Alfa Romeo mini-rant
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The thought struck me the other day that of all the euro box makers, the one I'm most p'ed off with is Alfa Romeo. They have one of the coolest sounding names; they have an almost unparalleled racing pedigree; they still make (fairly) beautiful cars; their V6 engines (and even their 4 pots) sound great; even their interiors aint bad; so why the blazes do they have to make ALL their cars FWD??? Why cant they make one, just one, affordable RWD car to appease the man in the street???
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Because they borrow their chassis from Fiat ?
Was the 75 the last RWD Alfa?
>> Edited by CarZee on Thursday 25th April 15:28
yeah, I suppose the floorpan is the costly bit to develop, but still, MG can do it, so why not Alfa? Dunno about the 75, apart from the fact that imho it was a bit of minger.
In my experience, if you drive an Alfa enthusiastically you will soon be on first name terms with the mechanics at your nearest Alfa specialist !
They take a fair bit of looking after but it's definitely worth the hassle. However, I probably will give a different answer when (not if!) it next gives me grief. Current known problems include tracking that has recently shifted, a long-term suspension clunk that can't be found and is now getting worse and doing the valves is becoming more urgent as I'm now leaving a slightly bigger blue cloud after heavy engine braking.
They take a fair bit of looking after but it's definitely worth the hassle. However, I probably will give a different answer when (not if!) it next gives me grief. Current known problems include tracking that has recently shifted, a long-term suspension clunk that can't be found and is now getting worse and doing the valves is becoming more urgent as I'm now leaving a slightly bigger blue cloud after heavy engine braking.
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Was the 75 the last RWD Alfa?
Yep you're right. Quite an interesting layout - gearbox was mounted directly to the diff, at the rear of the chassis, in order to aid weight distribution.
As someone (might have been Enzo Ferrari actually) once said, "when you by an Alfa, you buy an engine and the rest of the car comes for free."
Recent gems with the V6, 4cyl 16V, and old 'boxer', flat 4cyl, following on from the old classics like the straight eights.
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The thought struck me the other day that of all the euro box makers, the one I'm most p'ed off with is Alfa Romeo. They have one of the coolest sounding names; they have an almost unparalleled racing pedigree; they still make (fairly) beautiful cars; their V6 engines (and even their 4 pots) sound great; even their interiors aint bad; so why the blazes do they have to make ALL their cars FWD??? Why cant they make one, just one, affordable RWD car to appease the man in the street???
My dad has a spider and is waiting for the new one to be released.
Initial press releases claimed it was going to be 'rear wheel drive'. So watch this space .....
Cheers
Mark
quote:Does anyone have any inside information regarding the new Spider? Timescales? Layout? pre-release artists impressions etc. I am tempted to trade our 2.0 for a 3.0 but on the other hand I think I should wait for the new model.
My dad has a spider and is waiting for the new one to be released.
Rich...Hi as a Spider owner I`m too, interested in the next one.All I know is that it is due out in 2004.There was talk of the new Spider and GTV differing to a much greater degree than at present.Lots of rumours that the GTV will be a bigger car with styling cues borrowed from the Brera or Nuvola concept cars.Last news I saw was talk of a Spider with a retractable hardtop.For more join on this us on www.alfaowner.com or www.gtvv6.com
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