Start with what the Alfa Romeo 430 is: a chassis, flatbed truck or truck tractor with 5,816 cc 80 hp 4-cylinder diesel, built from 1942 to 1950, in a decade split by war, when civilian production stopped and restarted. What it meant takes a little longer.
How it came about
The Alfa Romeo 430 is a 5-ton truck produced by Alfa Romeo between 1942 and 1950. It started as a military project (430RE) based on the larger Alfa Romeo 800 truck. Some of the trucks were converted into anti-aircraft vehicles equipped with a machine-gun of 20 mm (0.8 in) IF Scotti. The truck was produced for a commercial version after the war.
Both military and civilian versions were produced until 1950. The 430 was equipped with 5.8 L straight-4 diesel engine, which could produce 80 hp (60 kW) at 2000 rpm. With that power it could achieve top speed of 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph). Its range was 390 kilometres (240 mi).
The hardware
The engine is 5,816 cc 80 hp 4-cylinder diesel. On the scales it comes to 3350 kg. Drive goes through a 4-speed transmission with two-speed transfer gearbox. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Alfa Romeo line-up the Alfa Romeo 430 has a clear place: it handed the line to the Alfa Romeo 450. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lincoln Continental, the Ford GPA, the Dodge WC-54. Its Alfa Romeo stablemates include the A.L.F.A 12 HP and the A.L.F.A 15 HP.
Owning one today
There is no federal ownership record for the Alfa Romeo 430 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.