A protracted-awaited substitute for the Alfa Romeo GTV coupé impressed by the enduring Alfa Romeo SZ might arrive as quickly as 2026, with the model’s chief designer confirming design work is continuous behind the scenes.
Although not formally a part of Alfa Romeo’s product plan, the GTV may very well be thought-about for launch in 2026 or 2027 if the agency’s company fortunes proceed to enhance as they’ve over the previous 18 months, design boss Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos hinted to Autocar. By that time, the agency’s mannequin catalogue shall be all-electric.
It will not be to be confused with the low-volume sports activities automotive that’s to be unveiled later in 2023 that takes inspiration from the 1967 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale – generally regarded as the Italian agency’s most stunning mannequin.
Mesonero-Romanos wouldn’t say whether or not the automotive, which could most simply be regarded as a Giulia coupé, is extra doubtless come to market badged as a GTV or maybe as an Alfetta; however he did trace that he’d been spending loads of time surveying the unconventional type of the SZ, and has been impressed by it.
“This wasn’t a beautiful car, we all know,” he instructed Autocar, “but there is a lot we can take from its distinctiveness and independence of spirit when we think about designing a coupé for the electric age. I loved its wedge profile, its square tail, and the way the dark glasshouse just bubbles out of this great mass of body. It’s a brutal design, but such a special, impactful one – and we need to emulate it if we can.”
That process gained’t be simple utilizing Alfa’s next-generation skateboard EV platform, which lends itself in the direction of higher-profile our bodies, lengthy wheelbases and barely inelegant proportions. “It’s often said that EV technology is freeing for designers because there are no rules, no restrictions. The truth is, we have even more restrictions and challenges with skateboard platforms than we did with ICE ones,” stated Mesonero-Romanos.
