
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV #120 Mille Miglia 1956 Kyosho 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Alfa Romeo
- Manufacturer
- Kyosho
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 08957A
- Year
- 1956
- Era
- 1950s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4548565442850
About the Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV #120 Mille Miglia 1956 Kyosho 1:18
TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV reproduces the #120 competitor entered in the 1956 Mille Miglia, Alfa's lightweight Bertone-bodied coupe built for Italy's great open-road endurance race. Opening doors and hood reveal cabin and engine detail, a mid-tier diecast anchor for postwar Italian GT racing collections.
Before Ferrari and Maserati dominated postwar Italian motorsport headlines, smaller-engined GTs like the Giulietta SV carried Alfa Romeo's competition banner across a thousand miles of open Italian road. Kyosho's diecast take on car #120 puts that class-racing history within reach of a display shelf.
Kyosho's Giulietta SV in 1:18 Diecast
Body Detail and Opening Features
Lift this Giulietta SV from its base and the density in the hand is the first signal of genuine zinc alloy diecast rather than lightweight promotional tooling. The doors and hood open on metal hinges, exposing a modestly detailed engine bay and a cabin trimmed in period-correct upholstery tones, with dash and gauge faces picked out in contrasting paint rather than left as a single molded color. Kyosho renders the Bertone coupe's compact greenhouse and rounded tail correctly, with the chrome grille surround and driving lamps mounted as separate pieces rather than molded flush into the nose. Race number 120 sits on doors and hood in tampo-printed graphics that stay flat and legible rather than raised or prone to lifting at the edges over time. For a car this size, panel gaps stay tight around the opening doors, and the wire wheels carry believable depth for a diecast casting at this scale and price point.
Where This Sits in the Diecast Lineup
This Giulietta occupies a mid-tier diecast position, above entry-level castings with fixed panels and flat paint, but below the sealed-resin tier that trades opening features for sharper shut lines and deeper paint. That trade-off matters for a small-bore GT racer like the SV, where the appeal comes from class-racing history rather than exotic pedigree, and a collector chasing several Mille Miglia class entries benefits more from accessible mid-tier pricing across a run of cars than from one museum-grade resin piece. The diecast construction also suits a subject meant to be handled and displayed open, since a sealed resin body could not show the doors ajar or the cabin trim this way. Entry-level has real value here, and this piece delivers honest detail without asking for investment-tier money.
The Giulietta SV and the Mille Miglia Era
Bertone's Lightweight Racing Coupe
The Giulietta Sprint coupe wore a Bertone-designed body from its 1954 launch, one of the shapes that established Alfa Romeo's postwar reputation for elegant, compact GTs. The Sprint Veloce, badged SV, was the factory's lightened and tuned answer for competition entries: aluminum body panels shed weight over the standard steel Sprint, and a reworked twin-cam four-cylinder gave the small coupe genuine pace against larger-engined rivals in class racing. Alfa fielded SVs in road races across Europe through the mid-1950s, and the Mille Miglia was the natural proving ground, an event where a well-driven small car could beat bigger machinery on handling and reliability over a thousand miles of public road. Car #120 represents exactly that kind of class entry, competing on its own terms rather than chasing the overall win that inevitably went to a Ferrari or Maserati.
Italy's Open-Road Endurance Classic
The Mille Miglia ran on public roads from 1927 until 1957, when a fatal crash involving a factory Ferrari ended the open-road format for good. In its three decades the race defined Italian motorsport culture, drawing factory entries from every major domestic manufacturer and turning small-bore class battles into as much of a draw as the overall standings. A Giulietta SV built for this event carries that history directly, and Kyosho's diecast rendition works well alongside larger-scale Ferrari and Maserati Mille Miglia models, giving a postwar Italian GT racing shelf the underdog entry that rounds out the story.














