* 1983-1995 Alfa Romeo 33

* 1983-1995 Alfa Romeo 33

The Tums sponsorship returned sponsorship to GlaxoSmithKline for 2008, as their Goody's Powder brand sponsored the race from 1983-1995 and recently returned as sponsor for the spring race.

If you would like to start your tour in Italy, where the rental fees are actually the lowest in Europe, Fiats in all sizes are available, as are Alfa Romeo Giulietta models.

A few cars, notably the Alfa Romeo Alfetta, Porsche 924, and Chevrolet Corvette ( since 1997 ), sought a more even weight distribution between front and back by placing the weight of the transmission at the rear of the car, combined with the rear axle to form a transaxle.

* 1997: First common rail in passenger car, Alfa Romeo 156.

The leading Maserati and Alfa Romeo drivers decided not to compete but Bugatti was well represented.

| Alfa Romeo

| Alfa Romeo

Ferrari prepared, and successfully raced, various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to head their motor racing department.

In 1941, Alfa Romeo was confiscated by the fascist government of Benito Mussolini as part of the Axis Powers ' war effort.

Fascist hierarcs visit Alfa Romeo

The MX-5 was conceived as a small roadster – with light weight and minimal mechanical complexity limited only by legal and safety requirements ; technologically modern, but a philosophically direct descendant of small British and Italian roadsters of the 1960s such as the Triumph Spitfire, MG MGB, Fiat 124 Sport Spider, Alfa Romeo Spider and Lotus Elan.

The Alfa Romeo Spider was the only comparable volume model in production at the time of the MX-5's launch.

Other 60 ° V6 engines are the Chrysler 3. 3 V6 engine, the Nissan VQ engine, the Mazda K engine, the Alfa Romeo V6 engine, many Toyota V6 engines, and later versions of the Mercedes-Benz V6 engine.

Among the manufacturers signing licensing agreements to develop Wankel engines were Alfa Romeo, American Motors, Citroen, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Suzuki, and Toyota.

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S. p. A. (), sometimes colloquially referred to as simply Alfa, is an Italian manufacturer of cars.

The company that became Alfa Romeo was founded as Società Anonima Italiana Darracq ( SAID ) in 1906 by the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq, with some Italian investors.

In 1920, the name of the company was changed to Alfa Romeo with the Torpedo 20-30 HP becoming the first car to be badged as such.

In 1928 Nicola Romeo left, with Alfa going broke after defense contracts ended, and at the end of 1932 Alfa Romeo was rescued by Benito Mussolini's government, which then had effective control.

In 1954 the company developed the classic Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine, which would remain in production until 1995.

* The flat-four engines in Alfa Romeo's Alfasud, Sprint, 33 and early versions of the 145.

That engine was later used on the Alfa Romeo Arna, the Alfa Romeo 33, the Alfa Romeo Sprint and the Alfa Romeo 145 / 146.

A diesel engine was produced by VM Motori to the 1984 Alfa Romeo 33 1. 8 TD, the largest inline-three produced for automotive use.

* Alfa Romeo Tipo 33

At the Paris Motor Show of 1968, he presented the Carabo concept car, based on an Alfa 33 chassis.

The winner is Gastone Brilli-Peri ( Italy ) driving an Alfa Romeo P2 in 5: 14: 33. 3.

He introduced the concept of scissor doors with the Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo prototype, while the Lancia Stratos supercar was another Gandini design.

* Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo

* Alfa Romeo 33

Galli driving Alfa Romeo 33. 3 at the Nürburgring in 1971

Years before this was the most common layout in Europe, with examples like Citroen DS, Renault 12, Renault 5, Renault 25 ( a Chrysler LH ancestor ) Alfa Romeo 33, Volkswagen Passat, etc.

Helmut Marko set the lap record in 1972 in an Alfa Romeo 33TT3 at 33 min 41 s at an average of during an epic charge where he made up 2 minutes on Arturo Merzario and his Ferrari 312PB.

The fastest completion of the long version of the island tour was by Mario and Franco Bornigia in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2500, completed in 12 hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds flat at the 1950 race at an average speed of.

Due to lack of competition in 1976, Porsche decided not to defend its sportscar championship, leaving it to the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33.

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The Alfa Romeo 33 ( Type 905 and 907 ) is a small family car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo between 1983 and 1995.

The 33 has a unique place in Alfa Romeo history-nearly 1 million of these cars were produced internationally.

The 33 was discontinued in 1994 and replaced by the Alfa Romeo 145 and 146, which used the same boxer engines but built around an entirely new platform based on the Fiat Tipo.

Initially known as the Alfa 33, the 5-door hatchback was launched in 1983 and a station wagon version ( initially badged Giardinetta, later badged SportWagon ) was introduced the following year at the same time as a four-wheel drive version of the hatchback.

Alfa Romeo 33 ( facelift )

Alfa Romeo 33 ( facelift ) estate