Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Sport

The sporting six-cylinder range that expanded Alfa Romeo’s pre-war reputation.

The 6C 1750 Sport belongs to a family introduced in Rome in January 1929. The larger six-cylinder range offered several mechanical specifications, and its names matter: Sport, Super Sport, Gran Turismo and Gran Sport should not be treated as interchangeable badges. This profile focuses on the inventory’s Sport designation.

Engineering and historical context

Alfa Romeo’s historical account describes the 1750 family’s progression through naturally aspirated and supercharged versions, with both single- and twin-cam engines. The common 1752 cc displacement is documented, but the family’s headline performance figures cover different versions. This page leaves variant-specific output and maximum speed fields open rather than choosing a figure from a more powerful racing car.

Production and rarity

The manufacturer gives 2579 cars for the 6C 1750 family across 1929–1933. That is useful context for the scale of the programme. It does not establish a Sport-only total, a single-year figure or the production of one coachbuilt body. The exact production field for this entry is therefore unfilled.

Coachwork and the illustrated car

The supplied period photograph includes Sport Torpedo number 99 in the rear row of cars at Portello, with Gran Sport cars in the foreground. The caption makes that distinction explicit. For identifying a particular Sport, mechanical specification and chassis records are more decisive than choosing whichever car is largest in a photograph.

Reading an individual car’s history

Begin with the chassis identification and trace its connection to dated records. Keep engine identity, coachwork and race history as separate lines of evidence. A replacement component may be documented and appropriate without being original to delivery; a restored body may be historically faithful without preserving every original panel.

For this Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Sport entry, retain copies of the records that support the precise version being described. Period photographs can establish a configuration at a particular date, while invoices and restoration photographs can explain subsequent changes. A concours award or modern rally appearance belongs in the ownership history, alongside those records, rather than replacing them.

Collector questions

Does the model name identify a particular chassis?

The name identifies the model or configuration. An individual chassis and its body history need their own supporting records.

What does the production figure count?

The exact variant field is left blank. The production discussion records the available evidence and the limits of its scope.

Related vehicle profiles

• Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato
• Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Aprile
• Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Zagato

Primary references

1. Alfa Romeo / Heritage: Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Sport

Photo and credit

Alfa Romeo 6C cars at Portello in April 1930: Sport Torpedo number 99 is in the rear row; the prominent foreground cars are Gran Sports. Photo: Unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain. Resized and JPEG-compressed for web display; no content retouching. Website layouts may crop the image.