Alfa Romeo
2000 Sportiva (Bertone)

Why it matters

The 2000 Sportiva was Alfa Romeo's 1954 attempt at a more potent flagship above the 1900, offered as a fast grand tourer or a sports racer. It never entered series production, but its rear-end styling by Franco Scaglione fed directly into the Giulietta Sprint.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Photos

Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.

• Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva (Bertone) (Wikimedia Commons: Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva)
  Photo: MrWalkr · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva (Bertone) (Wikimedia Commons: Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva)
  Photo: pelican-actor · CC BY 2.0
• Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva (Bertone) (Wikimedia Commons: Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva)
  Photo: azrhey · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva (Bertone) (Wikimedia Commons: Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva)
  Photo: Andrew Bone from Weymouth, England · CC BY 4.0

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Bertone was tasked in 1954 with two prototypes, a spider and a coupé, with a view to a limited run of 100 cars. They used a tubular steel spaceframe, an aluminium body and an enlarged, dry-sumped version of the 1900 twin-cam engine. Testing began in the summer of 1954, but the planned series was dropped because production costs were higher than expected.

In all, Bertone made four cars, two spiders and two coupés. The Alfa Romeo museum at Arese keeps a coupé and a spider, and the second coupé was traded to a collector in the 1970s in a deal that brought an early Alfa Romeo 20-30 HP into the collection.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

The body is aluminium over a tubular steel frame, with covered headlights, a low oval grille carrying the Alfa shield and a wraparound rear window on the coupé. The red coupé that was traded out of the factory collection carries chassis number 1366.00004.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva Level A Stellantis Heritage

   • Bertone made four 2000 variants, two spiders and two coupés
   • Two of the cars are preserved in the Alfa Romeo History Museum in Arese
   • The second 2000 Sportiva coupé is still perfectly preserved
   • refined tubular steel spaceframe
   • dressed in a light aluminium alloy body

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   Museo Storico Alfa Romeo collection page: 2000 Sportiva Level A Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, Arese

   • 4 (2 coupé + 2 spider)
   • 4 cilindri in linea
   • 1997,4 cc (85x88 mm)
   • 2 alberi a camme in testa con comando a catena e ingranaggi
   • 2 carburatori doppio corpo
   • 138 CV a 6500 giri/min.
   • 5 marce + RM
   • Trazione posteriore
   • Anteriore: ruote indipendenti, quadrilateri trasversali
   • Posteriore: assale De Dion
   • a tamburo sulle 4 ruote, posteriori inboard
   • Passo: 2200 mm
   • lunghezza: 4160 mm
   • Peso 915 kg
   • Massima velocità 220 Km/h

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva | Stellantis Heritage Level A

   • 4 2000 Sportiva variants built (two spiders, two coupés)

   Accessed 2026-11-12
4. 4
   Guide: Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva - a Historical & Technical Appraisal Level B Supercar Nostalgia

   • compression ratio increased from 8.0:1 to 9.0:1
   • five-speed manual gearbox, single-plate clutch

   Accessed 2026-11-12
5. 5
   1954 Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva Level B supercars.net

   • Track: 1,270 mm (front), 1,310 mm (rear)

   Accessed 2026-11-12