Thursday, May 5, 2022

Giugiaro's Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT

Around the early 1970s, master stylist Giogetto Giugiaro created several production designs with anglar features and airy passenger compantment greenhouses.  One of the best was for the Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT coupĂ© (scroll down for information on that Alfetta model).

Some background on Alfetta GT design antecedents by Giugiaro can be found in this book (cover above).  It's in Italian, but photos and caption details might be useful for readers not familiar with the Italian language.

Below are images of early Alfetta GTs.  As best I can tell, all are via Alfa Romeo.

Gallery

This (cropped) photo was used for the book cover above.  The book image was flipped; note that the gas filler cap is on the left side of the car.  An interesting detail is the triangular louvered air vent that follows the rear side window profile -- broken linear continuation helps unify a design composition.

Glimpses of the front and rear of the newly announced 1974 Alfetta GT.  Note the gas filler cap door on the silver car.

I'm not a fan of quad headlights, but Giugiaro did a fine job of dealing with them in the frontal composition.

Rear quarter with bold rear and turn/backup light assemblies.  Although the general appearance is angular, that is most pure on the greenhouse.  Much of the design is comprised of gently rounder surfaces.

This is probably a 1976 model, the photo showing the sheetmetal sculpting.  The air exhaust vent abaft of the side window suggests this is a GT, but the grille is like the more powerful GTV.

A 1976 GTV.  These had a solid plaque abaft of the side window and a set of grille openings just above the  bumper.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This boring design was such a disappointment after the earlier GTVs. This is supposed to be a sporting car. The dash was an absolute mess. The later restyle improved things a bit, but it was never a desirable vehicle.