Styling

Pininfarina was commissioned for the design with Enrico Fumia being tasked with the project. The early concept & his sketches met with Alfa Romeo management approval, taking about a year for these to be translated into three dimensions with the first clay models. Approximately two years after their initial presentations to management, Pininfarina returned with the final design & handed over the full scale model to Alfa Romeo Centro Stile ready for the completion of the detail work. This was undertaken under Chief Designer Walter Maria de’Silva.
The GTV is formed as an aggressive wedge with prominent rising swage lines. The stance is low & wide, with wheels flush with the arches. The ground hugging front swells into a smoothed bonnet featuring a V-motif that grows from a compact, efficient version of the Alfa Romeo shield shaped grille. The clamshell bonnet’s composite construction facilitates fluid lines & low mass. The hard edges of the grooves rising from the front give way to complex curves that swell over the rear wheels & end in a truncated “Kamm” tail. Some versions feature a dramatic aerodynamic wing whose lines are harmonised with the swage on the side, rear deck on the bottom & cut-off tail on the rear.
Among the details are compact paired round headlights echoing previous editions of GTV coupe’s with high efficiency poly-elliptical lamps inset either side of the grille. Door releases are flush fitted items, the door glazing frameless & rear lighting by way of a single, elegant horizontal light strip.
De Silva & his team managed to impart fleshed out curves to the surfaces without compromising Pininfarina’s aggressive line.

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