EDITION No. 49 - RELEASED 2026
MASTERPIECE COLLECTION
LIMITED 333 PIECES
The Carabo prototype was based on the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale with chassis number 750.33.109 and was fully operational. The 6-speed Colotti manual gearbox was located in front of the 2.0-litre V8 mid-engine. The Carabo was capable of producing 233 bhp at 8,800 rpm and 200 Newton-metres of torque at 7,000 rpm. Weighing just 1,000 kilograms, the show car could reach a top speed of 250 km/h. The Carabo is now on display at the Alfa Museum in Arese and is fitted with a V8 from the Montreal.
In the spring of 1968, Alfa Romeo commissioned the Italian design studios Bertone, Italdesign and Pininfarina to design three Stradale-based show cars intended to boost interest in the production model. Whilst the Pininfarina design, developed by Leonardo Fioravanti, was very rounded, the bodies by Bertone and Italdesign were distinctly wedge-shaped and, by the standards of the time, more modern.
The design studios developed the concept cars at their own expense. Alfa Romeo’s contribution was limited to providing the chassis free of charge. Bertone was the first to present its design. It was given the name Carabo, which refers to the family of ground beetles (Latin: Carabidae). Bertone’s 1968 exhibition model took up their green-orange colouring.
