‘Veloce’, incidentally, is Italian for ‘fast’ and the Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce had a top speed of just over 120 mph.

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The Alfa Romeo 2000 range was the replacement for the 1750. The engine was rationalized across the variants, the 2000 GT Veloce presenting both technical and aesthetic renewals: a new front grille with chrome bars with raised Alfa Romeo shield and integrated lights; larger rear lights; brand new central console; instrumentation in a single block created by the ‘Jaeger’ placement of the secondary instrumentation grouped together in ‘cloverleaf’ style between speedometer and tachometer behind the Hellebore dished steering wheel – as beautiful now as it has ever been.

The larger rear light clusters first fitted to United States market 1750 GTV’s were standard for all markets on the 2000 GTV. USA market rear turn signals were red instead of yellow on non-USA models. The side marker lamps were larger and did not have a turn signal flash feature.

Externally the 2000 GTV is most easily distinguished by that grille with horizontal chrome bars, featuring protruding blocks forming the familiar Alfa shield in outline, and by its smaller hubcaps with exposed wheel nuts.

All models feature the four cylinder, all-light alloy Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine in various cubic capacities from 1290 cc to 1962 cc, all with two valves per cylinder. All versions of this engine fitted to the 105 series coupés featured twin carburettors, except for U.S. market 1750 GTV and 2000 GTV cars which were fitted with mechanical port fuel injection by the company’s SPICA system.

Part of Alfa Romeo’s genius has been its practice of incorporating competition-car machinery into its mainstream production vehicles. So when the U.S. government required automakers to reduce emissions at the end of the 1960s, Alfa responded by borrowing the fuel-injection system developed for its sports racing prototype, the Type 33.

Despite its race-track prowess, the SPICA mechanical fuel-injection system, developed and produced by the Società Pompe Iniezione Cassani & Affini, was originally intended for use on diesel-powered tractors; it was the SPICA’s ability to precisely meter just the right amount of fuel to each cylinder at just the right time that led Alfa to use the system on its U.S.-spec cars.

The basic body shape shared by all models was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Bertone. It was one of his first major projects for Bertone, and borrowed heavily from his earlier design for the Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint/2600 Sprint. The balance of glass and metal, the influence of the shape of the front and rear glass on the shape of the cabin, and the flat grille with incorporated headlamps were groundbreaking styling features for the era. No one would have complained if Alfa had decided that creating the prettiest coupé of its generation was enough and had fitted a commonplace interior to save money.

But it also went all-in in the cabin, and the result is – again – possibly the nicest of all its contemporaries.

‘It wasn’t an architect or a designer who invented objects, but an artisan,’ declared Giugiaro. ‘My philosophy in cars and objects is that the form should be honest. We could say that I try to remove the superfluous and be harmonious: I strive for harmony in complexity.’

Giugiaro is widely known for the DMC DeLorean, prominently featured in the Hollywood movie series Back to the Future. His most commercially successful design is the Volkswagen Golf Mk1.

His earliest cars, like the Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupes, often featured tastefully arched and curving shapes, such as the De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo, and Maserati Ghibli.

From the late 1960s, Giugiaro’s designs became increasingly angular, transitioning via the gentle bends of the 1971 Maserati Bora, and culminating on the straight-lined ‘folded paper’ era of the 1970s and 1980s.

This includes designs such as the first VW Golf in 1974, the 1976 Lotus Esprit S1, 19678’s BMW M1, and 1981’s DeLorean.

At Beverly Hills Car Club right now we have a fine example of Giorgetto Giugiaro’s work, a 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 that is finished in a vibrant green exterior color, complemented by a black interior.

This GTV 2000 is equipped with a 5-speed manual transmission, 2.0-Liter Inline-Four engine, SPICA mechanical fuel injection, four-wheel disc brakes, single exhaust outlet, chrome bumpers, Jaeger instrumentation, Nardi wood-rimmed steering wheel, Kumho tires, 14-inch steel wheels, and a full-size spare tire perfectly fitted in the trunk. Featured amenities include bucket seating with head restraints, vent windows, driver-side mirror, and toggle switches.

If you’re in search of a classic Alfa Romeo, look no further than this extremely attractive GTV 2000 that is mechanically sound. 

-Alex Manos, Owner