Wait, why has an Italian coachbuilder turned an Alfa Giulia QV into a Peugeot?

This is the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio as you’ve never seen it before. Well, it will be if Italian coachbuilder Castagna Milano can find “a true Alfista” who has enough cash to transform it from renders to reality.

You see, this is its plan for a “one-off coachbuilt special” that’d see the hot Alfa saloon become a two-seater cabriolet. Quite something, isn’t it? Although there is more than a hint of Peugeot 308 about it. Bet you can’t unsee it now.

It’s mostly those fang-like DRLs up front that look French, but we’re liking the rest of that face with its Lambo-style Y shapes creating brake-cooling ducts and half hiding the headlights. The Giulia’s front seats have actually moved back by 330mm too, so there’s now a properly long bonnet that’s 40mm lower than standard and features a giant exposed carbon centre.

The front and rear tracks are both widened to match the Giulia GTAm’s, and this custom cabrio gets wide arches and a cut-out beltline that sweeps around the back of the car and incorporates the rear lights. There’s a neat diffuser back there too, plus an active spoiler.

We’re told that the bodywork would all be made from carbon fibre, while inside there’d be wood trim and two different types of leather. There’s also new glass all around, and in keeping with the gran turismo spirit you’d get 623 litres of boot space even with the fabric roof folded away. Very practical.

Castagna Milano also claims the finished product would weigh just 1,420kg, and of course it’d retain the Quadrifoglio’s standard 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6. We are promised a longer final drive though for more efficient cruising.

“The Castagna Giulia is also a manifesto,” says the coachbuilder. “Today every manufacturer has its own personalisation department, and brand image is jealously guarded by the in-house design centres. What room is left for the independent research of the coachbuilders, the very research that for decades gave the carmakers their masterpieces?”

Anyone reckon this Quadrifoglio cabriolet is enough of a masterpiece to make it a reality?