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Milan coachbuilder Carrozzeria Colli (1932-73) will be best remembered (if it is remembered at all) for the Alfa Romeo Giulia Super estate cars it produced in the mid '60s. Just 16 were built: most were for the Italian police and army, while the remaining examples were used as service barges by European Alfa Dealer Team racers in Belgium, France and, of course, Italy, who at that time were campaigning GTA and GTAms. Most of the 16 had their rear side windows panelled in and all had folding rear seats and a proper lift-up tailgate. Most used stock running gear - a 1600 cc, twin-cam engine with a five-speed gearbox - but at least one had the lustier 1750 engine and bigger brakes from the V8-engined Montreal coupe. Two right-hookers came to the UK to be used by dealers. One is currently being restored for a Japanese collector who runs an estate-car museum in Japan, but the other has long since been destroyed.
A three-door Alfasud estate car went into production in the '70s - it was never sold in the UK, which had the similar Allegro estate - but there would be no Europe-wide Alfa estate until the advent of the 33 in the '80s.
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