Alfa Romeo does not build many cars like the Alfa Romeo Caimano: a Coupe with 1.3 L (1,286 cc) Boxer H4, built from 1971 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Its designer of record is Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign.
The story
The Alfa Romeo Caimano is a concept car designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign and presented at the Turin Motor Show in 1971. The car is exhibited at the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 1.3 L (1,286 cc) Boxer H4. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2250 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the American Motors Corporation AMC Gremlin, the Renault 5, the Suzuki Jimny. Nearby in the Alfa Romeo catalogue sit the A.L.F.A 12 HP and the A.L.F.A 15 HP.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Alfa Romeo Caimano 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.