Book of the month
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
MARTIN ÜBELHER & PATRICK DASSE, Dingwort Verlag, £350, ISBN 978 3 87166 086 3
German publisher Dingwort blew us away five years ago when it simultaneously released not one but half-adozen hefty hardback picture books devoted to the 105-series Alfa Romeos: one each on the Giulia saloon, Giulia GT coupé, Spider, Junior Z and Montreal (which was developed on the 105 platform), plus a sixth about the Arese factory during 105 production. It felt only right to award them joint Book of the Month status in Octane 185.
Since then we’ve had further books on the right-hand-drive 105s and the Berlinas (reviewed in 231), and the latest release is a five-volume – count ’em – boxed set devoted to the Giulia TZ. Thankfully, the publisher has equipped their sturdy cardboard enclosure with a plastic handle; weighing in at 8.2kg, this set gives your arm muscles a useful work-out each time
