Sorry, the bent-back Milano just never made sense to me. It is not
attractive, it serves no purpose, and still have to say, "Why?" Was
Chris Bangle working for Alfa in those days? Once inside though and
especially in a 3 liter, it is a blast to drive.
The Milano's trunk is as high as it is for aerodynamic reasons (the
boxy car manages an impressive .34 drag coefficient). Why the trim
along the side of the car has to bend upwards to meet the top of the
trunk has always puzzled me, though. Funny you should mention Bangle
though--he mentioned the Milano (75) in defence of the trunklid on
his 7-series: "The car is quite a lot taller than before to allow
more headroom, and the rear passengers sit further back. In
aerodynamic terms there is a direct connection between the peak point
on the roof and the spoiler line on the trunk. If the roof goes up,
then the tail has to go up. The height of the roof dictates the
height of the trunk. We could have put in a break after the rear
doors, which is what Alfa Romeo did with the 75, or raise the entire
belt at the rear in a wedge shape such as the Alfa 166. The third
option was to run the belt line straight out to the back and cut it
off, similar to what Volvo has done on its cars, but we didn't want
to do that. What we did was take the belt line and wrap it around the
back to make more sculptured lines."