Cutaways are always appealing; especially when they reveal the Montreal's beautiful innards

Alfa Romeo Montreal

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It never ceases to cheer us up to see look at the gorgeous lines of the Alfa Romeo Montreal, which was penned by Lamborghini Muira designer Marcello Gandini whilst working at the Bertone Carrozzeria toward the end of the sixties.

Cutaways are always appealing; especially when they reveal the Montreal's beautiful innards

The production car was launched at Geneva in 1970, and was loved by almost everyone who lay eyes on her. But in it’s pretty body beat a powerful heart: a V8 derived from the one that had been used in the Tipo 33 Stradale. It was therefore not only a lovely looking thing, it went like stink and had some serious aural grunt as well as a futuristic ergonomically efficient interior.

A little under 4000 of the cars were produced until 1977, and the car remains one of the all-time most popular dream rides here at Influx towers.

The Bertone-penned Alfa exotic didn't need floppy hatted booth babes to look killer

 

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3 Responses to “Alfa Romeo Montreal”

  1. Adrian J Scott

    2 litre V8? Oh no-it was a dry-sump quad cam 2.5 V8 with Alfa's own Spica mechanical fuel injection and the gearbox with dog-leg 1st as used in the Aston V8. Did it go like stink? 0-60 in 7.4 secs…not bad, but not that fast.

  2. Mark Lacey

    I’d agree that this is one of Gandini’s best and is well undervalued. It is every bit as exotic as any other supercar from the period though it low production run and the inevitable rust will ensure this stays a rare sight. The blue one currently for sale in the states fresh from its rebuild shouldn’t hang around for long, though the suspension looks like it has yet to settle