{{Infobox automobile | name = Alfa Romeo RL | image = Alfa Romeo RLSS, 1925.JPG | caption=Alfa Romeo RLSS (1925) with Lucas body from Barcelona<ref name="bitacora.kcslot.com">{{Cite web |url=http://bitacora.kcslot.com/post/Alfa-Romeo-en-Auto-Retro-Alfa-Romeo-RL-SuperSport |title=Alfa Romeo en Auto Retro: Alfa Romeo RL SuperSport (1925) |website=bitacora.kcslot.com |access-date=2011-12-17}}</ref> | manufacturer = [[Alfa Romeo]] | aka = | production = 1922–1927 | assembly = [[Portello (district of Milan)|Portello, Milan]], Italy | designer = [[Giuseppe Merosi]] | class = | body_style = | layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|Front-engine, rear-wheel drive]] | platform = | related = [[Alfa Romeo RM]] | engine = {{unbulleted list|2.9 L [[Straight-six engine|I6]]|3.0 L I6|3.2 L I6|3.6 L I6}} | transmission = 4-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]]<ref name="carfolio.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.carfolio.com/search/results/?terms=Alfa |title=Search results for "Alfa" |website=carfolio.com |access-date=2008-01-04}}</ref> | wheelbase = {{unbulleted list|{{convert|3440|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}{{sfnp|Fusi|1978|p=57, 65}}|{{convert|3140|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (RL Sport/SS){{sfnp|Fusi|1978|p=67}}|{{convert|2880|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (RL T.F.){{sfnp|Fusi|1978|p=76, 77}}}} | length = {{convert|4630|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Zagato<br>{{convert|4450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Castagna | width = {{convert|1770|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Zagato<br>{{convert|1870|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Castagna | height = {{convert|1650|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Zagato<br>{{convert|1630|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Castagna | weight = {{convert|1550|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} Zagato<br>{{convert|1600|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} Castagna | predecessor = [[Alfa Romeo G1]] | successor = [[Alfa Romeo 6C|Alfa Romeo 6C 1500]] | sp = uk }}
The '''Alfa Romeo RL''' was produced between 1922 and 1927. It was Alfa's first sport model after [[World War I]], designed in 1921 by [[Giuseppe Merosi]]. It had a straight-6 engine with overhead valves, and came in three different versions: Normale, Turismo and Sport. A total of 2,640 RLs were made.
==Models== The RLTF ([[Targa Florio]]) was the race version of the RL. It weighed half as much as the standard production models, despite the engine having seven main bearings instead of four and double carburetors. It was used among the 1923 Alfa race team, which had drivers like [[Ugo Sivocci]], [[Antonio Ascari]], [[Giulio Masetti]] and [[Enzo Ferrari]]. Sivocci's car had a green cloverleaf symbol on a white background; when he won the 1923 [[Targa Florio]], that symbol was to become the Alfa team's good luck token. Five<ref>[[:fr:Mille Miglia 1927]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}} different RLSS were entered in the first [[Mille Miglia]] in 1927, but only two completed the race.
A 1925 RLSS version with rare, original bodywork by Thornton Engineering Company in [[Bradford]], UK, is on permanent display in the Targa Florio exhibit at the [[Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum]] in Philadelphia, PA, USA. It is one of only 9 RLSS still in existence.<ref name="simeone">{{cite web |last=Simeone |first=Frederick |title=1925 Alfa Romeo RLSS |url=http://www.simeonemuseum.org/the-collection/brooklands-track/1925-alfa-romeo-rlss |publisher=Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:91%;" |+ Models {{sfnp|Borgeson|1990|p=}} ! Model || Engine displacement || Max power || Years produced |- |RL Normale ||2916 cc || {{cvt|56|PS|kW hp|0}} || (1922–1925) |- |RL Turismo ||2996 cc || {{cvt|61|PS|kW hp|0}} ||(1925–1927) |- |RL Sport ||2996 cc || {{cvt|71|PS|kW hp|0}} || (1922–1927) |- |RL Super Sport ||2996 cc || {{cvt|71|PS|kW hp|0}} || (1922–1927) |- |RL Super Sport Castagna|| || {{cvt|84|PS|kW hp|0}} || |- |RL Super Sport Zagato|| || {{cvt|89|PS|kW hp|0}} || |- |RL Targa Florio ||3154 cc || {{cvt|95|PS|kW hp|0}} || (1923) |- |RL Targa Florio ||2994 cc || {{cvt|90|PS|kW hp|0}} ||(1924) |- |RL Targa Florio|| 3620 cc || {{cvt|125|PS|kW hp|0}} || (1924) |- |}
<gallery widths="200" heights="140"> File:Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio.jpg|Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio 1923 File:Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio fl.jpg|Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio 1924 File:Alfa Romeo RL TF 1924 at Gaisbergrennen 2010.ogv|Short video clip of 1924 RL Targa Florio File:Alfa-Romeo-RL.jpg|Alfa Romeo RL Super Sport with [[Carrozzeria Castagna|Castagna]] brushed aluminium body, ex [[Aga Khan III|Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan 3]] car. File:Paris - Bonhams 2015 - Alfa Romeo RL Limousine de Ville - 1924 - 001.jpg|Alfa Romeo RL Normale Limousine de Ville s/n 7946 </gallery>
==Production numbers== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:91%;" |+ Alfa Romeo RL, production by model{{sfnp|Fusi|1978|p=850}} ! Year | 1922 || 1923 || 1924 ||colspan=2| 1925 || 1926 || 1927 ! Total |- ! Series |colspan=2| I, II || III, IV || V || VI ||colspan=2| VII || I–VII |- | RL Normale || 3 || 610 || 443 || 259 || || || || {{formatnum:{{#EXPR:3+610+443+259}}}} |- | RL Turismo || || || || || 195 || 126 || 66 || {{#EXPR:195+126+66}} |- | RL Sport || 3 || 215 || 176 || 143 || || || || {{#EXPR:3+215+176+143}} |- | RL Super Sport || || || || || 304 || 12 || 76 || {{#EXPR:304+12+76}} |- ! Total | {{#EXPR:3+3}} || {{#EXPR:610+215}} || {{#EXPR:443+176}} ||colspan=2| {{#EXPR:259+143+195+304}} || {{#EXPR:126+12}} || {{#EXPR:66+76}} || '''{{formatnum:{{#EXPR:3+610+443+259+195+126+66+3+215+176+143+304+12+76}}}}''' |}
==References==
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Borgeson |first=Griffith |title=The Alfa Romeo Tradition |publisher=Haynes (Foulis) Publishing Group Ltd. Somerset, UK |location=City |year=1990 |isbn=0-85429-875-4}} * {{cite book |first=Luigi |last=Fusi |title=Alfa Romeo—Tutte le vetture dal 1910—All cars from 1910 |year=1978 |publisher=Emmeti Grafica editrice |location=[[Milan]] |edition=3rd }} {{refend}}
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