{"id":775133,"date":"2026-07-02T21:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775133\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T21:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:54:14","slug":"alfa-romeos-racing-legend-reborn-with-modern-super-sedan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775133\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo\u2019s racing legend reborn with modern super sedan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alfa
\n SGT Automobili 55-SGT<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s DTM championship might conjure mental images of BMWs, Mercedes-Benzs and Audis battling on track, but in the early to mid 1990s it was Alfa Romeo which was one of the series\u2019 stars.<\/p>\n

With the 155 2.5 V6 TI and Nicola Larini behind the wheel, Alfa Romeo won the 1993 title, while its all-wheel drive, 2.5-litre sedan took 12 wins in the season, before going on to notch up 38 victories overall by the time it was retired at the end of 1996.<\/p>\n

Almost three decades on from the last time the DTM-spec 155 raced competitively, startup firm SGT Automobili has paid tribute to the racer by releasing a modern reincarnation, the 55-SGT, based on the Giulia Quadrifoglio.<\/p>\n

\"\"SGT Automobili 55-SGT<\/p>\n

Using the Giulia sedan\u2019s chassis and cabin as its base, there are no exterior carry-over parts from the current BMW M3-rival, with the body instead being a carbon fibre construction that painstakingly replicates the 155 2.6 V6 TI.<\/p>\n

This includes its stepped front bumper, aggressive splitter and side skirts, as well as its hooped rear wing. There are even two less doors, something that wasn\u2019t a feature on the racing car.<\/p>\n

Its 20-inch OZ Racing wheels are bespoke, and sit in front of Brembo brakes all round.<\/p>\n

\"\"SGT Automobili 55-SGT<\/p>\n

The interior has the strongest links to the Giulia Quadrifoglio production car, though in place of its rear seats there\u2019s now a roll cage, while the front occupants get carbon fibre racing-style seats.<\/p>\n

Via the centre command console, the driver can adjust the suspension settings, the engine outputs and even the torque split of the all-wheel drive powertrain, with a drift mode also being incorporated.<\/p>\n

In its standard Stradale guise, the 55-SGT weighs just under 1590kg, while the stripped-back Trofeo version is just 1490kg, both being much lighter than the circa-1720kg kerb weight of the Giulia Quadrifoglio.<\/p>\n

\"\"SGT Automobili 55-SGT<\/p>\n

Powering the 55-SGT is the twin-turbo 2.9-litre V6 engine as found in the flagship Giulia, normally capable of producing up to 377kW, but turned up to 456kW in the Stradale and 552kW in the Trofeo.<\/p>\n

Purists may be upset that the eight-speed automatic transmission is retained, rather than being swapped out for a manual or sequential transmission, though it would\u2019ve likely resulted in a big price increase.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, there\u2019s no price yet, but expect to pay a significant amount more than for a Giulia Quadrifoglio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SGT Automobili 55-SGT Germany\u2019s DTM championship might conjure mental images of BMWs, Mercedes-Benzs and Audis battling on track,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-775133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}