1962 Alfa Romeo 2600 Pininfarina Speciale
In Detail
| engine | Inline-6 |
| valvetrain | DOHC |
| displacement | 2584 cc / 157.7 in³ |
| power | 108.1 kw / 145 bhp @ 5900 rpm |
| specific output | 56.11 bhp per litre |
| bhp/weight | 108.21 bhp per tonne |
| torque | 189.81 nm / 140.0 ft lbs @ 4000 rpm |
| f brake size | mm / in |
| r brake size | mm / in |
| wheelbase | 2499 mm / 98.4 in |
| front track | 1400 mm / 55.1 in |
| rear track | 1369 mm / 53.9 in |
| transmission | 5-Speed Manual |
| gear ratios | 3.30:1, 1.99:1, 1.35:1, 1.00:1, 0.79:1, :1 |
| 0 – 60 mph | ~11.0 seconds |
To me this is the most beautiful car I’ve ever seen !
I saw it for the first time reading an illustrated article about the “Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este” 2013 at the Lago di Como and was absolutely stunned at how wonderful all the proportions matched, the lines were sleek and plausible – just everything about this car set new standards for me as to what can be expected from a car aesthetically.
I installed a Hi-res picture of it as my desktop-wallpaper and founfd myself being drawn into every lovely detail for about a full hour – this never happened to me before and after; I was completely carried away !
However, as it is always is with cars that just look too good to be true I had to learn it was just one single prototype. I still marvel how few is known about this one and that so few people even know of it’s existance, though.