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in 2006. The car was developed through a collaboration between Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, Fiat Group's research centre Elasis and the Espera design school led by Franco Sbarro. The design of the car is inspired by the iconic

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, making use of the

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. Although the car has the characteristic Alfa-nose, the nose also resembles that of a Formula One car. The car is built on a heavily modified chassis from an

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and a transverse mounted 3.2 litre Busso V6. The car has top speed of and can accelerate from 0 to in five seconds.

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