Alfa put the gearbox at the rear axle to balance the Alfetta, then named it after a 1930s grand prix car it did not otherwise resemble.
Lead trim: 1.6 Twin Cam (109 PS) · up to 128 hp
Alfa Romeo Alfetta Berlina116 · 1972–1984
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FactAlfa put the gearbox at the rear axle to balance the Alfetta, then named it after a 1930s grand prix car it did not otherwise resemble.
A five-passenger notchback saloon ("Berlina") penned in-house at Centro Stile Alfa Romeo (Giuseppe Scarnati, Ivo Colucci), launched in 1972 with a 1.8-litre four as the Type 116 family that also gave the Alfetta GT and GTV coupés (over 400,000 built in 1972-87 in total). It carries its clutch and gearbox in a rear transaxle with a De Dion tube rear suspension to balance weight distribution and keep the polar moment low, and its Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engines have two overhead camshafts, eight valves and two double-barrel carburettors. The 1.6 base model (108 PS DIN, single large round headlamps) arrived at the 1975 Brussels show; the 2.0 (replacing the Alfa Romeo 2000) at Geneva in March 1977 with a longer body, rectangular headlamps and 122 PS, became the 2000 L in July 1978 with 130 PS, and got fuel injection in 1979. A VM Motori turbodiesel, the Alfetta Turbo D, came in late 1979. The 2.0 was sold as the Alfa Romeo Sport Sedan in the US; the 159i and the 90 followed.
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Trims & Figures
6 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 Twin Cam (109 PS) | 1975–1984 | Inline-4 | 108 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.8 Twin Cam (122 PS) | 1972–1984 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 120 hp | 123 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.0 Twin Cam (122 PS) | 1977–1978 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 120 hp | 129 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.4 turbodiesel (95 PS) | 1979–1984 | 2.4 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 145 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2000 L Twin Cam (130 PS) | 1978–1984 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 128 hp | 131 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Turbo D 2.0 turbodiesel (82 PS) | 1979–1984 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 81 hp | 119 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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