Alfa Romeo Giulietta (750/101)

This article is about the 19541965 Giulietta. For other

Alfa Romeo car models of the same name, see Alfa
Romeo Giulietta.
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta (series 750 and 101) was a
family car made by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo
from 1954 to 1965. It was Alfa Romeos rst, successful, foray into the 1.3-litre class. From 1954 to 1965
a total of 177,690 Giuliettas were made, the great majority in Berlina saloon, Sprint coup or Spider roadster
body styles, but also as Sprint Speciale and Sprint Zagato
coups, and Promiscua estate.
Giulietta Berlina, second series

History

designed dashboard included a strip speedometer anked

by two round bezels, that on the T.I. housed a tachometer
and oil and water temperature gauges. The T.I. also received a front side repeater mounted in a small spear, unlike the Normale which kept the earlier small round lamp
with no decorations. During 1959 the type designation
for all models was changed from 750 and 753 to 101.

The rst Giulietta to be introduced was the Giulietta

Sprint 2+2 coup, at the 1954 Turin Motor Show. The
Sprint had been designed by Franco Scaglione at Bertone,
and it was produced at the coachbuilders Grugliasco
plant, near Turin.

In February 1961 the 100,001st Giulietta rolled o the

A year later, at the Turin Motor Show in April 1955,
Portello factory, with a celebration sponsored by Italian
the Sprint was joined by the 4-door saloon Berlina.[5] In
actress Giulietta Masina.[5]
mid 1955, the open two-seat Giulietta Spider, featuring
convertible bodywork by Pininfarina. In 1957 more powerful Berlina version, called Giulietta T.I. (Turismo Inter1.2 Restyling 1961
nazionale) was presented with minor cosmetic changes to
the hood, the dial lights and rear lamps.
Carrozzeria Colli also made the Giulietta station
wagon variant called Giulietta Promiscua. Ninetyone examples of this version were built.[6] Carrozzeria
Boneschi also made a few station wagon examples called
Weekendina.[7]

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Restyling 1959

A new version of the Giulietta Berlina debuted at the

Frankfurt Motor Show in 1959.[8] Mechanical changes
were limited to shifting the fuel pump from the cylinder
head to a lower position below the distributor, and moving the previously exposed fuel ller cap from the tail to
the right rear wing, under a ap. The bodywork showed
a revised front end, with more rounded wings, recessed
head lights, and new grilles with chrome frames and two
horizontal bars. The rear also showed changes, with new
larger tail lights on vestigial ns, which replaced the earlier rounded rear wings. The interior was much more
organized and upholstered in new cloth material; the re-

Third series Giulietta T.I.

In Autumn 1961 the Giulietta was updated a second time.

Both Normale and T.I. had revised engines and new exhaust systems; output rose to 62 PS (46 kW; 61 bhp) and
74 PS (54 kW; 73 bhp). With this new engine the car
could reach a speed of almost 160 km/h (99 mph). At the
front of the car square mesh side grilles were now pieced
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together with the centre shield, and at the rear there were
larger tail lights. Inside the T.I. had individual instead of
bench seats, with storage nets on the seatbacks.

3 Models
3.1 Giulietta Sprint Speciale

June 1962 saw the introduction of the Alfa Romeo Giulia, which would eventually replace the Giulietta. As until
1964 the Giulia only had a larger 1.6-litre engine, production of the standard Berlina ended with 1963, whilst the
T.I. continued for a full year more. A last T.I. was completed in 1965. The Giulietta sport models had a dierent
fate: Sprint, Sprint Speciale and Spider were tted with
the new 1.6-litre engine, received some updates and continued to be sold under the Giulia name until they were
replaced by all-new Giulia-based models during 1965.

Specications
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale (SS, Tipo 101.20)

Main article: Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale (also called
as Giulietta SS, ocially called Tipo 101.20, Italian for
Type 101.20) was an aerodynamic 2-door, 2-seat coup
designed by Franco Scaglione at Bertone. 1.366 were
made from 1957 to 1962. The car had a steel body, and
was based on a short-wheelbase Giulietta chassis. It used
a 1.3-litre engine brought to 100 PS (74 kW; 99 bhp)
thanks to double twin-choke carburettors and a high compression ratio.

1965 Giulietta Spider Veloce engine

3.2 Giulietta Sprint Zagato

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta used unibody construction and Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. Front suspension
was by control arms, with coaxial coil springs and hydraulic dampers. At the rear there was a solid axle on
coil springs and hydraulic dampers. The axle was located
by a longitudinal link on each side, and by a wishboneshaped arm linking the top of the aluminium dierential
housing to the chassis. All Giuliettas (save for the last
SZ examples) had hydraulic drum brakes on all four corners. When leaving the Portello factory it originally tted Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tonda (Tipo 101.26)
Pirelli Cinturato 155 HR15 tyres (CA67).

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Engines

The Giulietta used an Alfa Romeo Twin Cam straight-four

of 1290 cc, with an aluminium alloy engine block and
cast iron inserted sleeves. Bore and stroke measured 74.0
mm (2.91 in) and 75.0 mm (2.95 in). The aluminium alloy cylinder head was of a crossow design and featured
hemispherical combustion chambers. The double overhead camshafts were driven by two timing chains, and
acted on two valves per cylinder, angled 80.

1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca (SZ2,

Tipo 101. 26)
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ (for Sprint Zagato, ofcially the Tipo 101.26, or Type 101.26) was an
aluminium-bodied 2-seater berlinetta, built by Zagato for

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competition use on the chassis and mechanicals of the
Sprint Speciale.
A crashed Sprint Veloce was rebodied by Zagato in late
1956, and was immediately successful in competition.
Zagato ended up building 18 rebodied Veloces, called the
SVZ and the version gave rise to a full production version. The SVZ was about 120 kg (260 lb) lighter than the
Coup on which it was based, and had the highest tuned,
118 CV (87 kW) version of the Giulietta engine.[11]

6 Notes
[1] The Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint. bertone.it. Archived
from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
[2] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider.
pininfarina.com.
Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved
2008-09-27.
[3] A little About the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sedan.
berlinaregister.com. Retrieved 2008-09-27.

A production competition version of the Giulietta, with

lightened bodywork designed by Franco Scaglione for [4]
Bertone was then premiered at the 1960 Geneve Salon.
Handbuilt by Zagato, entirely in aluminium and with [5]
plexiglass windows, the lightened Sprint Zagato (SZ) was
light, fast, and expensive. Two hundred seventeen were [6]
built, the original design with a rounded rear and with the
last thirty (some say 46) receiving a longer kamm-style
[7]
rear end as well as disc brakes up front.[12][13] The original
design is called the Coda Tonda (round tail), while the
Kamm-design is referred to as the Coda Tronca (truncated tail). The Coda Tronca is sometimes also referred [8]
to as the SZ2. The rst examples were built in December 1959, and production continued into 1962.[12][14] Za- [9]
gato also rebodied a few existing cars with this bodywork, [10]
leading to discrepancies in the production numbers.

Koopmann, Chris. Ercole Spada. zagato-cars.com. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

Fusi (1978), p. 507.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Promiscua.
trieved 2007-06-23.

pestalozzi.net.

Re-

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Weekendina Carrozzeria

Boneschi. gulpmodel.interfree.it (in Italian). Archived
from the original on 13 June 2007.
Fusi (1978), p. 533.
Fusi (1978), pp. 509, 521, 535, 551.
Benson (1992).

[11] History of the SZ - part 2. SZ Register. Ruislip, Mid-

The SZ was very successful in racing, on a national level

dlesex, UK. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
as well as internationally. The SZ helped Alfa Romeo
secure a victory in the 1.3 litre class of the FIA Sportscar [12] Eyzat, milie (2011-04-07). Alfa Romeo SZ, reine du
Tour!" [Alfa Romeo SZ, queen of the Tour!]. Le Point (in
Championship in 1962 and 1963.[15] Michel Nicol won
French). Paris, France. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
the Tour de Corse in 1957.

[13] Vaughan, Daniel; McMullen, Jeremy. 1960 Alfa Romeo

Giulietta Sprint Zagato. conceptcarz.com. Retrieved
2014-11-08.

Production
[16]

Overall production gures were:

Berlina 39,057
TI 92,728
Sprint 24,084
Sprint Veloce 3,058

[14] History of the SZ - part 3. SZ Register. Ruislip, Middlesex, UK. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
[15] World Championship - nal positions and tables. wsprracing.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
[16] Models/Alfa Romeo Giulietta.
carsfromitaly.net.
Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved
2007-06-23.
[17] Shooting Brake About Sport Wagons and Estates.
Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved
2008-06-01.

Spider 14,300
Spider Veloce 2,796
Promiscua (wagon)[17] 91

See also
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale

7 References
Owen, David (1985). Great MarquesAlfa Romeo.
Octopus Books. ISBN 0-7064-2219-8.
Benson, Joe (1992). Alfa Romeo Buyers Guide (2nd
ed.). pp. 55, 60. ISBN 0-87938-633-9.
Aleri, Bruno. Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1954
2004. Automobilia. ISBN 88-7960-171-7.

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Hughes, Donald; Da Prato, Vito Witting. Alfa
Romeo Veloce: The Racing Giuliettas, 195663 (SVSVZ-SS-SZ). G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd. ISBN 085429-731-6.
Fusi, Luigi (1978). Alfa RomeoTutte le vetture dal
1910All cars from 1910 (3rd ed.). Milan: Emmeti Graca editrice.
(Italian) Tabucchi, Maurizio (2000).
Guida
all'identicazione Alfa Romeo. Giorgio Nada Editore. ISBN 88-7911-160-4.

Further reading
Anselmi, Angelo Tito. Alfa Romeo Giulietta: 1954
2004 Golden Anniversary: The Full History of the
Giulietta Model Range. ISBN 88-7911-340-2.
Holmes, Mark (2007). Ultimate Convertibles: Roofless Beauty. London: Kandour. pp. 89. ISBN
978-1-905741-62-5.

External links
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Register

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