Alfa GTV6: Best of the Bottom-Feeders

The Maratona edition was referred to as the “Marijuana” edition, in reference to what Alfa must have been smoking at the time

by Rob Sass

For many Alfisti (our esteemed Publisher included), the saga of Alfa Romeo in the U.S. effectively ends after 1967, when emission controls began to sap their essential “Alfa-ness.” Having driven his ’65 Giulia Spider Veloce, it’s not difficult to see how he comes by this opinion. And the market seems to agree. Serial-production Alfa sports cars built prior to 1968 are all appreciating, while those built after 1967—excluding the last Duettos, the Montreal, and 1750/2000 GTVs— are nearly all fodder for columns like this one.

It doesn’t mean that all post-’67 Alfas are bad cars, just rather hopeless as collectibles for now and the foreseeable future. Of the various late Spiders, Milanos, Alfettas, and 164s, the GTV6 may be the most rewarding, yet it still languishes squarely in bottom-feeder territory, where it has resided since Bush the First was President. This aggressive depreciation will stand, but those who say it wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture...