History of Alfa Romeo 156
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- čas přidán 4. 02. 2019
- The History of the Alfa Romeo 156. Possibly Alfa Romeo's savior in the late nineties.
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I still give it a second glance when I see one.
Currently building two and they are amazing cars
The facelift 2004-5 and on are the nicest. the TI with one of the nicest interiors seen on any car. And that elongated Alfa grill emblem on the front
The last best Alfa
Cheers Alfisti !!
Race cars were in fact twin spark based, not GTA.
It sounds very optimistic, "for less than € 1000,-". Yes, they are out there (not as many as there used to be). But first, if it comes to the 156, I am very experienced. I just bought my third 2 months ago. The second (which was in showroom condition btw), ended it's life as fire was set to it by idiots. I had bought it for € 3500,-- 10 years ago, and still did a lot of work on it. Weakest point of the 156, is the rust you can't see! Not just the bottom of the car, that's easy, and if it's there, very expensive to repair. Rear shock absorbers, if rusty, can fall completely through its suspension, and you will blow a tire to bits (imagine this happens while driving at high speed), I was lucky, it happened while doing 30 km. In most cases, it's unknown, when the distribution belt was replaced, if you're not certain, have it replaced. Often the thermostat is defect, and driving a long time with this, means it damages the engine. Radiator is also often in a poor condition. Older 156 models, often have idle running problems, galloping between 500 to 1500 revs per minute ( I had it, and whatever we did, it remained the same). Best advise I can give, as, try to find one from a AR lover, who kept it in mint condition, and has the invoices to show. In such case, you will get a car which still looks as if it's designed today, and drives great. But not for merely € 1000,-. Or you bought it from an idiot. Good luck!
Nice videos, informative and quite professional. Hope to see some more from the old alfa as I've been looking at getting a second hand 156 myself. Would like to see it in motion though and get your thoughts on how it drives. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, really appreciate your kind words. I'm still getting to grips with it tough, but moving shots of the cars are certainly high on my agenda.
Great job keep them coming when your videos take off they will be huge. I bought a diahatsu cuore with 36000 miles for 300 euro it now has over 50000 miles and never missed a beat only cost me for consumable service items. Its a blast to drive its a Japanese Austin mini and costs nothing to run. I just always fancied an Italian car since I was a child.
Thanks a lot, new videos will be coming out, hopefully still in this year. Daihatsu have always been great in making good little reliable runabouts. Great to see that your's isn't bucking that trend. If you ever wanted to drive Italian I would say do just do it, I had some doubts about reliability at first, but I haven't really had any major issues. And parts are really cheap, even compared to the Cuore.
@@carjourney5157 I have changed over to Italian motorcycles a Ducati and moto guzzi from Honda for a change I love them they take a little getting used to working on them but they are reliable enough. Honda need working on too. I have more speed better brakes and handling. There is a beautiful 156 advertised locally I am tempted to go and look at it but I am afraid I will love it and buy it.
Im sad about this fact but you cant get an alfa in Norway that works for less than 5000 euro
Alfa 156 since 2004! I i know why! For me only 2.4 JTD, especially the 20V & also the 2.5 (& 3.0 V6 24V Busso what i've built in my '98 156 2.5l)...the lighter '98 Body with the shorter 2.5l 6-speed gearbox in combination with the 3.0 Busso out of an '99 166 with 226hp Made a real beast! It's a lot faster in acceleration and dynamic than every 147/156 3.2L GTA i've seen!
It's also faster than an BMW E36 M3 3.2L! The Data paperwork can't tell the truth about that dynamics, power and sportivity.... I don't know how Alfa was measuring but they've a lot more power than the data of the paper tell, especially when i look against VAG (VW Audi)Cars! Because theyr S&RS 4/5/6 has a lot hp/Power in their data at the paper, but not so in reality!
Io possiedo una alfa romeo 156 prima serie anno 1998 la tengo per ricordo di una persona che non c'è più a me da italiano le alfa non mi sono mai piaciute grande motore la, 156 ma gli interni potevano fargli molto meglio in passato ho avuto varie auto Renault 5 alpine turbo una golf serie 2 gl e ancora prima un austin allegro 3 hls del 1981 quella so che aveva bellissimi interni a quei tempi altro che le auto italiane 😊