The Awesome Alfa 75 Turbo Evoluzione IMSA
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- If there's one #Alfa75 to rule them all, it's the Turbo Evoluzione IMSA race car, and its story is deeply intertwined with the race it had been specifically designed to win: the Giro Automobilistico d'Italia. #AlfaRomeo #AlfaCorse
Organized by the Turinese section of the Italian Automobile Club, it was inspired by the success of the Tour De France Automobile, and it followed a similar formula that included tarmac rally stages as well as circuit races.
Alfa Corse's effort paid off handsomely, with the 75 Turbos demonstrating a crushing superiority in 1988 and 1989. In the first year, the winners were Riccardo Patrese with Miki Biasion and his navigator Tiziano Siviero, while in '89 the honors went to the team composed by Giorgio Francia, Dario Cerrato and Giuseppe Cerri.
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There are 2 types of people on this Earth, those who love the 75 & those who are wrong
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Well said 👍🤣
I love mine, number 27 did a video on it
These are such impressive cars! Love them. Here in Holland some people built IMSA inspired 75 Evos. The ones with the fat size tyres, wow!
I've had em all (75 2.0ts, 1.6 inj, 1.8Turbo, 3.0v6 and even an Alfa 75 2.4TD) and loved them all. Great drivers cars, but in hands of inexperienced drivers a very tricky car......
I always found them quite forgiving. Not many rear wheel driven cars of that time had such a predictable rear end even when overdoing it a bit. All 116 cars gave that confidence for me. I always liked the 1.8 bialbero in any configuration, revs easier than the 2.0 and almost the same power. Never drove a 1.8 Turbo :(
Family members and I have had several 116 Alfas. I have driven them hundreds of thousands of miles, taking every curve as fast as traffic and conditions allowed. During all that I had two "tricky" occurrences. Both times I had mismatched, poor tires on the car.
It undoubtedly helps the rear to lower the back until the Watt linkage is parallel (or lower) and to replace the apex bushing with the "SZ" unibal, but that is almost overkill. The soft front end with the stock factory suspension is a worse problem than any theoretical instability at the rear.
@@peggygeren4169 a stiffer anti roll bar in the front will solve most of these problems and replace the rubber that holds the caster bar by uniball. Front very nice after that. Still comfortable but corners flat and no more bodyroll
I was 13 in 1985 and remember that car,from childhood i adore Alfa Romeo
I had the 75 ts 1.8 model up to 1995. Thoroughly enjoyed driving it. The only problem I had with it is the battery got flat very often due to faulty radio wiring.After that was resolved,it was a blast.🤩
Thank you very much, I am enjoying your videos a lot. The 75 IMSA looks brutal yet beautiful, a road version of this would be epic.
Thank you very much, I'm so happy you keep enjoying my work. I wonder if anyone has ever tried to make a road-going IMSA "tribute"...
@@Matteo_Licata I am right now ;)
Once again thank-you! Here in Canada I was taken for a ride in a Alfa Milano 3.0 liters and it was a blast. Box fenders sometimes don't look good but on a M3, Delta and Alfas there are truly "bitching". I would like to see a segment on the Alfa GTV-6 Calloway Turbo if possible.
Here in Italy, there’s precious little information available about the Callaway GTV6, as it was an initiative of the North American branch. But I’ll research it more and see if I can make a video about that :)
It looks fabulous, softens the sharp edges and turns up the growl.
Looks epic with those massive wheel arches and those black Speedline wheels!
I love Alfa 75 and i proudly own a 75 1.6 I.E from November 1990.
Once again congratulations Matteo, for a great video.
Thank you and congratulations for your classic Alfa Romeo!
what a badass! Love 75!
What a car...Absolutely stunning.
Thx again for sharing your love to AR with us.
Thank you!!!
Fantastic. These wheelarches are hardcore. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us. Ciao 🙋♂️
That still shot of the Abarth 031 prototype in the Giro is now sitting on your desk or on your laptop somewhere... and you are thinking "I have to do a video about the Fiat 131 and its racing derivatives".
And you will almost certainly do one.
These images do not just accidentally appear in a piece about the Alfa 75.... :)
I’d be more than happy to make a video about the Fiat 131. It’s not in the works now, as I don’t yet have my own footage of one. But someday I will :)
Lovely car, must have been awesome to see it in action
I wish I was at the presentation as I was in Milan last week to visit the Arese Museum. I've owned 3 Alfa 75's in Australia and would love to have another again. I owned all 2.5lt V6 and would love to get my hands on a 3.0lt Potenziata.
Sorry we didn't get to catch up Matteo last week but I still loved the visit. Another one off my bucket list. Ciao and thank you again for offering. Ciao from Australia 🇦🇺
Wow, three 75s! That’s cool!
Never driven a 3.0, as these in Italy are rare, but it must be fantastic
Have a great success in your research
What you wouldnt give to see it driven in anger again😍
Fantastic, a buddy of mine has an original one of these! Awesome car. I think his is the Cerrato car. A very shrewd investment I think he made!
That’s very cool! They made only a handful, so your friend has a stunning piece indeed
960 kg...wow.Great upload and very interesting thank you
Viva Alfa Romeo!
What an awesome video!!! Your channel is just incredible! 🏁
Thank you very much! You’ve just made my day with your enthusiastic comment :) 👍
Thanks for explaining this Alfa 75 IMSA I absolutely was not aware about👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I will take this Alfa75 1.8 Turbo anytime over a E30 M3...😎😍😎
I'd love to see a Gt junior perform with this motor. There's a couple with busso motors... And they sound awesome. ❤💪👍
I believe that would be way too much power for a Junior, but it's fun to fantasize!
I had Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 V6 and It was my first car and I was very sutisfeid!!!
I bet! What a cool first car indeed
Bravo!!!
Grazie Mille :)
The beauty and the beast in one body... And the designers only user rulers, there are no substantial curves on this car... :)
alfa 75 my love
Alfa engineers must have worked overtime to make this light and powerful Alfa’s handling safe and efficient.
As they explained in the event, when I filmed, they were all enthusiasts, so I guess they did not count the hours, indeed!
If Testosterone was a car ☝️
Indeed! 🤣
It does indeed look bitchin'
Maybe a story about the Milano (USA) side of the 75's? I understand they were built on a separate production line.
I’d love to make a video about the Milano, and it’ll certainly happen, whenever I’ll have footage of an example
Am soon embarking on two 116 restoration projects - chrome bumper GTV and 75 TS. Was originally thinking of making GTV into road racer, and restoring 75 to original condition (it’s a special edition Ottantani, ie 80th anniversary model).
But over last few weeks I’m thinking keeping GTV relatively stock but making an IMSA out of the 75…am I mad or should I go for it???
To be honest, I don't know which way I would go in this case. Probably the latter, given the chrome-bumper GTV's higher collectability
@@Matteo_Licata Grazie mille Matteo. I think we’re on the same page here. Also my 75 is what we call in English champagne metallic, bianco argento metallico. Would be quite a sight in that colour with some IMSA styling 🤤
I never completely understood why it was called IMSA. As far as i know it never competed in IMSA, or did it?
It never did. As I mentioned in the video, Alfa Corse exploited the more permissive IMSA technical regulations because in the Giro D'Italia IMSA-spec cars were allowed, and only because of that
@@Matteo_Licata Aha! I heard the explanation in your video but somehow it did not click that it was only because the Italian championship allowed it. Thank you for explaining again Matteo ;) best regards, Sanne
Italians do it better
So sorry to say that I don't like it's styling.
The 75 isn't really styled.... In the same way that a storm or a volcano or a fight in a bar isn't styled. Something like the Alfa 75 either is or is not. There is no styling. This is not just my opinion; my cat agrees with me. He is rarely wrong.
The world would be pretty boring if we all liked the same things, after all :)
The Alfa 75 has never been pretty in a conventional sense, but it's got personality, that's for sure!