Alfa Romeo 6C

The Alfa Romeo 6C was a family of road, race and sports cars that Alfa Romeo built between 1927 and 1954, named for the six cylinders of its straight-six engine. Vittorio Jano created the first, the 6C 1500, to replace the larger Merosi-designed RL and RM, and it was shown at the Milan motor show in 1925 with series production from 1927 using the P2 Grand Prix car as its starting point. The line grew through the 6C 1750, the 6C 1900 and the postwar 6C 2500, and also included the Villa d Este, Alfa last handbuilt model. Most cars were sold as rolling chassis and bodied by coachbuilders such as Zagato, Touring Superleggera, Castagna, Pinin Farina and James Young, while from 1933 some carried a factory body made at Portello.