Alfa Romeo 6C

The 6C series of the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo has been unveiled to the public in 1925 and sold in 1927. The abbreviation stands for 6C is cilindri ( six-cylinder ). Until 1953 ran out of the series.

Alfa Romeo was then a manufacturer of complete chassis including engine and drive unit. The body was left to specialist companies who have hereby made ​​a name and could satisfy customer demands individually. These companies counted Centro Stile Zagato, Touring, Castagna, Pininfarina and James Young. It was not until 1933, there were also models of Alfa Romeo 6C by its own body that were manufactured at the Portello.

  • The first 6C possessed a displacement of 1500 cc and were named accordingly 6C 1500., The engine produced 40 hp and 44 hp later, in the S version 54 hp and the SS version 60 hp. The series engines already had overhead camshafts. There were also variants with compressor, who performed 76 or 84 hp - Quantity: 1075th
  • Appeared in 1929 as a successor to the 6C 1750, which has made a big name in motorsport, especially in the variant with Zagato bodywork. A beautiful model is also designed by Bianchi Anderloni and built for touring type "white Flying Star ". In the highly charged version of the car made ​​102 hp and reached a top speed of 170 km / h - Number of units: 2579th
  • 1933 was followed by the 6C 1900 and a year later, the 6C 2300. Cylinder heads were first used in light alloy. 1939 was then followed by the 6C 2500th The body variants on these models were very numerous. However, common to them was the brand-shaping property of either very sporty vehicle, which was also suitable for motor sports, or a sporty and elegant touring car. Even the grille already corresponded to the Alfa Romeo Scudetto.

After the war, the 6C 2500 were built on already from 1946. By 1953, still leaving 1830 vehicles left the plant. The famous body styles from this production were the types Freccia d' Oro Villa d' Este and Corsa.

The successor of the 6C model took over the Alfa Romeo 1900, which was also offered with sporty elegant special bodies of different body corporate.

Gallery

Alfa Romeo 6C chassis ( 1932) from Schlumpf Collection

Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Mille Miglia Spyder, 1938

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS 1949

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Villa d' Este 1951

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, the body of Umberto de Mola

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, touring body

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, touring body

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Historic models ( post-war ): 6C | 1900 | Matta | Giulietta | 2000 | 2600 | Giulia | 1750/2000 | Montreal | Alfasud | Alfetta | Sprint | Romeo | AR6 | AR8 | Giulietta type 116 | Alfa 6 | GTV | Arna | 33 | 75 | 90 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 155 | 156 | 159 | 164 | 166 | SZ | RZ | GT | Brera | Spider | 8C Competizione

Historic models ( pre-war ): HP | G1 | RL / RM | 6C | 8C

Racing and racing cars: P1/P2/P3 | Tipo 159 ( Alfetta ) | Disco Volante | Giulia TZ | GTA | Tipo 33

Studies: Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica | Scighera

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