While the Alfa Romeo 6’s design work was done prior to the Alfetta’s, the fuel crisis delayed its debut.
However, the sedan was pretty much a bigger and wider Alfetta, sharing many of its components, including the doors.

The not-so-stylish exterior design didn’t attract many Italian buyers and other countries were selling it half the price to avoid getting stuck with them.

Alfa tried to better the sedan’s image. At that time, among the Italy’s favorite sports was kidnapping, thus Alfa presented the Romeo 6 as a vehicle that didn’t attract much attention.

The Alfa Romeo 6 was driven by a 2.5-liter V6 engine that generated 156 hp mated with a ZF automatic transmission. It was considered Italy’s fastest 4-door production vehicle for a while.

Features available with the Alfa Romeo 6 included power steering, power windows, central locking, a standard limited slip differential and a shock sensor that would stop fuel supply in case of a crash.

Besides the 2.0-liter version that was reasonably popular, the sales were low. However, Alfa decided to launch the second generation in 1983. By 1986, the production was ceased.

A total of 6589 units were built and most of them were used by the government’s officials.