The great Peter Egan once wrote a Side Glances column about how he and some friends used beer & pizza as a common measuring unit. Twenty years ago, a friend and I used Alfa Romeo Alfettas as our common measuring unit. We established that at that time, an Alfetta had the US Dollar equivalent of […]
Many of the articles here feature used car listings that are woefully deficient in some sort of way. When you stumble upon a CL ad with exceptional pictures, detailed info, and an interesting car it really stops you in your tracks . The Alfa Romeo Spider had a number of updates over its thirty year […]
I’m going to admit that I’ve always found the styling of the Alfa Romeo Berlina (1750 or 2000) to be a bit on the awkward side. There is something wrong with the way the rear window sits — perhaps a bit too flat and upright. It doesn’t need to be crazy like a Rover SD1, […]
A rising tide lifts all boats. I guess that even applies to the previously cheap 116 series Alfa Romeos. It used to be that around 6K would buy you a nice, driver quality Bertone GTV like the one featured last week, and a grand or two would buy you an Alfetta. Now you can barely […]
It seems like it was only yesterday when a decent running/driving Alfa Romeo GTV was just a bit over $10k, but the inevitable march of Father Time means we are one step closer to the grave and one buck farther away from owning a GTV. Find this 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 offered for $20,000 in […]
The Alfa Romeo GTV6 coupe was a 2-door Giorgetto Giugiaro penned version of the Giuseppe Scarnati Alfetta Sedan (Type 116) built from 1974 through 1987. Strangely enough the GTV6 is still affordable in today’s inflated classic car market, so get ’em while they are cheap. Find this 1984 Alfa Romeo GTV6 Coupe offered for $6,500 in […]
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. At least that is the rationale given for factory racing programs, especailly those that race sedans. Of course the racecar might look a little different than the showroom floor version (because areo) But then that is what aftermarket body kits are for. Find this 1988 Alfa Romeo Milano Verde […]
25 years ago if you wanted luxury on four wheels, you bought a four door saloon sedan. There was no thought of luxury in a high-riding, truck-based SUV. The established marques of the world all had their version of the luxury executive sedan. Germany had BMW and Mercedes, Japan had Lexus and Infinity and Italy […]
Back in the old days before racing cars became mobile billboards for caffeinated cough syrup manufacturers and state run oil companies, racing cars were painted in national racing colors. white was Germany, green was England, and of course red was for the excitable Italians. Hence, when it comes time to repaint your old Italian car, […]
The 105 chassis Alfa Romeo Spider had a thirty year long run in the USA before checking out in 1994. A Pininfarina penned front wheel drive replacement called 916 chassis came out in 1995, but was never sold over here. Cars older than twenty five years old or older are legal to be imported into […]