Only three of these Abarth-Alfa prototypes were ever built, and after at least two were wrecked testing at Germany's AVUS track, the whole project was abandoned.
Median 75 hp across 27 similar cars
Lead trim: 1000 GT Coupé 998 cc Alfa Romeo twin-cam I4 (87 hp)
Abarth 1000 GT Coupé prototype1958–1958
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FactOnly three of these Abarth-Alfa prototypes were ever built, and after at least two were wrecked testing at Germany's AVUS track, the whole project was abandoned.
The Abarth 1000 GT Coupé (or Alfa Romeo 1000 Abarth GT Bertone Coupé) is a prototype built by Abarth in collaboration with Alfa Romeo in 1958 and designed by Franco Scaglione for Bertone; three cars were built. It had Alfa Romeo's 1.0-litre twin-cam straight engine — a short-stroke version of the Giulietta's 1.3 (the stroke cut to 58.0 mm with the bore kept at 74.0 mm) so it could race in under-one-litre categories — with 88 PS (87 hp), a tubular chassis said to weigh only 50 kg, a fully synchronised five-speed "System Porsche" gearbox and a kerb weight of just 640 kg. After at least two of the cars crashed while testing at AVUS in Germany the project was abandoned; the young designer Luigi Colani bought the wrecks and pieced together a fibreglass-bodied car of his own design, which survives, now with a 1.3-litre Giulietta Veloce engine.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 GT Coupé 998 cc Alfa Romeo twin-cam I4 (87 hp) | 1958–1958 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
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