Alfa Romeo RL

The Alfa Romeo RL was produced between 1922-1927. It was Alfa's first sport model after World War I. The car was designed in 1921 by Giuseppe Merosi. It had a straight-6 engine with overhead valves. Three different versions were made: Normale, Turismo and Sport. The RLTF (Targa Florio) was the race version of RL - it weighed half of normal versions, the engine had seven main bearings instead of four and double carburetors. In 1923 Alfa's race team had drivers like Ugo Sivocci, Antonio Ascari, Giulio Masetti and Enzo Ferrari. Sivocci's car had green cloverleaf symbol on white background and when he won Targa Florio 1923, that symbol was to become the Alfa team's good luck token.

RL total production was 2640.

Variants:

• RL Normale, 2916 cc 56 bhp (1922–1925)
• RL Turismo, 2996 cc 61 bhp (1925–1927)
• RL Sport, 2996 cc 71 bhp (1922–1927)
• RL Super Sport, 2996 cc 71 bhp (1922–1927)
• RL Super Sport Castagna, 84 bhp
• RL Super Sport Zagato, 89 bhp
• RL Targa Florio, 3154 cc 95 bhp (1923)
• RL Targa Florio, 2994 cc 90 bhp (1924)
• RL Targa Florio, 3620 cc 125 bhp (1924)

References

Borgeson, G. (2002). The Alfa Romeo Tradition. ISBN 0-85429-875-4