Over the years, Alfa Romeo has produced some spectacular homolgation specials, and today we’ll be examining one of the most fascinating and underrated of them all. This, ladies and gents, is an Alfa Romeo Alfetta Turbodelta, of which Autodelta — Alfa Romeo’s racing division — built a mere 400 in order to satisfy the homologation requirements for Group 4 racing.
Any good homologation special needs a few visual identifiers to separate it from the common-or-garden versions on the road, and all Turbodeltas were blessed with a black bonnet and those exceedingly cool rainbow decals on the side. Under the hood, the Turbodelta featured a 2.0-litre inline four cylinder engine equipped with a Dell’Orto 40H carburettor and — for the first time in Italy’s production car history — a KKK turbocharger. This gave the Turbodelta a 20 horsepower advantage over the naturally-aspirated car, lending it a total output of 150 horsepower and a 130 mph top speed.
This example was registered in 1980 to Alfa Romeo SPA, and it remained within the company for 7 years. In March 1987, the company sold it to race-winning Italian Formula One driver Vittorio Brambilla (aka the Monza Gorilla) who enjoyed this Turbodelta as his daily for many years. Now looking for a new custodian, this Turbodelta is both a fantastic ambassador for the breed and a historically significant collector car. So, if your garage needs a boost, look no further than this turbocharged icon!
