In current ownership for 12 years - Subject of sympathetic restoration in current ownership In 1972, Alfa Romeo unveiled the Alfetta, a remarkably sophisticated, modern new saloon car with a transaxle layout, De Dion tube rear suspension and minimalistic styling courtesy of the brand's Centro Stile.

The new model took the name Alfetta from the F1 World Champion winning cars of 1950 and 1951.

The engine chose was the widely praised four-cylinder twin-cam, the gearbox placed in the rear together with the clutch, “De Dion” rear suspension with a “Watt’s” parallelogram linkage.

The rear brake discs were placed "on-board", to reduce the unsprung mass.

As such the Alfetta benefited from a perfectly balanced weight distribution, 50% on each axle.

The front had independent suspension with flexible torsion bar components and a rack steering system with adjustable steering wheel.

In November 1981 the updated "Alfetta '82" range was launched, comprising 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.0 Turbo Diesel mo...