| Alfa Romeo Eagle | |
| Manufacturer: | Alfa Romeo |
| Production: | 1975 |
| Assembly: | Italy |
| Designer: | Aldo Brovarone at Pininfarina |
| Class: | Concept car |
| Platform: | Alfetta GT |
| Body Style: | 2-seat targa |
| Layout: | Front-engine, rear-wheel drive |
| Engine: | DOHC inline-four engine |
| Transmission: | 5-speed manual |
| Length: | [1] |
| Sp: | uk |
The Alfa Romeo Eagle is a concept car built by Pininfarina. The car debuted at the Turin Auto Show in 1975.[2]
Three years after unveiling their Alfetta Spider prototype built using the chassis and drive-train of the Alfetta Berlina, Pininfarina presented a new Alfa-based styling exercise. Like the Alfetta Spider, the Eagle had a targa top, but was built using the Alfetta GT as a base. The goal was to show that it was possible to design an open car with good passive safety.
The Eagle's wedge-shaped body was designed by Aldo Brovarone, who drew inspiration from the sports prototype cars of the time and the Alfa Romeo 33/TT/12 in particular. The body was characterized by a prominent rearward-inclined or swept-back roll-over bar. The interior diverged strongly from the contemporary Alfa style, with soft matte plastic dashboard finishes, a mono-spoke steering wheel and fully digital instrumentation.
With a 4-cylinder Twin Cam engine in standard GT tune, good aerodynamics and weighing just, the Eagle was rated at a maximum speed of while returning significantly better consumption than the model from which it was derived.[3] [4]
As with Pininfarina's earlier Spider proposal, the Eagle did not go into production. Alfa Romeo's management instead opted to refresh the style of the Duetto.