Alfa Romeo is delighted to announce the return of the legendary 33 Stradale, an icon of the Sixties, reputed by many to be one of the stunning automobiles of all time, and derived immediately from the Tipo 33 – as soon as a giant identify in world motorsport.
A venture that respectfully celebrates the model’s historical past and takes it ahead into the long run. The brand new 33 Stradale acts as the best hyperlink between the inner combustion engines of the previous and the electrical future, achieved by fastidiously and respectfully reinterpreting the stylistic options of the 1967 33 Stradale. A automotive that takes on the function 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 items, all of which have already bought.
A “fuoriserie” (‘custom-built’) automotive kind accepted to be pushed on the highway, the 33 Stradale affords excellent efficiency on the monitor however has been conceived with no compromises by way of 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. Every 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 degree of customisation: to ensure 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 best way to the choice of personally “signing” the chassis quantity.
The venture confirms Alfa Romeo’s strategy to producing unique restricted editions by way of artisan processes, technological innovation and profound buyer interplay.
The venture outcomes from the eagerness throughout the Alfa Romeo workforce, whose sturdy need was to create a one-of-a-kind within the automotive panorama and throughout the Stellantis Group, however above all, one thing that might match as much as the model’s historical past. The chance 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 relating to fashion and driving expertise. Made in solely 33 unique items, in accordance with 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. At present, 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 expertise. Its objective is to supply probably the most thrilling driving expertise and the immortal allure of an icon to a tiny circle of fans who’ve believed within the venture ever for the reason that outset. The brand 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 means as in Renaissance artisan boutiques and the Sixties workshops of famend Italian coachbuilders.
Within the phrases of Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of the Alfa Romeo model:
“With the brand new 33 Stradale, we needed to create one thing that lived as much as our previous, serve the model, and make the Alfisti fandom proud. Such a consequence may solely have been achieved because of our workforce’s experience, exhausting work and keenness, with the assist of administration who’ve the clear ambition to contribute to writing chapters within the model’s future, in full respect of its distinctive historical past. That is the model’s first custom-built automotive since 1969, and I promise it received’t be the final.”
The epitome of “vital magnificence.”
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 fashion. The outside options an ideal stability between proportions, volumes and processing of the surfaces and turns into the epitome of Alfa Romeo’s “vital magnificence”. The entrance has a strong and muscular quantity, the place the standout options are the enduring defend and the complicated 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 with the factors typical of Alfa Romeo’s formal expression. As well as, courtesy of the nook opening of the doorways and the massive wraparound sunroof, the driving force can get pleasure from a singular view, similar 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 peak will not be on the windshield degree, as on every other sports activities automotive, however in the midst of the roof. Specifically, 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 energetic methods.
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The minimalism of design and supplies additionally distinguishes the interiors, all designed to goal on the most excellent potential engagement within the driving expertise. Specifically, the cockpit was created to minimise parts that might distract the driving force, as seen within the restricted variety of controls with a sensible utilization when driving that may be discovered on the centre console. Straight forward of the driving force is a show, the 3D “telescope” design of which engages the driving force in a first-of-its-kind interplay. The steering wheel, devoid of all its ordinary buttons, affords an expertise of pure driving pleasure. As in an aeroplane cockpit, the controls are situated at completely different ranges, within the low centre console and on the next 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 reminiscent of aluminium, carbon fibre, leather-based and Alcantara. The wraparound seats – upholstered in Poltrona Frau leather-based – reinterpret these of its forerunner, guaranteeing consolation and ergonomics. Each element is designed to create an unique and fascinating surroundings, sustaining the aesthetic and technical heritage of the 1967 33 Stradale.
A singular driving expertise
The Alfa Romeo workforce has set itself the formidable objective of providing a driving expertise as a monitor automotive, but in a mannequin appropriate for on a regular basis use on the highway, with out compromising on consolation and security, together with usually. The brand new 33 Stradale, due to this fact, boasts the most effective of Alfa Romeo engineering, as seen within the double-arm suspension with energetic shock absorbers and within the evolution of the two.9 V6 engine.
The brand new Alfa Romeo particular version may be fitted with a V6 twin-turbo engine delivering over 620 hp or a BEV configuration with over 750 hp. Efficiency is excellent in each variations. The highest pace is 333 km/h, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in underneath three seconds. The double-arm suspension with energetic 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 provide high-level efficiency.
The aluminium H-frame and carbon fibre monocoque assure rigidity and lightness. Once more, a roof construction with hinged butterfly doorways has been engineered in carbon fibre and aluminium to make sure excessive rigidity and security. The window frames are additionally carbon fibre, with the rear window in polycarbonate.
The automotive’s tuning will probably be supported by F1 driver Valtteri Bottas on the legendary Balocco monitor, thus bringing the F1 expertise into on a regular basis driving and guaranteeing Alfa Romeo’s unmistakable dealing with.
The “Bottega”
The 33 venture has introduced concerning the Alfa Romeo “Bottega”, a workforce of execs who’ve labored carefully with clients to design 33 distinctive and unique specimens. The “Bottega” is impressed by Renaissance workshops and Sixties coachbuilders, all of whom created artistic endeavors of pure magnificence in accordance with their consumer’s necessities. Likewise, clients have been concerned within the artistic course of for the reason that starting of the venture. The primary conferences with a few of them happened on the 2022 Monza Grand Prix, they usually had the chance to precise their needs for the cart. Inside a number of weeks, all 33 items 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 accepted in 1967. Final, it rests on the 33 Committee to assist buyer requests, guaranteeing 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 degree of customisation
The brand new “fuoriserie” (‘custom-built) will probably be produced in simply 33 items by way of a devoted program enabling clients to develop purposeful stylistic components with the Alfa Romeo growth workforce: air intakes, wheels, and even the distinctive entrance defend. Subsequently, no two automobiles on this planet will ever be an identical, making them masterpieces “on 4 wheels,” with the ambition of turning into a part of Alfa Romeo’s historical past. The identical uniqueness additionally seems in an unique registration process that permits clients to personally “signal” the chassis quantity. The precise VIN consists of eight digits chosen by the shopper and can also be marked on the central tunnel. With consolidated expertise in probably the most unique tailored cars, Alfa Romeo will make use of the craftsmanship of the Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera to assemble the automobiles. Tailored high quality requirements are due to this fact ensured, which assure obsessive consideration to element.
The roots of the legend
The 1967 33 Stradale was derived immediately from the Tipo 33, the monarch of world motorsport in that period. Challenge 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 driving force 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 a protracted line of successes on probably the most prestigious circuits that will 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 provide 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 fashion blends with the search for aerodynamics and performance. The design of the 1967 33 Stradale, the quintessence of magnificence in a automotive, is sort of not possible to explain: its expressions had been the stability of its varieties, the purity of its traces, and the class of its each element. Between 1967 and 1969, solely 18 specimens had been produced, one in all which is saved right this 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 brief, 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.
