Alfa Romeo 155 Q4 Sportwagon - 1994

The second Espace Sbarro class had two projects: a concept car (Oxalys) and a transformation of a production vehicle, namely the Alfa Romeo 155 Q4 with a new station wagon body.

Beautiful transformation of the Alfa Romeo 155 into a station wagon or Sportwagon

Official order

This study of a station wagon based 155 is an official Alfa Romeo order. This proves the seriousness and reputation of the Espera Center's training program, which is only two years old. Alfa Romeo will call on Sbarro several times in the future, notably for the Issima and Diva. Alfa Romeo has not marketed a station wagon version of the 155. It is therefore design work to be carried out by Espera students. For reasons of cost, only the rear section will be reworked, while keeping the rear doors and rear lights unchanged.

The 155 Sportwagon is equipped with a Zender body kit.

Sports car

The car donated by Alfa Romeo is a 155 Q4, powered by a Lancia Delta Integrale engine, developing 195 horsepower. The Q4 is four-wheel drive. Performance is first-rate 220 km/h top speed and around 7 seconds from seconds from 0 to 100 km/h
The wheels seem a little small by today's standards

Unique bodywork

The 155's design lends itself well transformation into a station wagon. The students designed a integrated rear end. The profile is not unbalanced as is sometimes the case with this style of conversion. Only the wheels seem a little small.
To underline the sporty of this Sportwagon, a body kit from Zender has been was fitted. Zender is well known in France for equipping the the Renault 11 turbo. If the project had gone to market, Zender would have been able to supply the kit without any problem.
Zender kit for the Alfa Romeo.
Unfortunately, the 155 Sportwagon remained a one-off prototype. Alfa Romeo was having difficulty selling the 155 Q4 sedan, and it would have been very difficult to make a station wagon too small an audience.
In brief
1- Official order from Alfa Romeo
2- Study of a station wagon version that did not exist on the 155
3- Beautiful integration of the new rear section