At the 'My Special Car' show held at the new Rimini Exhibition Centre over the weekend Alfa Romeo presented an Alfa GT equipped with the new 'Tecnico Sportivo' styling upgrade kit.

The 'My Special Car' show is Italy's premiere styling and tuning extravaganza, held each year in the east coast holiday town. This year Fiat Auto took the show seriously with both Fiat and Alfa Romeo officially present. While Fiat presented the Giorgetto Giugiaro reworked Croma 8ttoV, the Idea Sport and the Panda turbodiesel rallycar concept, Alfa weighed in with debuts for the GT 'Tecnico Sportivo', the Sportwagon 'Sport' and an Alfa 147 1.9 JTD fitted with an iPod.

The Alfa GT model was in fct very well represented in the large, brand-new halls of the Rimini Exhibition Centre. Various bodystyle-enhanced examples were on show, while a 'standard' JTD-powered version was shown by alloy wheel manufacturer Toora, and of course the 320bhp, 175 mph supercharged Autodelta GT 3.2 Super, the ultimate expression of refined 'Gran Touring' motoring, a car which was one of the show's highlights.
 

Alfa Romeo debuted the 'Technico Sportivo' package, which will be made available through the Alfa Romeo dealer network. It offers a new style of bodykit, optional alloy wheels, and several higher-specification interior cosmetic enhancements.

The new front bumper and spoiler arrangement features slotted cut-outs around the traditional Alfa 'heart' grille which are clearly inspired by the early Alfa 156's well known styling cues, while new side skirts, rear bumper and slim, curved bootlid 'lip' spoiler, complete the visual makeover for the Alfa 156 based coupe.

Two alloy wheels styles are also offered, an 18-inch (available with 225/40 tyres) or 17-inch (215/45), while usual GT optional accessories such as aluminium pedals and footrests and boot luggage nets.