The Alfa Romeo Proteo concept car

Concept car

A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a car made to showcase new styling and or new technology. They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced....

 was released at the Geneva Motor Show in 1991. It is a 2-door coupe cabriolet (folding roof)
featuring a 3.0 liter quad-cam 24-valve (2959 cc), 60 degree V6 coupled with a 5-speed manual transmission, with top speed of 250 kilometres per hour (155.3 mph). The engine used in Proteo
produces 260 PS. The Proteo uses shortened floorpan used in Alfa Romeo 164 and features four wheel drive and steering.
Many of Proteo design cues were used later on Alfa Romeo 916 series GTV/Spider

Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider

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The prototype is on display at the Alfa Romeo History Museum

Alfa Romeo Museum

Alfa Romeo History Museum , which opened on December 18, 1976, is located in Arese, Milan, Italy. The museum is located in the now unused Alfa Romeo Arese factory area, which stopped manufacturing of cars in 2003 and engines in 2005, with the museum, left is only Alfa Romeo style centre.The whole...

 in Arese

Arese

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, Italy

Italy

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