To celebrate last weekend’s Berlina Register drive through the wine country backroads, and because hey, an affordable one actually came up, we have an example of this early sports sedan to share. While BMW was just getting things going with the Neue Klasse and 02-series cars, Alfa Romeo had been building sporting sedans since at least 1950. Released in 1967 (1969 in North America), the Berlina took the basic Giulia sedan and changed the front, rear and doors to make a new, larger car. They never quite matched BMW’s success with the 2002 (and to a lesser degree, the 1602), but these days enjoy strong demand among enthusiasts. Prices for good, solid drivers have slipped out of our realm, so these rarely come up, but you can find this 1974 Alfa Romeo Berlina in Menlo Park, CA for only $1500.
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