When Riccardo Quaggio founded Totem Automobili out of the Venice area in 2018, the pitch was simple and a little audacious: take the sacred silhouette of the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT and rebuild it from the ground up as something entirely new. The company kept roughly 10% of each donor car but everything else got reimagined. Six years and seventeen builds later, Totem has delivered car number eighteen, and this one came with a name: Zeal01.
Commission Impossible
The Zeal01 is a one-off GT Electric commissioned by a client based in California. But rather than opting for Totem’s fire-breathing twin-turbo V6 (which puts out 739 hp in GT Super trim, for context), this buyer went full electric.
The result is a rear-wheel-drive machine drawing from the same 590 hp, 81 kWh powertrain that underpins the GT Electric lineup, capable of hitting 60 mph in 2.9 seconds, delivering 664lb.ft of torque, and covering up to 311 miles on a charge. The battery is wrapped in a honeycomb aluminum housing to keep weight close to 3,300lbs, and DC fast-charging via CCS is on board.
Pervinca, Please
The most immediately striking thing about Zeal01 isn’t the powertrain, it’s the paint. The client requested a triple-layer metallic Azzurro Pervinca finish, a warm and color-shifting periwinkle blue. Satin gold accents run across the headlight surrounds, the triangular Scudetto grille, wing mirrors, door surrounds, and even the windshield wipers. Brembo calipers in blue with gold lettering sit behind a set of matching wheels.
The Interior That Steals the Show
Inside, Totem did something they hadn’t done on a GT Electric before: went two-tone. Medium blue and cream Nappa leather covers the Sabelt carbon-fiber seat bolsters, while the seating surfaces themselves use a bespoke pied-de-poule (houndstooth) fabric developed specifically for this car with a Florentine artisan workshop.
Blue NOS carpeting, quilted door panels, custom gauges with satin gold surrounds, a leather headliner with custom stitching, and a three-spoke steering wheel in blue leather round things out. The suspension, tuned in collaboration with ORAM out of Como, offers independent front and rear adjustment for both comfort and handling.
Spec Sheet
Model: 2026 Totem Automobili GT Electric Zeal01
Powertrain: Single rear electric motor
Output: 590 hp / 664 lb.ft torque
0-60 mph: 2.9 seconds
Top Speed: N/A (not disclosed)
Battery: 81 kWh (honeycomb aluminum housing)
Range: ~311 miles
Charging: DC fast charge (CCS)
Weight: ~3,300lbs
Edition: One-off commission (No. 18)
Pricing & Availability
The Zeal01 has already been completed and delivered to its California owner. As a bespoke commission, pricing isn’t officially published, but figures in the neighborhood of $750,000 have been speculated. If you want your own, Totem is actively building to order across both its GT Electric and GT Super platforms.
Recap
2026 Totem Automobili Alfa Romeo GT Electric Zeal01 Restomod
Totem Automobili just delivered their 18th build, the Zeal01 — a one-off electric restomod of the classic Alfa Romeo Giulia GT commissioned by a California buyer, packing 590 hp and wrapped in a stunning periwinkle blue with satin gold accents.
