Alfa Romeo still has a distinct character of its own in today’s automobile company. However, according to some of the Alfa adepts, the brand lost part of its own identity after the takeover by Fiat in 1986. The 75 is the last model of the brand developed by Alfa Romeo itself and thanks to Techzle reader Luc Wermers we have today a very fresh looking copy! Luc, thank you!
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta (Tipo 116) found a successor to the 75 in 1985, the last car that Alfa Romeo would develop entirely in-house. The model, which was later succeeded by the 155 and is therefore a distant ancestor of the current Giulia, has been subtly refreshed twice in its seven-year career. The copy taken by Techzle reader Luc Wermers is one from 1988 and that means that it has, among other things, the new bonnet with tapered rise, but not yet the new grille introduced in 1989.
This string-tight looking red copy also has the 2.0 Twin Spark under the hood, a machine that was added to the range of the 75 in 1987. That four-cylinder, with two spark plugs per cylinder, helps the Alfa 75 with an output of 148 hp and 186 Nm. This makes it a lot more powerful than the regular 128 hp 2.0 that was briefly offered alongside the 2.0 Twin Spark. With the 75, the forces are still sent to the rear axle, while the successor 155 introduced front-wheel drive. It would take until the launch of the current Giulia for Alfa Romeo to return rear-wheel drive to this segment. The 2.0 Twin Spark was of course not the most powerful 75 on the Italian menu, but was certainly a creamy and more dynamic flavor for the 75 2.5 V6 that was replaced by the 3.0 V6 in 1987. Alfa also delivered the 75 with a 1.8 Turbo.
The 75 in these photos, delivered in 1988 in the Netherlands, looks like he is very comfortable in his own skin. It is one of the 6,806 75s that Alfa delivered in our country between 1985 and 1992. The Twin Spark content is expressed, among other things, in the wider wheel arches and side skirts and the ever-present rear spoiler, which runs over the black strip on the flank. The wheels are not completely original, but look somewhat like a set of alloy that Alfa Romeo itself supplied under 75. We don’t see them like this often anymore. Tribute!