Re: alfa-digest V9 #608

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gossip is right. The production Brera, originally designed by Giugiaro 
of ItalDesign is being "re-designed" for production by Alfa Romeo 
Centro Stile head Wolfgang Egger, and there is no reason for it to have 
anything to do with Zagato. Heck, Zagato neither designed nor built the 
LAST Alfa to carry the 'Z' designation, the SZ/RZ of the early 
nineties. Zagato merely had input into the final design. It was 
completely built at Arese.

The GM-Holden V-6, while a possibility, is still not for sure (unless 
the decision was made after the middle of May), and it's a 3.8 liter 
engine anyway, not a 3.6. JTS is a distinct probability irrespective of 
which V-6 Alfa ends up using. My feeling is an Alfa with a Holden V-6 
is no longer an Alfa. The current Alfa V-6 is one of the world's great 
engines and everybody in the automotive world knows it. AR would be 
stupid to squander the time and development spent or the great 
reputation that V-6 has earned for an engine out of an Australian sedan.

Don't hold your breath for the version using the Ferrari V-12, either. 
That has (in my humble opinion) ZERO credibility. First of all, the 
engine is almost 5.8 Liters (360 ci) and is physically huge. It likely 
wouldn't fit in an engine bay designed for a V-6 (or a Maserati V-8 for 
that matter -which it is almost 14 inches longer than), and would make 
the car cost more than $200,000.  Not likely.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0S




On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 09:39 PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 12:20:58 -0400
> From: "Ryan Fellini" <rfellini@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Future Alfas
>
> Some of the latest gossip on this car is the following:
>
> - - The name will be "TZ3", not "Sportiva Evoluta".
> - - Most likely built by Zagato
> - - Engine will be a version of the Fiat-GM Powertrain (FGP)
> "Electron" HFV6.
> - - Engine will use JTS
> - - 3.6L 24v V6 with twin-turbos.
> - - Front engine, RWD (incorporating Maserati's transaxle)
>
> Apparently there will also be a Alfa Romeo TZ3 GTA "Scuderia Ferrari"
> that uses a detuned Ferrari V12.
>
> Ryan
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