The new 2000 series, consisting of saloon and spider, lacked a coupé version, the body that best suited an Alfa Romeo. So in 1960 it was decided to produce a new Sprint chassis with a 2580 mm wheelbase, intermediate to that of the saloon and spider, equipped with the same 115 bhp engine as the spider. The first car offered on this chassis was the 2000 Sprint Praho, a luxurious coupé built by Carrozzeria Touring in 1960. The Praho remained a prototype also because at the same time the 2000 Sprint, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Carrozzeria Bertone on the same chassis, was presented.

This model was judged very favourably by the Alfa Romeo management and immediately put into production thanks above all to the design of the front end, which featured, for the first time, a single opening covered by a grille; the headlights, which were double and of a different diameter, were also inserted inside the grille itself rather than being mounted on the bodywork. The side is similar to that of the Giulietta Sprint, the rear end is truncated and without fins, with a recessed tail mirror within which are the lights and number plate holder. The 2000 series was produced between 1957 and 1962 when it was replaced by the more powerful 2600 series. There were only 704 examples of the 2000 Sprint Coupé Bertone, rare because they were produced over a shorter period of time.

This 1961 2000 Sprint, officially struck off the register in 1988 (with official registration certificate), one of the very few remaining examples with black plates, is in excellent condition and has already undergone some work (replacement of the windscreen and exhaust with original parts). The bodywork has had work done on the underbody and sheet metal, and the paintwork has been redone in the typical Alfa Romeo Dutch Blue (343). The engine (original equipment, 'matching numbers') is in perfect working order, over 4000 euros worth of work has been carried out to restore all the damaged mechanical parts. The interior has been redone and the door side panels are present (removed), at a cost of around 2500 euros at upholsterer Viale Certosa Milan. The dashboard is complete and still has the original keys. It has new tyres, only seals and carpet are missing. An excellent opportunity to complete a rare example of Biscione's coupé history with little effort!