Shear English - Built by famed Italian coachbuilder Zagato, the TZ3 Stradale is an Alfa Romeo-bodied sports car with the mechanical hardware of a Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR - including its tyre-frying 450kW/760Nm 8.4-litre V10 engine. The Stradale is the second TZ3 model from the design and engineering house following the one-off TZ3 Corsa, revealed last year as a tribute to the Alfa Romeo TZ (Tubolare Zagato) sports cars of the 1960s.
The latest incarnation also continues the celebration of Alfa Romeo's 100th anniversary and the two companies’ long-term links. Just nine examples will be built with the first going to US Alfa Romeo and Zagato collector Eric King, while cars number two and three are destined for wealthy collectors in Japan and Europe, respectively.
Zagato says its latest TZ3 is a design exercise — not a race car — unlike the track-focused Corsa with its 313kW, 4.2-litre Maserati V8 and mere 850-kilogram body weight. Instead, the ‘‘avant-garde car’’ combines American muscle with a sleek carbon-fibre body that blends traditional and modern Alfa and Zagato styling cues, albeit appearing straight out of the ’90s.
The Viper’s chassis is wrapped in classically proportioned, ultra-long bonnet and short-boot bodywork. The chopped rear features Zagato’s signature ‘‘Kamm tail’’, highlighted by a blacked-out panel with an integrated vertical rear window and tail-lights from the Alfa 8C Competizione super car.
Along with the V10 engine to drive the rear wheels, the TZ3 Stradale uses virtually all mechanical parts from the Viper, including the six-speed manual gearbox and adjustable race-spec suspension.
The original Zagato Alfa Romeo TZ of the 1960s featured a 120kW, 1.6-litre twin-cam engine shared with the Alfa Giulia that gave the 650kg coupe a claimed top speed of 216km/h.
The Zagato design house was founded in 1919 in Milan and has applied its touch to marques including Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Abarth, Ferrari and Aston Martin. It has also built exclusive one-offs and prototypes for Ford, Jaguar, MG, Rover, Volvo, Bristol and Rolls-Royce.
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