5 Things You Didn't Know About The Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider "916"

The #AlfaRomeo "916" GTV and Spider made quite a splash upon their introduction in late '94, and their stunning #Pininfarina design seems to have hardly aged at all, almost three decades later. Just over 80.000 units were sold, and good survivors have been on Alfa collectors' radars for quite some time now. But I guess you didn't know these five little factoids about these cool #Youngtimers
The GTV and the Spider were, as much of the Fiat Group's output was in the 1990s, based on the Fiat Tipo's platform. However, fitting the Alfa's bespoke multilink rear end instead of the Tipo's simple trailing arms required the interposition of a sturdy yet light subframe. It was die-cast in one aluminum piece thanks to a technique called "thixo-molding."
In 2003, the GTV and Spider's front end was restyled to align with newer Alfa models. I bet you didn't notice that the new bonnet also had very slightly enlarged headlight cutouts. The Spider "Monoposto" show car from 1998 was the last complete project overseen by Walter De' Silva as head of the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo before joining the VW group later that year. The GTV and Spider share the same platform and wheelbase, but Pininfarina was asked to produce a Spider model with a 50mm shorter wheelbase during development. The GTV and Spider were the last Alfa Romeos ever manufactured at the Marque's historic Arese factory near Milan. In 2000, the assembly line was transferred wholesale to Pininfarina's facility in San Giorgio Canavese, where production continued until 2004.
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