The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio has never needed much in the way of improvement, but Alfa nevertheless delivered some back in 2020 in the shape of the limited-run Giulia GTA. A more extreme version of the regular Quadrifoglio with a name that harked back to Alfa’s lightened homologation specials of the 1960s, it saw power from the 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 bumped up to 533bhp, and the fitment of a wider track and uprated suspension.
Available in two versions, the ‘basic’ GTA shed 100kg from the Quadrifoglio thanks to the use of plenty of carbon fibre, aluminium, and even Lexan resin in place of glass in some of the windows. It also had a new aero kit with an active front splitter, developed in the wind tunnel of the Sauber F1 team, which was branded as Alfa Romeo at the time.
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA – engine bay
The GTAm took things further with even more serious aero and the ditching of the back seats. Announced in March 2020 (in what turned out to be easily the best bit of news to come from that particular month), all 500 units – split roughly 50/50 between GTA and GTAm – were pretty quickly sold out, and it’s rare to see one come up for sale.
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA – interior
One just has, though, and what’s more, it’s basically brand new. Up for auction with Collecting Cars in Munich, Germany, it’s a GTA, but wears the more aggressive GTAm aero kit. This, according to the auction’s description, was an option, although we’re struggling to dig out any confirmation of this.
It’s finished in Montreal Green, unequivocally and objectively the best colour available on the Giulia, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just plain wrong. Perhaps most notably, though, its mileage sits at just 266km. For those of us in countries still unwaveringly dedicated to the imperial system, that’s 165 miles – delivery mileage, in other words.
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA – rear
As we write this, there are two days left on the auction, and the current highest bid is €110,500 – around £93,000. When it was new, a GTA cost just over £150,000, and we suspect that the opportunity to get hold of a practically new example of a car that quickly sold out is going to push the final hammer price to something similar, if not more than that. We just hope the next owner gets a bit more use out of it.
