the Nineteen Sixties workshops of famend Italian coachbuilders.
In the phrases of Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of the Alfa Romeo model:
“With the new 33 Stradale, we wanted to create something that lived up to our past, serve the brand, and make the Alfisti fandom proud. Such a result could only have been achieved thanks to our team’s expertise, hard work and passion, with the support of management who have the clear ambition to contribute to writing chapters in the brand’s future, in full respect of its unique history. This is the brand’s first custom-built car since 1969, and I promise it won’t be the last.”
The epitome of “necessary beauty.”
Produced by the Alfa Romeo Centro Stile, the brand new 33 Stradale is impressed by the historic 1967 mannequin, with enrichments to its sculptural magnificence with sure design components from Alfa Romeo’s distinctive language of favor. The exterior options an ideal steadiness between proportions, volumes and processing of the surfaces and turns into the epitome of Alfa Romeo’s “necessary beauty”. The entrance has a robust and muscular quantity, the place the standout options are the long-lasting defend and the advanced types of the lights with their elliptical base. The profile is dynamic and slender, with doorways with an “elytra” opening and two massive air inlets on the facet. The physique is projected ahead, with surfaces modelled in accordance to the factors typical of Alfa Romeo’s formal expression. In addition, courtesy of the nook opening of the doorways and the massive wraparound sunroof, the motive force can get pleasure from a singular view, very related to the cockpit of an aeroplane. The general picture provided by the opening of the bonnet and doorways enhances the automotive’s theatrical outlook. The curved entrance balances the “brutal” rear, and the utmost top isn’t on the windshield stage, as on every other sports activities automotive, however in the course of the roof. In specific, the rear space expresses the power of the automotive courtesy of the truncated tail, a V-shaped graphic and the spherical rear mild clusters. The aerodynamic effectivity is confirmed by a Cx of 0.375 at zero Cz (downlift) – for exact alternative with out assistance from lively methods.
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The minimalism of design and supplies additionally distinguishes the interiors, all designed to purpose on the most excellent potential engagement within the driving expertise. In specific, the cockpit was created to minimise parts that would distract the motive force, as seen within the restricted variety of controls with a sensible utilization when driving that may be discovered on the centre console. Directly forward of the motive force is a show, the 3D “telescope” design of which engages the motive force in a first-of-its-kind interplay. The steering wheel, devoid of all its traditional buttons, provides an expertise of pure driving pleasure. As in an aeroplane cockpit, the controls are positioned at totally different ranges, within the low centre console and on a better aircraft, put in within the central lining on the within of the roof. The interiors can be found in two trim ranges: “Tributo” and “Alfa Corse.” The aviation-inspired dashboard and central tunnel make use of supplies resembling aluminium, carbon fibre, leather-based and Alcantara. The wraparound seats – upholstered in Poltrona Frau leather-based – reinterpret these of its forerunner, making certain consolation and ergonomics. Every element is designed to create an unique and interesting surroundings, sustaining the aesthetic and technical heritage of the 1967 33 Stradale.
A novel driving expertise
The Alfa Romeo workforce has set itself the bold purpose of providing a driving expertise as a monitor automotive, but in a mannequin appropriate for on a regular basis use on the street, with out compromising on consolation and security, together with usually. The new 33 Stradale, subsequently, boasts the most effective of Alfa Romeo engineering, as seen within the double-arm suspension with lively shock absorbers and within the evolution of the two.9 V6 engine.
The new Alfa Romeo particular version might be fitted with a V6 twin-turbo engine delivering over 620 hp or a BEV configuration with over 750 hp. Performance is excellent in each variations. The high pace is 333 km/h, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in beneath three seconds. The double-arm suspension with lively shock absorbers and the entrance axle raise guarantee dealing with and luxury. The Alfa Romeo Brake-By-Wire braking system and Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes supply high-level efficiency.
The aluminium H-frame and carbon fibre monocoque assure rigidity and lightness. Again, a roof construction with hinged butterfly doorways has been engineered in carbon fibre and aluminium to guarantee excessive rigidity and security. The window frames are additionally carbon fibre, with the rear window in polycarbonate.
The automotive’s tuning can be supported by F1 driver Valtteri Bottas on the legendary Balocco monitor, thus bringing the F1 expertise into on a regular basis driving and making certain Alfa Romeo’s unmistakable dealing with.
The “Bottega”
The 33 undertaking has introduced concerning the Alfa Romeo “Bottega”, a workforce of pros who’ve labored carefully with clients to design 33 distinctive and unique specimens. The “Bottega” is impressed by Renaissance workshops and Nineteen Sixties coachbuilders, all of whom created artworks of pure magnificence in accordance to their shopper’s necessities. Likewise, clients have been concerned within the artistic course of for the reason that starting of the undertaking. The first conferences with a few of them happened on the 2022 Monza Grand Prix, they usually had the chance to categorical their wishes for the cart. Within a number of weeks, all 33 models had already been bought. The Bottega is headquartered within the Sala del Consiglio of the Museum in Arese, the place the design of the 33 Stradale was accredited in 1967. Last, it rests on the 33 Committee to assist buyer requests, making certain the automotive’s historical past and iconicity are revered. A particular committee chaired by the CEO of Alfa Romeo, its members are the heads of the model’s varied departments.
Craftsmanship and innovation for an unprecedented stage of customisation
The new “fuoriserie” (‘custom-built) will be produced in just 33 units via a dedicated program enabling customers to develop functional stylistic elements with the Alfa Romeo development team: air intakes, wheels, and even the distinctive front shield. Therefore, no two cars in the world will ever be identical, making them masterpieces “on four wheels,” with the ambition of becoming part of Alfa Romeo’s historical past. The identical uniqueness additionally seems in an unique registration process that allows clients to personally “sign” the chassis quantity. The particular VIN consists of eight digits chosen by the shopper and can be marked on the central tunnel. With consolidated expertise in essentially the most unique tailored cars, Alfa Romeo will make use of the craftsmanship of the Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera to assemble the automobiles. Tailor-made high quality requirements are subsequently ensured, which assure obsessive consideration to element.
The roots of the legend
The 1967 33 Stradale was derived instantly from the Tipo 33, the monarch of world motorsport in that period. Project 33 marked Alfa Romeo’s return to racing, led by the model’s then President Giuseppe Eugenio Luraghi and by Carlo Chiti of Autodelta, the newly fashioned racing division. The time trial at Fléron, close to Liège, was chosen for its debut. The driver was the chief tester at Autodelta, Teodoro Zeccoli. On March twelfth, 1967, the 33 entered the world of competitions. And it scored an instantaneous victory, the primary in an extended line of successes on essentially the most prestigious circuits that may take it to the world’s roof, with wins within the Championship for Makes in 1975 and ’77. On the wave of sporting enthusiasm, Alfa Romeo determined to produce the 33 in a really restricted version for personal people as a custom-built automotive that mixed the efficiency of the Tipo 33 racing automotive with consolation and drivability appropriate for on a regular basis use. The design was entrusted to Franco Scaglione, who put all his technical experience and inventive daring into the design of the 33 Stradale, leading to a masterpiece the place innovation in type blends with the hunt for aerodynamics and performance. The design of the 1967 33 Stradale, the quintessence of magnificence in a automotive, is sort of inconceivable to describe: its expressions had been the steadiness of its types, the purity of its strains, and the class of its each element. Between 1967 and 1969, solely 18 specimens had been produced, one in every of which is saved at the moment on the Museum in Arese, making it a scarce piece coveted by collectors. Six of those chassis had been used to make prototypes, which anticipated twenty years of automotive design: the Carabo (1968), the P33 Roadster GS (1968), the 33/2 Coupé Speciale (1969), the Cuneo (1971), the Iguana (1969), and the Navajo (1976). In quick, the 33 Stradale is a legendary mannequin that has marked not solely the historical past of Alfa Romeo but in addition that of Italian design.
