Peter Farr's Blog: Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa unveiled at Villa D'Este

Sunday, 2 May 2010

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa unveiled at Villa D'Este

Zagato is clearly undergoing a bit of a renaissance. Following on from the gorgeous Ferrari 550 GTZ Barchetta this stunning new take on the Alfa Romeo TZ cars is most welcome. Will it, like the iconic Alfa Romeo Montreal unveiled at Geneva in 1970, make it to production. Come on Alfa, you know you want to do it!

Autoblog takes up the story:

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa unveiled at Villa D'Este: "
Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Classics, Coupe, Performance, Alfa Romeo, Racing

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa - Click above for high-res image gallery

The Zagato-designed Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa has been unveiled at the Villa d'Este concours, and frankly, it's spectacular. Driven by the Alfa 8C Competizione's V8, the TZ3 is very much in keeping with its 60s-era predecessors, the TZ1 and TZ2, sporting similar detail elements and the same near-breadvan profile. Also like the originals, this is a legit racing car. Unlike its forbears, however, the new machine wears aluminum bodywork stretched over a tube frame and carbon-fiber chassis. Power, as indicated before, is also of thoroughly modern origin.

Zagato says the TZ3 was commissioned by German collector Martin Kapp as a special celebration of 100 years of racing from Scuderia Ferrari, Alfa Corse, Autodelta, and Scuderia Zagato. On that 'special' bit, we think it's safe to say, 'Mission accomplished.' With class and panache to spare. Official PR pics are in the gallery below, and a full live gallery is posted at OmniAuto. Be sure to pay them a visit as well. Thanks for the tip, Claudio!

Gallery: Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa