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1975 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV: An Underdog Abroad
Robert in LA:
The term “Junior” refers to the smaller engined and often lower specification cars and not to the age of the 105/115 GTV’s. The differences between the Juniors and the higher spec cars would take more space than I have here or that anyone would care to read about, but keep in mind that there were not only GTV Juniors but also Spider Juniors. Juniors most often had the 1300cc motors while the higher spec cars had 1600, 1750, and later 2000 cc motors. There was even a GTA Junior which was a formidable car in its own right. As for values, many do find the earlier Stepnose cars (64-67) and the 1750 cars (68-71) to be more desirable than the last of the 2000cc cars (72-74) since they are more delicate in detailing and more “pure”. The smaller engines are more willing to rev but the 2000 has more torque. Note that I am speaking of US specification cars since the model year breakouts were different in the rest of the world (you could get a 1975 2000 GTV in the rest of the world as in this film). They are all great cars and it is often a matter of personal taste or what happens to be available at the time.
Arno
Thanks for this. What you say makes sense. The Alfa Romeo ranges and line-ups have always been a bit opaque to me, probably because I have never worked on them. I only truly learn what’s what with the production differences in a car, when I have been buried in the parts catalogs for a while.
What a lovely, charming film! The beautiful beach landscape, the car, and the view of the friends he helped, all with their Alfas! Too cool! I think it’s fantastic that he would help his friends like that. And I want to meet that mechanic, as well as that friend sitting in the back of the Duetto(?) with the silky long hair, enticing smile and sunglasses…:)
Apparently the lines of the Tipo 105 series were first drawn by Giorgetto Giugiaro when he was at Bertone, By the time that this one came along Giugiaro had started Italdesign. These were the agile little coupes that we all ached to own as young men. But I wonder who did the later development of the car into what we see here? The body work became quite refined. Someone polished out the basic Giugiaro shape into the icon that we see here. The early car is very good. Many people, and the resale market, think that this is better.
@Paul Steel From the side, I agree. The front changes meaningfully. Are you suggesting that Giugiaro did some work on the later cars while working as “Italdesign”? I had not heard that before, but I am not basically an Alfisto. @Dennis White: Do the Juniors now go for more than the GTV 2000’s? I am only loosely in touch with the pricing on these things. I was commenting basically to pose the question, hoping that someone who has deep knowledge of these cars would comment.
Well done! Chong Soo is the ultimate Alfisti in this region. you can find him here https://www.facebook.com/ong.soo
