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The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to a straight 6 engine. Bodies to these cars were made by coachbuilder
Coachbuilder

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s such as James Young
James Young (coachbuilder)

James Young Ltd was a British coachbuilder company. The business was started in 1863 in LondonRoad, Bromley. originally producing horsedrawn carriages....
, Zagato
Zagato

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, Touring
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, Castagna
Carrozzeria Castagna

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, and Pininfarina
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. Starting from 1933 there was also a 6C version with a factory Alfa body, built in Portello
Portello, Milan

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.

6C 1500 (1925-1929)
In the mid-1920s, Alfa's RL
Alfa Romeo RL

The Alfa Romeo RL was produced between 1922-1927. It was Alfa's first sport model after World War I. The car was designed in 1921 by Giuseppe Merosi....
 was considered too large and heavy, so a new development began.






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The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to a straight 6 engine. Bodies to these cars were made by coachbuilder
Coachbuilder

A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles.The trade dates back several centuries. Rippon was active in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, Barker founded in 1710 by an officer in Queen Anne's Guards, Brewster & Co....
s such as James Young
James Young (coachbuilder)

James Young Ltd was a British coachbuilder company. The business was started in 1863 in LondonRoad, Bromley. originally producing horsedrawn carriages....
, Zagato
Zagato

Zagato is a Industrial design consultancy and engineering services company situated just outside Milan, Italy.The company's premises occupy an area of 23,000 square metres, of which 11,000 square metres are covered....
, Touring
Carrozzeria Touring

Carrozzeria Touring The company was founded by Felice Bianchi Anderloni who previously worked for Isotta-Fraschini as a test driver, as well as the Italian operations of Peugeot....
, Castagna
Carrozzeria Castagna

Carrozzeria Castagna is an Italian coachbuilder company from Milan. The company history startsin 1849 when Carlo Castagna bought the Ferrari coachbuilding business....
, and Pininfarina
Pininfarina

Pininfarina S.p.A. is an Italian automobile design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy, founded as Societ? anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista Farina ....
. Starting from 1933 there was also a 6C version with a factory Alfa body, built in Portello
Portello, Milan

Portello is a district of Milan, Italy. It is notable as the site of the FieraMilano and of the car manufacturers Alfa Romeo, Darracq, the Italian office of Citro?n and the local office of Fiat....
.

6C 1500 (1925-1929)


In the mid-1920s, Alfa's RL
Alfa Romeo RL

The Alfa Romeo RL was produced between 1922-1927. It was Alfa's first sport model after World War I. The car was designed in 1921 by Giuseppe Merosi....
 was considered too large and heavy, so a new development began. The 6C1500 was introduced in 1925 at Milan
Milan

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, production started 1927, with the P2
Alfa Romeo P2

The Alfa Romeo P2 won the inaugural Automobile World Championship in 1925, taking victory in two of the four championship rounds when Antonio Ascari drove it in the European Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Gastone Brilli-Peri won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza after Ascari died while leading the intervening race at Montlhery....
 Grand Prix car as starting point. Engine capacity was now 1487 cc, against the P2's 1987 cc, while supercharging
Supercharger

A supercharger is an air Gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. The greater mass flow-rate provides more oxygen to support combustion than would be available in a naturally-aspirated engine, which allows more fuel to be provided and more work to be done per cycle, increasing the power output of the engine...
 was dropped. First versions were bodied by Young and Touring.

In 1928, a 6C Sport was released, with a dual overhead camshaft
Overhead camshaft

Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, valvetrain configurations place the engine camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the poppet valve or tappets in a more direct manner compared to overhead valves and pushrods....
s engine. Its sport version won many races, including the 1928 Mille Miglia
Mille Miglia

The Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance racing which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 .Like the older Targa Florio and later the Carrera Panamericana, the MM made Gran Turismo sports cars like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati and Porsche famous....
. Total production was 3000 (200 with DOHC engine). Ten copies of a supercharged (compressore, compressor) Super Sport variant were also made.

Variants:

  • 6C 1500, 44 bhp @ 4400 rpm, (1925-1929)
  • 6C 1500 Sport, 54 bhp @ 4500 rpm, (1928-1929)- 171 cars
  • 6C 1500 Super Sport compressore, 76 bhp @ 4800 rpm, (1928-1929)
  • 6C 1500 TF, 84 bhp @ 5000 rpm (1928-1929)


6C 1750 (1929-1933)


The more powerful 6C 1750 (1752 cc actual) was introduced in 1929 in Rome. Base model had a single overhead cam; Super Sport and Gran Sport versions had DOHC. Again, a supercharger was available. Total production was 369.

Variants:

  • 6C 1750 Turismo, 46 bhp @ 4000 rpm, (1929-1933)
  • 6C 1750 Sport/Gran Turismo, 55 bhp @ 4400 rpm, (1929-1932)
  • 6C 1750 Super Sport/Gran Sport, 64 bhp @ 4500 rpm, (1929-1932)
  • 6C 1750 Super Sport/Gran Sport compressore,85 bhp @ 4500 rpm, (1929-1932)
  • 6C 1750 Gran Turismo compressore, 80 bhp @ 4400 rpm, (1931-1932)
  • 6C 1750 Super Sport/Gran Sport/TF, 85 bhp @ 4800 rpm, (1929-1930)


6C 1900 (1933)

The last derivate of original 1500 version the 6C 1900 with an 1917 cc engine was introduced in 1933, now with an aluminium head for the first time. With 68 brake horsepower this version could achieve top speed of . The 1900 version is very rare as it was only made 197 copies, before it was replaced by 6C 2300.

Variants:

  • 6C 1900 GT, 68 bhp @ 4500 rpm,


6C 2300 (1934-1937)


The 6C 2300 (2309 cc) was designed by Vittorio Jano
Vittorio Jano

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 as a cheaper alternative to the 8C
Alfa Romeo 8C

The Alfa Romeo 8C name was used on road, Auto racing and sports cars of the 1930s. The 8C means 8 cylinders, and originally referred to a straight-8 engine....
.

Variants:

  • 6C 2300 Turismo, 68 bhp @ 4400 rpm, (1934)
  • 6C 2300 Gran Turismo, 76 bhp @ 4400 rpm, (1934)
  • 6C 2300B Gran Turismo, 76 bhp @ 4400 rpm (1935-1937)
  • 6C 2300 Pescara, 95 bhp @ 4500 rpm, (1934)
  • 6C 2300B Pescara, 95 bhp @ 4500 rpm (1935-1937)
  • 6C 2300 B Corto/Lungo (1935)
  • 6C 2300 B Mille Miglia


6C 2500 (1938-1952)

Introduced in 1938, the 2500 (2443 cc) was the last 6C road car. World War II
World War II

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 was coming and car development was stopped, but a few hundred 6C 2500s were built from 1940-1945. Postwar, the first new Alfa model was the 1946 6C 2500 Freccia d'Oro (Golden Arrow), of which 680 were built through 1951, with bodyes by Alfa. It was sold to wealthy customers like King Farouk
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, Alì Khan
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, Rita Hayworth
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, Tyrone Power
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, and Prince Rainier.

The 6C 2500 Villa d'Este was introduced in 1949 and was produced until 1952, named for the Concours d'Elegance
Concours d'Elegance

A Concours d'Elegance dates back to 17th Century French aristocracy, who paraded horse-drawn carriages in the parks of Paris during Summer weekends and holidays....
 held in Villa d'Este
Villa d'Este

The Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, Italy, near Rome. Listed as a World Heritage Sites, it is a masterpiece of Italy architecture and especially garden design....
; a Touring Superleggera
Superleggera

Superleggera is an automobile construction technology used in Italy from the middle of the 20th century. The name means "super light" in Italian language, and was coined in 1937 by the Italian coachbuilder, Carrozzeria Touring....
-bodied version won the prize. Villa d'Este was Alfa's last hand built model, only 36 examples made. The last 6C was produced in 1952, and was replaced by the 1900
Alfa Romeo 1900

The Alfa Romeo 1900 is a sports sedan designed by Orazio Satta Puliga for the Alfa Romeo company in 1950. It was Alfa Romeo's first car built entirely on a production line and was also Alfa's first production car without separate chassis....
.

Variants:
  • 6C 2500 Coloniale 90 bhp @ 4500 rpm (1939-1942), 152 produced
  • 6C 2500, 90 bhp @ 4600 rpm (1938-1949)
  • 6C 2500 Turismo
  • 6C 2500 Sport, 95 bhp @ 4600 rpm (1947-1949)
  • 6C 2500 Super Sport
  • 6C 2500 Super Sport Corsa 120 bhp @ 4750 rpm (1939-1953)
  • 6C 2500 Freccia d'Oro 90 bhp @ 4600 rpm (1946-1951)
  • 6C 2500 Villa d'Este 110 bhp @ 4800 rpm (1949-1952)
  • 6C 2500 GT (1950)
  • 6C 2500 Competizione 145 bhp @ 5500 rpm (1948)


6C 3000 (1950-1954)


A 6C 3000 was prototype made in 1950, basically a 2500 with a 3L engine. It did not appear until 1952, as the CM, built for racing, with a 3.5L engine, in four coupé
Coupé

A coup? or coupe is a closed car body style, the precise definition of which varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, and over time. Coup?s are often hardtopped sports cars or sporty variants of sedan body styles, with doors commonly reduced from 4 to 2, and a Close-coupled sedan interior offering either two seats or 2+2 seating ....
  and two spider
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 versions.

Variants:

  • 6C 3000 (1948)
  • 6C 3000 50 (1950)
  • 6C 3000 CM (1952) 275 bhp, ("Cilindrata Maggiorata" for enlarged displacement)
  • 6C 3000 PR (1954) ("Passo Ridotto" for shortened wheelbase)


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