The Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ (also known as the Alfa Romeo TZ or Tubolare Zagato) was a sports car and racing car manufactured by Alfa Romeo from 1963 to 1967. It featured a 1,570 cc twin cam engine, producing 160hp and capable of a top speed of 134 mph. It was a purpose built sports racing car, with a tubular spaceframe chassis built by SAI Ambrosini and the light all-aluminum bodywork was made by Zagato. TZ used a radical, for the time, style called coda tronca in Italian, meaning "short tail." The principle is that unless an aircraft-like extended tail is incorporated, there is little, if any, increase in drag and a marked decrease in lift or even some downforce by simply chopping off a portion of the tail.

The car debuted at the 1963 FISA Monza Cup, where TZs took the first four places in the prototype category. At the beginning of 1964 the TZ was homologated (100 units were needed for homologation) to the Gran Turismo category. Only 112 units were built between 1963 and 1965.

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