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History of Alfa Romeo Giulietta sprint

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta sprint was launched in 1954, it had various configurations but the particular one that this write up will be looking at is the 2+2 sprint. The Giulietta was available as a Berlina, sprint, sprint veloce, sprint speciale, a spider and even a station wagon.   The Giulietta was first launched in 1954 and was available only as a 2+2 coupe. It was designed by Franco Scaglione who was then working at Bertone. He was born in Florence on 26 th September 1916. He served the Italian army during the second world war, in the year 1951 he moved to Turin as all the large design firms were present there. His talent landed him in the famous design firm Bertone. One of his first few designs was the Fiat 1100. He was a very talented coach builder. When the Giulietta was first launched it had a very advanced twin camshaft and was a very high revving motor constructed using aluminum alloy, the gearbox was manufactured using same material. The ca