<< Prev Page 2 of 2 6C 2500s kept rolling off the line well into the War but production eventually ceased in 1942. Alfa Romeo managed to safely store all the tools and moulds, so by 1946 the factory was already up and running again. There were no resources for major developments and the only difference was the adoption of lower compression heads to cope with the poor quality of the fuel available. From 1947 a column mounted gear-lever was fitted. In those early post-War years the 6C 2500 was the most expensive car available.
A majority of the 6C 2500s produced were clothed by Touring of Milan. The designs of their bodies evolved much faster than Alfa Romeo's chassis, making it very easy to distinguish the pre and post-War machines. The most famous is no doubt the two-door coupe that won the 1949 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este and was subsequently known as the Villa d'Este Coupe. Another body of note was the 'Freccia d'Oro' introduced in 1947. This large two-door coupe was welded to the chassis and was a precursor to the unitary chassis that would soon become the norm.
As early as 1948, Alfa Romeo developed a three litre replacement but this was eventually discarded for economic reasons; there was a much bigger market for a more affordable four-cylinder model. So when the final 6C 2500 rolled off the line in 1952, it truly was the end of an era. Accordingly, the 6C 2500 remains as the last of the great Alfa Romeos that dominated on road and track during the 1930s and 1940s. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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6C 2500s kept rolling off the line well into the War but production eventually ceased in 1942. Alfa Romeo managed to safely store all the tools and moulds, so by 1946 the factory was already up and running again. There were no resources for major developments and the only difference was the adoption of lower compression heads to cope with the poor quality of the fuel available. From 1947 a column mounted gear-lever was fitted. In those early post-War years the 6C 2500 was the most expensive car available.