The 2600 was the last Alfa Romeo ever built with the marque's traditional twin-cam straight-six, a layout dating to the 1920s.
Median 101 hp across 329 similar cars
Lead trim: 2600 Berlina 2.6 DOHC six (130 bhp) · up to 165 hp
Alfa Romeo 26001962–1968
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FactThe 2600 was the last Alfa Romeo ever built with the marque's traditional twin-cam straight-six, a layout dating to the 1920s.
The Alfa Romeo 2600 (Tipo 106) was Alfa Romeo's six-cylinder flagship produced from 1962 to 1968, the successor to the 2000 and historically significant as the last Alfa Romeo fitted with a straight-six engine with twin overhead camshafts, the traditional Alfa Romeo engine configuration since the 1920s. It was introduced at the 1962 Geneva Motor Show as a factory-built sedan (2600 Berlina), a two-plus-two convertible bodied by Touring (2600 Spider) and a coupe bodied by Bertone (2600 Sprint); the limited-edition 2600 SZ (Sprint Zagato) with Zagato fastback bodywork and the very limited 2600 De Luxe with OSI five-window sedan bodywork followed in 1965 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. All three inherited the body styling of the 2000 range with minor facelifts; the biggest change was the brand-new all-alloy 2.6-litre six-cylinder engine with twin overhead camshafts, with two carburettors on the Berlina engines giving 130 bhp, three twin-choke horizontal carburettors on the Sprint and Spider giving 145 bhp, and 165 bhp on the Sprint Zagato. Sales were not a success despite acclaim for the engine, partly because of the elevated prices and partly because the factory had decided to concentrate its limited resources on the mid-sized Giulia; the 2600 was only a minor facelift of the 2000 range with a new engine, leaving it with running gear a dozen years old at introduction. Total production was 11,346: the Berlina 2,092 (2,038 in one count), the Sprint 6,999, the Spider 2,255, the Sprint Zagato 105 and the De Luxe 54.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2600 Berlina 2.6 DOHC six (130 bhp) | 1962–1968 | 2.6 L Inline-6 | 130 hp | 148 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2600 SZ Sprint Zagato 2.6 DOHC six (165 bhp) | 1965–1968 | 2.6 L Inline-6 | 165 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2600 Sprint / Spider 2.6 DOHC six (145 bhp) | 1962–1968 | 2.6 L Inline-6 | 145 hp | 136 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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