Alfa Romeo Montreal Price Guide

The Alfa Romeo Montreal is one of the most beautiful and mechanically exotic cars of the 1970s: a Bertone-designed coupe powered by a race-derived 2.6-litre V8 with fuel injection and dry-sump lubrication. It was Alfa Romeo at its most ambitious.

The Car

The Montreal began as a styling exercise by Marcello Gandini at Bertone for the 1967 Montreal World Expo, based on the Giulia 105 platform. Public reaction was so enthusiastic that Alfa put it into production in 1970, fitting a detuned version of the Tipo 33 sports-racing car’s quad-cam V8. The 2,593cc engine used Spica mechanical fuel injection and produced 200bhp — modest by modern standards but exotic for 1970. Dry-sump lubrication allowed the engine to sit lower. The five-speed ZF gearbox drove the rear wheels through a limited-slip differential. Around 3,925 were built before production ended in 1977.

What Goes Wrong

The Spica injection system is the Montreal’s Achilles heel. It requires specialist knowledge to set up and maintain, and a poorly calibrated system causes rough running, poor starting, and overheating. The V8 itself is a robust unit if maintained but the quad-cam valve train needs regular attention. Electrical systems are complex and troublesome. Rust attacks the same areas as all 105-based cars. The Montreal is not a car for the casual enthusiast — it demands commitment, specialist knowledge, and a realistic maintenance budget.