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This is Zagato's TZ3 Stradale, the road-legal follow-up to last year's splendid coachbuilt TZ3 Corsa racer. Looks all nice and Italiany, right? Wrong. It's actually a funked-up Dodge Viper.
Zagato is describing it as 'the first American Alfa Romeo' which explains why there's a dirty great big Dodge 600bhp 8.4-litre V10 engine where you'd usually find a tortured twin-cam. They've nicked the Dodge's tubular steel chassis too, which is hidden under the all-carbon-fibre Stradale shell.
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The Alfodge's oily stuff might not be thoroughbred Italian, but it does come from the suicidal track-spec Viper ACR. 0-60 takes 3.3 seconds and it'll get to 192mph. This new lighter Zagato shell has been sculpted to celebrate Alfa's centenary and doffs its hat to the Sixties Alfa TZ's Kamm tail (that sliced off and pinched backside bit). And with less weight, it may be even quicker.
Just 10 are being built and car number one has already been sold. So, would you take one of the remaining nine over an original, pure-bred Alfa?
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What do you think?
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Gergo commented on this article
at 02:43 pm on 03 May 2011
Wow! Looks like an alfa and sounds like a viper. Am i in heaven?
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at 02:48 pm on 03 May 2011
Well that is very interesting. I don't see what was wrong with the viper's looks in the first place but I do think this Alpha looks good. With an American engine and an American chasis, it might actually last a little longer than 5-7 miles. Strange combination but I think it might actually work for me.
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Takk commented on this article
at 03:24 pm on 03 May 2011
Guys, don't spring this on us poor unsuspecting sods at the office. I kinda need a hanky now... Shame about the burly engine, I'd rather see (hear) that tortured twin cam you mentioned. I don't need 600hp anyway.
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at 04:27 pm on 03 May 2011
Honestly, I've always loved the Viper for no reason I can fathom, but i do. I also love Italian styling and passion. This amalgamation should seem like a dream come true. I'm not sure yet, but what I do know is that if you give the Italians an 8.4l engine they'd come up with a lot more than 600bhp!!!!
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at 04:30 pm on 03 May 2011
Honestly, I've always loved the Viper for no reason I can fathom, but i do. I also love Italian styling and passion. This amalgamation should seem like a dream come true. I'm not sure yet, but what I do know is that if you give the Italians an 8.4l engine they'd come up with a lot more than 600bhp!!!!
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