The Alfa Romeo Gtv is also called by purists "916", its project number, to distinguish it from its namesake predecessor the Alfetta GTV. Designed by Enrico Fumia of the coachbuilder Pininfarina, it was presented in preview at the Paris Motor Show in 1994. Marketed from 1995, it will remain in production until 2006 when it will be replaced by the Brera.

It is the last car to be produced in the famous Alfa Romeo Arese factory. Following the plant's shutdown in 2000.