It is, in fact, a 1980 Alfa 6. What possessed them to equip it with 6 single barrel del 'ortos is beyond me.
You have your point.
Alfa were going through a bad patch.
I remember when this car was announced they said it had deliberately downbeat styling, as Italy at the time was plagued with kidnappings, and the kidnappers particularly targetted upmarket cars. So the thinking was that if the car didn't look upmarket but looked a bit dull the kidnappers wouldn't target them! Presumably kidnappers didn't read car magazines so didn't realise this was an expensive Alfa...!
Traditionally big Alfas have always been flops, so it's more likely they wanted to continue the long tradition...!
Oh, and I've taken the liberty to move this to 'Solved' rather than 'Solved - 2012' so that it doesn't get lost and gets more viewings.. Hope you don't mind.