| Make
|
Alfa
Romeo |
| Model |
Issima |
| Concept
year |
1996 |
| Production
year |
- |
| Engine |
V12 |
|
Powering the Issima were a pair of V6
engines joined together to form a V12 |
 |
|
The Alfa Romeo Issima was a design proposal created by
the Swiss styling house and engineering firm Sbarro.
Introduced at the 1996 Geneva Motor Show the Alfa Romeo
badged prototype featured a pair of 3.0 litre V6 engines
joined together to form a V12 unit with 500 horsepower.
Walter de Silva, who at the time was Alfa Romeo's top
designer, even approved of the concept's lines.
Perhaps this explains why the exterior styling of the
Issima is remarkably similar to the shape of the Alfa
Romeo Nuvola concept - especially around the front
- which was to appear only a few months later.
The style line which rises from the middle of the Issima's
front wheel arch up and over the rear wheel is a feature
which became one of the defining characteristics of the
Alfa
Romeo GTV's shape.
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