Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 Endurance

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Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2: history
A new version of TZ was introduced at the Turin Auto Show in 1964 in the Zagato stand. In order to reinforce the structure and further reduce the car's weight, Zagato replaced the light alloy body with an even more streamlined fibreglass body moulded tight to the chassis providing lower drag and reduced weight of 620 kg (1,370 lb). The new design was called the Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2. The TZ2 was only built as racing version; it was equipped with an Autodelta-prepared twin plug, dry sump lubrication 1,570 cc (1.6 L; 95.8 cu in) DOHC straight-4 engine producing around 170 bhp (127 kW) at 7000 rpm. With this engine the car reached top speed of 245 km/h (152 mph).[7] The rear window was also changed, now single unit rather than three part window in TZ. Development of TZ cars was stopped in the end of 1965, to make room for the new Alfa Romeo GTA racing program. Only 12 TZ2s were built.
The car won the prestigious Gran Turismo Trophy at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2: the victories
Due to the small displacement engine, the Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 has to be content with bringing home class victories. The sexy Lombard coupé made its racing debut on 25 April 1965 with the category success at the 1000 km of Monza with our Roberto Bussinello and Andrea De Adamich (who also won the 1000 km of the Nürburgring with “Geki”).
The car stopped being developed at the end of 1965: Alfa preferred to focus on cars capable of giving absolute victories and the Biscione technicians therefore concentrated on the Giulia GTA in touring and on the Tipo 33 in endurance.
Despite this, 1966 was the year in which the greatest satisfactions arrived (always class successes) for the Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2: "Geki" and the Swiss Gaston Andrey first in the 12 Hours of Sebring, De Adamich and Teodoro Zeccoli in front to all their category rivals at the 1000 km of Monza, Enrico Pinto and Nino Todaro triumphant at the Targa Florio and the top step of the podium at the Nürburgring with the Belgian Lucien Bianchi and the German Herbert Schultze.
The last important victory for the Biscione sports car dates back to 1967 when the Belgian duo of Serge Trosch and Teddy Pilette gave the Lombard company its third category triumph at the Nürburgring.