The Giulia saloon needs no introduction, but Alfa Romeo never offered it as a factory station wagon. The estate versions — usually described as Giardinetta or Promiscua — were built in tiny numbers by outside coachbuilders such as Colli, Grazia and Giorgetti, almost always on commission for institutional customers like the Polizia Stradale or the motorway operators. Combining the 1,570 cc twin-cam with twin carburettors and 98 hp with a practical two-box body, they were arguably the fastest working wagons of their day, and survivors are counted in single digits.

The example offered here has a particularly clean story. Completed in mid-May 1970 by Carrozzeria Grazia of Bologna, finished in musk green over a boar-grain Skai interior, it was delivered new to Autostrade S.p.A. in Rome for motorway service. It moved to the Netherlands in 1997 and was imported into Switzerland in 2013 by a collector and Alfa Romeo connoisseur, who had it restored under his supervision. The car comes with a FIVA Identity Card, Swiss veteran registration, the original owner’s and maintenance manuals, Italian and Dutch papers, and a file of documents and receipts; the engine has recently been overhauled.

The odometer shows 17,176 km and the car presents in well-maintained, largely original collector’s condition. Coachbuilt Giulia wagons almost never come to the open market, and when they do, provenance is usually the weak point — not the case here, with the Autostrade delivery documented from new. The asking price of CHF 79,900 is strong money for a Giulia Super saloon, but for a documented Grazia Giardinetta it looks defensible. Find it for sale at here in Bergdietikon, Switzerland.