This 750 hp carbon missile is a tribute to the DTM legend that first won at Zolder
A giant-killing touring car, reborn for the road with up to 750 hp
Here is a car with a serious Belgian connection buried in its DNA. The new SGT Automobili 55-SGT is a road-legal homage to the Italian touring car that stormed the 1993 DTM, a giant-killing campaign that famously kicked off with pole and victory on debut at Zolder. Three decades on, a new independent Italian maker has turned that legend into a carbon-bodied, road-registered special, and the full official details are finally here.
The 1993 legend it honours
The car SGT Automobili is paying tribute to is one of the great touring-car stories. After dominating the Italian Superturismo series, an Italian manufacturer took its carbon-bodied, V6-powered, four-wheel-drive machine to Germany's DTM, then the toughest touring-car championship in the world. It took pole and the win first time out at Zolder, launching Nicola Larini's title-winning crusade and racking up 12 victories from 20 races. SGT Automobili is keen to stress that the 55-SGT is an entirely independent project, not authorised by, certified by or associated with Alfa Romeo or the Stellantis Group.
Not a replica, not a restomod
SGT Automobili is adamant the 55-SGT is neither a replica nor a restomod nor a nostalgia exercise, but a contemporary vision of what that track car would be today as a road-legal machine. It uses a highly regarded road-derived platform, extensively re-engineered for rigidity and driver engagement, wrapped in a monobloc body made from carbon fibre, Kevlar and carbotitanium, a material that fuses the stiffness of carbon with the toughness of titanium. The wedge silhouette faithfully echoes the 1996-era DTM car, stretched over modern 5,050 mm-long, 1,995 mm-wide proportions, with a full flat floor, GT3-style diffuser and an adjustable tri-plane rear wing generating 460 kg of downforce at 230 km/h.
Twin-turbo V6 and a configurable four-wheel drive
Power comes from a 2.9-litre, 90-degree twin-turbo V6 from the 690T family, paired with an eight-speed ZF paddle-shift gearbox reworked to feel like the old sequential racing units. The clever party piece is a bespoke, fully adjustable four-wheel-drive system: the driver can dial torque split from 50/50 all the way to 100 percent rear via a cockpit selector, with launch control and even a rear-drive Drift mode. Suspension is adjustable across Soft, Medium and Hard settings, and the engine offers multiple power maps, topped by a Race Mode that switches the traction and stability nets off entirely.
Stradale and Trofeo
There are two flavours. The 55-SGT Stradale weighs 1,590 kg, rides on Brembo brakes and electromagnetic dampers, and makes 530 hp, rising to 620 hp in Corsa Mode, with a bespoke Sinfonia Corsa exhaust. The hardcore Trofeo goes further: billet-machined construction shaves 100 kg to 1,490 kg, a supercharged version of the V6 delivers 750 hp and 800 Nm, and it gets SGT's own six-piston brakes, T1000 carbon wishbones and an F1-style DRS front element. Both wear exclusive 20-inch OZ Superturismo DTM forged wheels on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres, with the original racing suppliers OZ, Michelin and Sparco all involved.
55 cars, and a Monza debut
As the name suggests, production is capped at 55 units across the two versions, each individually tailored as a pure one-off, with the first 10 forming a prestigious Opening Edition reserved for hand-picked brand ambassadors. The 55-SGT Proto Zero made its dynamic public debut at the MIMO Milano Monza Motor Show from 26 to 28 June 2026, fittingly at Monza. It is the first project from SGT Automobili, an independent Italian firm founded by industry veterans Stefano Lo Bartolo, Emanuele Bomboi and Diego Iodice.
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There is something wonderful about a tiny Italian outfit choosing the DTM Alfa, rather than a Ferrari or a Lancia, as the icon worth resurrecting. That car was pure underdog magic, and the 55-SGT honours it with real engineering rather than nostalgia stickers: adjustable four-wheel drive, carbotitanium construction and a 750 hp Trofeo are serious credentials. The Zolder debut win gives it a lovely Belgian angle, too. The obvious caveats are that this is a brand-new, unproven maker, prices are undisclosed but will be vast, and only 55 people will ever own one. But as a love letter to one of touring-car racing's great giant-killers, it is hard not to be charmed.
We first covered this car when the 55-SGT was revealed. For more Italian restomod magic, see the Maturo 308 Stradale.
