Re: [alfa] GTV V8

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Gene Brown wrote:

> In 1977, at the request of Alfa Romeo's German distributor in Aachen,
> about 20 GTVs were equipped by Autodelta with the Montreal's normal 200
> bhp engine. These GTV shells were the regular steel ones and only the
> bulge on the bonnet betrayed that they were fitted with the V8 engine.
> This powerful coupi was marketed in Germany as the Alfetta GTV 2.6i V8
> <http://www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/V8alfetta2.jpg> for DEM 50,000.
> 0-100 km/h acceleration for the hybrid vehicle remained as for the
> Montreal, but the maximum speed was claimed to exceed 230 km/h.

Interesting. Since that is older than 25 years, perhaps some enterprising
digesti will be able to bring one into the states (if some haven't already
migrated). Anyone know the current location of these 20 or so GTVs (2.6i
V8)?
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