• Sold new in Italy • Resident in Sweden for many years • Recent light restoration (bill available) • More powerful engine (special camshafts) • Venduta nuova in Italia • Residente in Svezia per tanti anni • Recente restauro leggero (fattura disponibile) • Motore potenziato con alberi a camme speciali Introduced in 1966, the GTA (the 'A' stood for Alleggerita - lightened) was the official competition version of the Giulia Sprint GT and was produced in both road and race variants.

The latter, as usual, was the responsibility of the factory's Autodelta competitions department, which had been founded in 1961 as an independent company by Carlo Chiti and Ludovico Chizzola, and subsequently absorbed by Alfa Romeo.

Visually almost indistinguishable from the road-going Sprint GT, the GTA differed by virtue of its aluminium body panels, Plexiglas side and rear windows, and lightened interior fittings and trim.

As a result the GTA tipped the scales at around 200 kilograms lighter than the sto...