2000 Sportiva: The Sexiest Alfa NEVER Made
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2022
- Alfa Romeo's long history is littered with broken dreams: tantalizingly beautiful vehicles that, for one reason or another, never became a production reality. One such vehicle is the 2000 Sportiva from 1954: perhaps the sexiest automobile that Alfa Romeo never made.
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While the 1900 Spider was essentially an all-out racing car, devoid of any weather protection and with little consideration for practicality, the 2000 Sportiva was intended as more of a Gran Turismo, capable of similar performance but offering a minimum degree of comfort for road use.
Although Alfa Romeo toyed with the idea of a limited production of the 2000 Sportiva, going so far as displaying it in the Turin Motor Show as late as 1956, it was not to be.
The Milanese company, by then, already had its hands full trying to keep up with the strong demand for the new Giulietta and could not spare the resources needed to go ahead with the 2000 Sportiva, of which only two examples were ultimately built.
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The 2000 Sportiva Coupé is an absolute masterpiece, completely breathtaking!
Only the 8C came close to that pinnacle of design in recent years.
Stunning. What a shame the 2000 Sportiva never found its way to production. What a beauty.
What a beauty and 8 years before the E-Type.
Wow so true! I do seen the E-type, Thank-you
@@brunotulliani not really, look up the 1953 Alfa 6C 3000 Superflow IV, that's the car that Jaguar copied when they designed the E-Type.
@@BRAINFxck10 I remember seeing photos of that car decades ago when it was being auctioned, but did not remember what it was called, so could not look it up. Truly an extra-ordinary car, and I can see some elements of the E in it
@@BRAINFxck10 I'd be interested to know where you got that from.
This car, if it went into production, would have dulled the popularity of the Jaguar E-Type. This not being produced led to the E-Type being such a popular design. In my opinion, E-Type design pales in comparison to this
Most beautiful classic design I've ever laid my eyes on. What it feels like falling in love
This is one of my all time alfa favorites, together with 33 stradale.
A simply beautiful Alfa. 🍀❤️ Oh well, dreams are free......
What a beauty. This is what upsets me about Alfa Romeo, too many stillborns, they could have made wonderful sports cars to rival the likes of Porsche and Ferrari, but rarely did they get past the design stage. The only ones I can think of, that did, are the Montreal, the GTV 916 and 8C Competizione.
Wow so you don't even know about all the other great Alfas! Disco Volante, 6C 2500, 8C 2900B, Guilia TZ1/TZ2, Giulietta Sprint Speciale/Veloce/Zagato, 33 Stradale, SZ Zagato.
@@BRAINFxck10 I know all these cars, but the majority of these were not produced in any serious numbers. I was not referring to pre 1900 cars which were all handmade and made in very limited numbers i.e. {6C 2500, 8C 2900}. The Disco volante only around 3 - 5 made, Giulia TZ1/TZ2 were race cars, as was the giulietta SZ, the sprint veloce is a coupe version of the saloon, 33 Stradale only 18 were produced. I did forget about the SZ Zagato and Gulietta sprint speciale and also the 4C.
The 916 GTV should have stayed as a concept, i hate that things design
If I may have noted root of shape for decade later most desirable Ferrari 250 GTO can be seen in 2000 Sportiva. Grazie Matteo!
I'm not a big connaisseur but when I see the car I said to myself "Scaglione". What a beauty!
Saw it for the first time in 2004 in the Museo Arese. Beautiful. Thnx for your videos. 👍
This car could be in market even today, what an amazing design!
It is fantastic. The Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva. I want this car.
simply stunning. thanks again for sharing these historical nuggets and continuing to raise appreciation of the Alfa marque
Glad you enjoyed it! I think Alfa already has plenty of appreciation… But that doesn’t seem to translate into new car sales though, and that’s their problem going forward.
Getting to see the underneath of so many Alfas recently, so your background history is helping me a lot with the understanding of so many of these cars.
Glad to be of service :)
Very much enjoy your visits to Maranello Pur Sang, sure they got some seriously cool stuff there!
Wow, never seen that, but it is beautiful!
*Drop dead gorgeous she is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
This ! Thank you sooooo much for covering this jewel of Alfas. I was an early teenager in the 80's when I saw a picture of the 2000 Sportiva in a book about 50's Alfas... i was stunned and tried to find out more about it - but there didn't seem much documented. Then last Summer I visited the Alfa collection in Arese & there it was on display - I couldn't take my eyes of it... even more fascinating than when I've first seen it 40 years prior.
Indeed there isn’t much documented about the 2000 Sportiva. Even Giuseppe Busso himself, in his autobiography, made just a brief mention of it. I’m glad you could finally see it in the metal, by the way, it truly is an arresting sight!
Che bellezza, è proprio super bella. E anche sofisticato sotto sua pelle! Wow - grazie Matteo
I'd never heard of this car and had never seen one, not even a picture. It seemed to signal some existing model to me, but I couldn't place it until you showed the Sprint halfway through the video. Then I saw it...
So much of the car is right. The front/mid engine location... the inboard rear brakes... It is quite a thing, technically and aesthetically. And the numbers are pretty impressive for the mid-50s.
I'm not sure it is THE most beautiful Alfa never put into production, but it is certainly one of them.
Thanks for the video. Now I must go and start raking leaves...
My favourite comment!
Sleek, low slung and muscular profile, the 2000 is way ahead of it’s time.
Indeed!
Alfa Romeo should start a coach building company of their own dedicated to building cars from their past that never made it to production or were only prototypes and of course reward me for the brilliant idea😄
Sure there would be plenty of wealthy enthusiasts ready to pay for these old-but-newly-made cars.
Vedi operazione Abarth 1000 SP ad esempio
@@studiocalder818 that's a body kit on an ALFA 4c
Belissima 👍🇮🇹
The red 2000 Sportiva was featured on the cover of Classic and Sportscar many years ago :)
My goodness! The 2000 Sportiva is more beautiful than the Ferrari 250 SWB
My 2cents🤩
Eh, si...
Love every one of your videos. So glad to see that the Sportiva is still around!
Thank you! Glad you enjoy my work
What a stunning car indeed. Pure perfection. There many design elements I believe were possibly copied by Ferrari and Aston Martin. The front end is so similar to the 250 GTO and the back end reminds me of the DB5 minus the rear windshield. Alfa proves they very avant gaurd with their designs. Grazie again!
Poetry on wheels...
Too bad it didn't go into production. Even a limited amount of cars, would be, to say the least, a gift to automotive history.
What a masterpiece. And at the end, ciao and addio…la storia finita. Classical Alfa madness
Indeed. Plenty of promising designs unceremoniously sidelined over the years
Alfa Romeo is the most masterpieces creator in whole cars history... Forza ! 🇮🇹🍀
I think "we all" agree
What! Are you crazy? Lada, Trabant and even the humble Moskvitch are far superior. Alfas are poor men's Ferraris and we know how inreliable they are. They might be a bit faster with better handling, brakes and suspension too. But load them up with a few Babushkas and a couple of donkeys and we'll see who arrives first home.
Thank you Matteo, Your videos are informative, and very interesting.
Glad you think so, thank you!
Beautiful. Well done video. That sport spider has some likeness to the duetto
Thank you! Yes, that rounded rear end profile does remind me of the Duetto, too
That's an incredible looking coupe, looks amazing now but must have been a spaceship back then, amazing.
Indeed!
I can only agree. Initially reminded me of a DB5. I find the Alfa has more flair though. Looking forward to seeing it on the 2023 MM. Fingers crossed. Grazie. Mike
Yes the DB4 and DB5 have a similar overall design, but I agree with you the Alfa looks even better! Thank you for watching
What an absolute Beauty!!! I love Alfa Romeo but the cars that never made it to production is so frustrating! This is a Classic design. Very disappointing it was a stillborn
Grazie di averne parlato.
La prima volta che la vidi al museo Alfa Romeo rimasi impressionato dalle proporzioni .
Non riuscivo ad andare via .
Sono rimasto molti minuti a fissarla
Eh si. Poi è proprio ben esposta ed illuminata, l'ideale per esaltarne ogni dettaglio.
What a sweet pain for me to see what Alfa-Design once was... and if i look on our streets today, it's so sad...
Just beautiful! Thanks a lot for this extremely interesting video! Ciao 🙋♂️
Glad you enjoyed it!
a long time favourite, the red Sportiva was owned in Australia many years ago but I never saw it in the flesh. Surprising no one has yet done a recreation of this car using Alfetta running gear? Thanbks for the vid.
As far as I know, the red Sportiva is currently located in a big Alfa Romeo collection in Switzerland. It was once owned by Alfa Romeo itself, but they decided to exchange it for a 20-30HP in the 70s
@@Matteo_Licata yes, the 20-30 was restored here by a fellow who recovered it from a chicken coop out west. I have the magazine article somewhere. AR approached him and offered a swap for any car they had two of! He took the Sportiva.
What a beautiful car this is. There are a few cues from the TZ series, notably the sculpted rear fastback and curved moulded rear windscreen. Really these Alfas are works of art. That museum is Rho Fiera. Arese in Milano is well worth a visit.
I love this channel. It is so interesting learning about beautiful Italian cars of the past. I have owned a Fiat x19 and a Fiat 500c and I really like to get an Alfa Romeo Giulia I test drive an Alfa Romeo c4 a couple of years ago and just loved the beautiful design and the remarkable agility...... I also have been eyeballing a Moto Guzzi V7 for the last couple of years.
I'm always happy when you upload a new video!
Wow, thank you for your appreciation, I’m glad you enjoy my content so much! I like Guzzis too, thought many times about getting a V7 myself
A P1800 killer that sure would take Roger Moore's attention .
Throughout Alfa's long history they truly have created some stunning designs as well as outside Carrozzeria. However the 1950's really excelled in visual impact
That is an awesome design.
amazing design!!!
You need to do a video on the 1953 Alfa 6C 3000 Superflow IV, Jaguar basically copied Alfa's Superflow IV design to make the E-Type.
Yes, Alfa’s early 1950s exploits clearly must have inspired Malcolm Sayer during the genesis of the E-Type. The similarities between it and the Disco Volante are uncanny too
I had never thought about it before, while what many historians claim about the fact that the "Disco Volante" was the inspiration for the later D T. seems real to me.
Perfection.
When I see these beauties, I cannot think about the fact that in other fields (see horology and recently also for motorcycles) there is a big trend of repropose these very same "old" designs in modern versions (for horology just look at Tudor BlackBay success, or Vacheron&C. 222 recently resumed, for motorcycle look at the Triumph "modern classic" lineup, to the Ducati "sport classic" ones, to the BMW heritage ones and so on). I wonder why they can't do something similar in the car industry. There's so much good stuff to pick from the past that it's really unbelievable they didn't do it yet apart few (and successfully!) examples like for the new 500 or the Mini.
There's such a deal of models to use as inspirations!!!!
You have a point, indeed. But I wonder if automobile designers aren't already looking back too much. After all, these great old designs we love so much were cutting edge when new, designed with an eye to the future rather than the past.
How sexy is it? Well, before I read your title, I was thinking "what a sexy car!"
I know that everyone today is chasing performance numbers. But, the old Alfas werr never really about those and I do wonder how well a four-cylinder turbo chassis from the Giulia would fair if Pininfarina would issue a limited yearly and run a hundred or so custom-made coupes? I'm sure someone has run the numbers on such a bespoke program already. But, it does make for an interesting thought.
Jesus what a beautiful car!
Oh, I would like to build a spider version of the 2000 Sportiva!
Bella bella bella, era un modello che non conoscevo, veramente bella ❤❤❤
Sono contento di avertela fatta conoscere allora!
@@Matteo_Licata grazie 🙏
Bellissima!
OTTIMA!!!
Fabulous! Do you think that the late 1960s’ TVR Tuscan may have stolen some design cues from the Sportivo coupe? I see some strong similarities but, then again, they may just have Ben of the era.
I don't know, but by the time the TVR came out, these styling cues had appeared on many more period sports cars already
I think pure coincidence.
When it came out it was incredibly advanced in time, a few years later its design had become a common heritage of the European automotive scene.
What you express I believe happened in the case of the "Disco Volante" in relation to the later Jaguar D Type.
Not to mention the introduction of the wedge line in the 1970s.
The fact is that after the war its refined mechanics made it the most used brand by coachbuilders to propose the new lines and this was reflected in the subsequent series design.
PS: What about Duetto vs Mazda Cosmo? I was a kid when I saw the picture of Cosmo in a magazine: "Dad, they copied the Duetto !!" 😁😄
Too bad it didn’t become a series production model with an optional inline 6.
Thanks,
(1900C52 "Disco Volante" + 6C3000CM ) / 2 + Franco Scaglione = 2000 Sportiva
Only the bulge in the sills spoils it,but imagine a set a side exhausts instead...
Well, those bulges do cover the exhaust silencer, which runs on the side. However, the tip comes out at the back: probably they considered a side exit too much for a road-going GT
Perhaps even more beautiful than the Tipo 33? Well, at least the 33 came to production -- a very limited production of 8 complete cars plus 5 more unbodied chasis.
Driving down the Amalfi coast, Italy and then Malibu ,Cali. 7days a week would be fine with me
With me, too!
So when trying to come up with a use for the amazing Italian style small block V8 Alfa had in hand from the Tipo 33 and 33 Stradale builds they couldn't be bothered to ask Gandini to have a talk with Scaglione, even though they both had worked at Bertone and had designed cars for Lamborghini, and see if they could make a 2600 Sportiva Continuation with the GTV chassis using the perfect match for a tourer the 2.6L SPICA DOHC V8 derived directly from the 33 Stradale and you have a winner that would even sell today. I think I'm going to make one myself then.
That would have been an intriguing car, I have to concede!
Very nice but some imbalances of the line I just can not digest them. I don't like the rear wheel practically attached to the door.
Fair enough!
Curioso, de la misma época que el Pegaso y con la misma arquitectura, casualidad no creo que sea.
Bueno, el ingeniero jefe de Pegaso, Wifredo Ricart, trabajò para Alfa Romeo antes de la guerra. Luego, hay tambien que decir que esta impostacion era mas o menos lo mejor que existia en ese momento para coches de altas prestaciones, entonces es logico que Ricart hiciese lo mismo en sus Pegaso.
10-12 years later, TOYOTA comes up with the 2000 GT, and get's it showcased in the James Bond's movie,.. Just saying, Evil must have had it influence, also back then.
E Type meets Alfa.
Caro Matteo, l'Alfa Romeo dovrebbe pagarti per il tuo ottimo lavoro. Un altro raro ritrovamento archeologico, sconosciuto anche agli appassionati del marchio.
Saluti brasiliani.
Grazie mille :) Chissà, magari un giorno ci sarà spazio per una collaborazione!
👍🏼👍🏼concordo!
L'Alfa è stata tra le prime a promuoversi culturalmente tra gli appassionati. Chi tra gli Alfisti non conosce la figura di Elvira Ruoco, pronta a rispondere a centinaia di richieste sui modelli?
Poi... una sorta di demenza senile.
(Relativamente al modello, però, direi che la 2000 Sportiva sia ben conosciuta dagli Alfisti, almeno da quelli italiani)
Don’t know why, but I’ve always loved the sill bulges. Why are they shaped like that? Fuel tanks?
Interesting that rear axle has inboard brakes and transaxle. Subsequently echoed in the alfetta
On the left side, it covers the exhaust silencer, but on the right hand side is just there for simmetry :)
@@Matteo_Licata so cool. Can’t think of that feature on any car before or since. Can you.
I also note elements of Tz 1 - front on, 101 Giulietta coupe rear. And of course 250 Gto around the a pillar and windscreen.
Great series.
Well done you
Quite obviously a forerunner to the T 1/2 cars,
Kind of, yes. The TZ also was born from the Alfa engineers’ passion for racing, and they were not pleased when president Luraghi handed over their construction and the ensuing racing program to newly-founded Autodelta…
X Rated enough to be a Ferrari.
vivitalià
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What a Beauty. This should be transferred to a todays car based on the Giulia.
That would be cool 👍
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