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Alfa Romeo GTV Cup 2002

The Alfa Romeo Gran Turismo Veloce (GTV), designed by Enrico Fumia at Pininfarina, was planned to re-establish the sporty coupé tradition of Alfa Romeo for the 1990s. The GTV's name placed it as the successor to the long-discontinued Alfetta GTV coupé and, with a typical Italian design, many journalists commented that Alfa had improved the overall build quality considerably, coming very close to equalling its German rivals.  The car was indeed favourably received by the written press with the Alfa Romeo GTV listed as #29 in Jeremy Clarkson's 'Top 100 Cars' from 2001. In 2001 Alfa Romeo produced just 419 limited edition Cup examples inspired by a one-model Alfa GTV Cup race series, both 2.0 litre and the more desirable 3.0 litre V6. Just 180 of these examples were 3.0 V6 24v examples and only 155 in righthand drive - 3.0 V6 cars were available in red only while 2.0 TS cars were mostly silver with few examples in red.