If you’re looking for a rad homologation special to
add in your collection, then this fender-flared Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione
would like to have a word with you.
The Alfa Romeo 75 -or Milano, depending on which
side of the Atlantic you are- was the last mass-produced rear-driven model the
company made before giving us the Giulia. What you see in the pictures is the
rarest version of the 75 family, the Turbo Evoluzione, which was a limited run.
More specifically, this is #468 out of the 500 Turbo
Evoluziones ever made, currently offered in auction by Bring A Trailer. The car
was imported in the US from Italy back in 2013 and is currently showing
116,000 km on the odometer.
The most obvious visual changes of the Turbo
Evoluzione is, of course, the fiberglass bodykit, which includes new fenders,
bumpers and side sills, along with matching red 15-inch alloy wheels and that
wonderfully ‘80s black decals.
Power is provided by a turbocharged 1.8-liter engine
that, on paper, puts out 155 hp, the same as the regular 75 1.8 Turbo. However,
the engine is believed to make closer to 170 hp as it had unique valve timing, a
dual fuel pump and a relocated air filter, not to mention the slightly smaller
bore of the engine.
These limited edition Alfas came even with a
different chassis code than the regular 75s and many of them were converted to
race cars, so to find one in this condition in the U.S. is like finding a
needle in a haystack.
