Background
Introduced in 1962 and outwardly almost indistinguishable from the preceding 1.3-litre Giulietta, the Giulia boasted a more powerful and much less fussy 1,570cc engine in addition to welcome improvements to the previously feeble heating arrangements.
The ‘TI’ name referred to a class of Italian saloon car racing known as ‘Turismo Internazionale’, and had previously been applied to higher-performance versions of 1950’s saloons.
Despite their boxy, unitary construction body, the Giulietta and Giulia were paragons of aerodynamic efficiency and possessed a distinctly sporting nature, the 92bhp produced by its classic, twin-cam, four-cylinder engine making the 1,570cc Giulia TI a genuine 160km/h car.
The Giulia 1300 ti (for some reason, Alfa decided to use lower-case letters for this version) was built from 1965 to 1972. It mounted a 1,290cc engine with single down-draft carburettor for 82 PS (60 kW) at 6000 rpm.







