The A.L.F.A 40/60 HP is a Torpedo (car) / Torpedo / Spider (tipo corsa) from Alfa Romeo, built from 1913 to 1922, as the assembly line was turning motoring into an industry. Under the bonnet: 6,082 .
Where it came from
The ALFA 40/60 HP is a road car and race car made by Italian car manufacturer ALFA (later to become Alfa Romeo). This model was made between 1913 and 1922 and was designed by Giuseppe Merosi, as were all other Alfas at that time. The 40/60 HP has a 6082 cc straight-four engine with overhead valves, which produced 70 PS (51 kW) and its top speed was 125 km/h (78 mph).
The 40-60 HP Corsa racing version had 73 PS (54 kW) and a top speed of 137 km/h (85 mph), and it also won its own category in the Parma-Berceto race. 40/60 HP production and development was interrupted by the First World War, but resumed briefly afterwards. The 40-60 HP Corsa now had 82 PS (60 kW) and a top speed of around 150 km/h (93 mph). Giuseppe Campari won the 1920 and 1921 races at Mugello with this car.
Under the skin
Power comes from 6,082 . It weighs 1250 kg. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 3200 mm / 2950 mm (tipo corsa). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the Alfa Romeo G1; assembly was at Portello, Milan, Italy. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Packard Six, the Lancia Theta-35HP, the Vauxhall 30/98 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Alfa Romeo catalogue sit the A.L.F.A 12 HP and the A.L.F.A 15 HP.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the A.L.F.A 40/60 HP has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.