Totem Automobili

Totem Automobili is an Italian company specialized in the high-performance reinterpretation of the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT, one of the most iconic Italian coupés of the 1960s and 1970s. Based in Marcon, in the province of Venice, at Via Monte Berico 24, the company develops exclusive cars such as the Totem GT Electric, Totem GT Super and Totem GT Super SP, combining Italian design, handcrafted construction, carbon fiber, electric or combustion powertrains, tailor-made personalization and a strong focus on the driving experience.

A new life for the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT

Totem Automobili was created around a precise platform: the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT. The project does not simply restore a historic car, but reinterprets it in a contemporary way, working on the bodywork, chassis, interiors, mechanics, technology and performance.

The Giulia GT is one of the most recognizable icons of Italian automotive culture. Totem works on this base with a very deep approach: it preserves the aesthetic reference to the original coupé, but transforms the car into a modern, exclusive product built around the customer’s requests.

Riccardo Quaggio and the Totem vision

Totem Automobili is linked to Riccardo Quaggio, founder of the brand and creator of the project vision. The idea behind Totem is to build an Italian grand tourer capable of combining historical memory, modern technology, craftsmanship and a highly recognizable aesthetic language.

This approach distinguishes Totem from a conventional tuner. The work does not consist of applying aftermarket components to an existing car, but of deeply rebuilding and reinterpreting a historic base, transforming it into a new machine in terms of quality, performance and personalization.

Totem GT Electric

The Totem GT Electric represents the first major chapter of the project. It is an electric reinterpretation of the Giulia GT, designed to give new life to an Italian icon through a zero-local-emission powertrain, modern construction and a strong focus on design.

The GT Electric uses an 81 kWh battery made up of 12 UN38.3-certified modules, with a honeycomb aluminum case. This system allows Totem to build an electric grand tourer with a contemporary technical layout, but with an image linked to the tradition of classic Italian coupés.

A handcrafted electric grand tourer

The GT Electric is not conceived as a generic electric conversion. The project works on bodywork, interiors, components, electrical architecture and build quality to create a car that is coherent in every detail.

The result is a silent, technological and deeply personal grand tourer. Totem uses electric propulsion not only as a technical solution, but as a way to reinterpret the concept of the Italian coupé in a more modern way, oriented toward contemporary mobility.

Totem GT Super

The Totem GT Super takes the project in a different direction, dedicated to those seeking a more mechanical, sonorous and traditional driving experience. In this case, the car uses a 2.8-liter twin-turbo V6 engine developed with Italtecnica, producing more than 600 hp.

The GT Super represents Totem’s vision of a modern grand tourer with a combustion engine. The project maintains the connection with the historic aesthetics of the Giulia GT, but combines it with high-performance mechanics, carbon construction and a more physical and engaging driving experience.

The Gloria V6 developed with Italtecnica

The engine of the GT Super is referred to by Totem as Gloria. It is a 2.8-liter twin-turbo V6, developed in collaboration with Italtecnica, with direct and indirect injection and a weight of less than 180 kg.

The choice of this powertrain is central to the character of the car. Totem does not use the engine as a simple performance element, but as part of the emotional identity of the project: response, sound, delivery and the relationship with the driver become fundamental elements of the GT Super.

Carbon fiber and modern construction

One of the most important aspects of Totem cars is the extensive use of carbon fiber. The brand works on bodywork and components developed to reduce weight, increase build quality and reinterpret the shapes of the Giulia GT with more modern proportions.

Carbon fiber is not used only as an aesthetic element. In the Totem project, it contributes to structure, lightness, rigidity and the premium perception of the car. This choice places the brand in the world of ultra-high-end restomods.

Italian design and reinterpreted proportions

Totem design keeps the reference to the Giulia GT recognizable, but works on cleaner surfaces, wider tracks, redesigned details and a more contemporary road presence. The car remains immediately connected to the Alfa Romeo icon, but does not appear as a simple copy of the past.

This balance is one of the most delicate aspects of the project. An effective restomod must respect the identity of the original car, but must also justify its existence as a modern product. Totem seeks this balance through proportions, materials, lighting, interiors and build quality.

Custom interiors

The interiors of Totem cars are developed with a highly personalized approach. Materials, colors, upholstery, stitching, metal details, controls and finishes can be configured around the customer’s taste.

The cabin is not treated as a simple functional space, but as a central part of the Totem experience. A GT Electric or GT Super must be special to drive, to look at and to live with every day, with a level of finish consistent with the value of the project.

Totem GT Super SP

The Totem GT Super SP represents the most extreme chapter in the range. The project is presented as the final evolution of the GT Super and introduces a direction more oriented toward the track, performance and the world of sports prototype cars.

The GT Super SP uses a 3.2-liter twin-turbo V6 developed by Italtecnica, with a declared output of 740 hp thanks to a power-boost function. The gearbox is a 6-speed transaxle manual with open-gate selector, mounted on the rear axle to improve weight distribution.

GT Super SP and track-oriented setup

The GT Super SP takes Totem’s language in a more aggressive direction. The project uses a full carbon fiber body, wider tracks, side exhausts developed with Capristo and more visible aerodynamics than the previous versions.

This version does not erase the grand tourer identity of the brand, but pushes it toward a more radical use. The GT Super SP represents the sportiest side of the Totem philosophy: less oriented toward discretion, closer to the track and to the search for the highest dynamic expression.

Craftsmanship and personalization

Totem Automobili builds its cars with a strong handcrafted component. Each project is developed around the customer’s requests, with specific configurations for colors, materials, interiors, exterior details and the overall setup of the car.

Personalization is an integral part of Totem’s positioning. It is not only about choosing different finishes, but about building a car that reflects the owner’s taste and maintains overall coherence between design, technology and identity.

Restomod, but with its own identity

Totem Automobili operates in the world of restomods, but its work goes beyond the simple preservation of the past. The brand’s cars do not try to faithfully replicate a historic Giulia GT, but to build a new interpretation of the Italian coupé through technology, carbon fiber, modern powertrains and craftsmanship.

This approach makes Totem an interesting company for those looking for a classic car reinterpreted in a deep way. The historic base remains recognizable, but the final product belongs to a higher segment, close to the most exclusive international restomods.

Not an official Alfa Romeo

Totem Automobili specifies that it is not sponsored, associated, approved, supported or affiliated with Alfa Romeo or Stellantis. References to the Giulia GT and the Alfa Romeo world are used to identify the cultural and stylistic basis of the project.

This distinction is important to present the brand correctly. Totem cars are not official Alfa Romeo models, but independent reinterpretations developed by an Italian company specialized in high-end restomods.

An Italian benchmark in the world of luxury restomods

Totem Automobili is one of the most recognizable Italian names in the world of luxury restomods. Its strength lies in the ability to combine the memory of the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT with modern technical solutions, carbon fiber bodywork, electric or combustion powertrains and highly personalized construction.

For those looking for a classic Italian coupé reinterpreted with a very high technical and artisanal level, Totem is a name to know: a company capable of transforming an icon of the past into a contemporary, exclusive and deeply personal grand tourer.