Final Alfa TZ3 heading to Amelia Concours of Elegance

The last of only nine custom Alfa Romeo Zagato Stradale TZ3s will be heading to the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

Interior Design

What law says that race car drivers shall be denied basic creature comforts? None that we know of.

Form follows function

The form follows function school of automobile design will be celebrating the new 2013 SRT Viper.

New York hosts the return of the Viper.

The snake is back. Greeted by an enthusiastic group of international media, the Viper made its triumphant return to glory on April 4th in New York. SRT represents the pinnacle of performance engineering within the Chrysler Group.

Viper GTS-R

A factory-backed Viper will race on the world stage again.

SRT Viper unveiling

Highlights of the 2013 SRT Viper reveal from the 2012 New York International Auto Show with Ralph Gilles, President & CEO, SRT Brand and Motorsports

Viper day.

La bella macchina, is dedicated today to the new Viper.

The new Viper.

Today in New York motor show SRT presented the new generation of the Viper.
The 2013 SRT Viper is all-new, from front-to-back and top-to-bottom, from the lightweight carbon-fiber roof right down to its road-scorching wheels. It features less weight, stiffer chassis, a more powerful engine, beefed-up close-ratio transmission, more powerful brakes and new electronic technology.

Venom Racer..

The all-new SRT Viper GTS-R race car goes thru the paces at the Chrysler Technology Center wind tunnel in Auburn Hills, MI. The car marks the return by a factory-backed SRT Viper Racing team to the American Le Mans Series in 2012.

Soul Survivor.

One day left

SRT released the fourth and final teaser before the unveiling of the new generation Viper, tomorrow April, 4.

Viper tease #3

Viper tease

Dodge released a teaser of the brand new Viper.

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale.

The TZ3 program managed by Zagato to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Alfa Romeo (1910-2010) ended with the delivery of the TZ3 Stradale.

The initiative started in 2009 with the manufacturing of the “one off” TZ3 Corsa which won the Villa D’Este Design Concept Award in 2010 and followed with nine (9) TZ3 Stradale.

The TZ3 Stradale is a tribute to the Alfa Romeo and Zagato street legal heritage. Just 9 examples in the world.

The TZ3 Stradale celebrates the road legal heritage of Alfa Romeo Zagatos RL SS, 6C 1500,6C 1750,8C 2300 and 8C 2900 Zagato in the 20s and 30s, 6C 2500 Panoramica, 1900 SSZ and the Giulietta SVZ in the 40s and 50s, SZ, 2600 SZ, Giulia TZ and Junior Z in the 60s and 70s, S.Z. and R.Z. in the 80s and 90s.

The TZ3 Stradale is based on the "King of the Ring" Viper ACR mechanical chassis with a carbon fibre body. “Bellezza necessaria” is the inspiration of this car which matches for the first time an USA power train and can represent the first American Alfa Romeo.

The first TZ3 Stradale has been delivered to the US Alfa Romeo and Zagato collector (and Saratoga Automobile Museum’s board member) Eric King. The TZ3 Stradale n°2 and n°3 will be delivered in Japan and Europe.

TZ3 Stradale boast a typical Kamm-tail (K-tail) layout. This solution became famous in Italy with the “Coda Tronca” bodies which were tested by Zagato in the beginning of the 60s. They reached their apex on the Alfa Romeo TZ and TZ2.

Kamm Effect is part of the functional design approach that aims to the aerodynamic efficiency. According to this, the CX can be lowered by keeping compact volumes at the same time. The reduction of the wind resistance is assured with the Kamm Tail design, without any need of a very stretched “drop” shape of the tail.