Rather lovely Alfa 75

[HoTWire]

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I love Alfa 75s and this is great.

[MkX]

Handsome but how do you get into it?

[BenzBoy]

Nice! I'm guessing it's not a UK car? The style looks American (maybe?). It just hit me that nobody shaves doorhandles any more! It used to be the mod of choice along with flush tailgates.

[misteralz]

M3 mirrors! It's like I've picked up a copy of Max Power from 1997.

That exhaust upsets me, the way it's poking out of somewhere near the middle, at an angle. It's like an E28's exhaust, but worse.

[Davey]

I like that very much but the wheels wouldn't be my first choice.

[HoTWire]

Jan 24, 2018 22:11:16 GMT BenzBoy said:

Nice! I'm guessing it's not a UK car?

It is German

I wish smoothed doors etc. would make a come back.


Now it has been pointed out the exhaust is bothering me too misteralz

[jpr1977]

Have to agree with davey on the wheel front...

surely to apperciate its 80's wedgeness it needs some less delicate and blingy 5 spokes and sidewall action...

[paulthewall]

Wheels and Exhaust upset me too.

otherwise its wonderfull

the rear rideheight of that race car confuses me slightly. but id have it in a heartbeat.

[jonomisfit]

I've not really liked alfas since I crashed into my dad's one as a 4 year Old on my bike, broke the headlight, and was sent to bed as punishment. Stupid alfas.

I am now revising that bias. Like the black one but love the race car. Oof.

The exhaust is exactly what id do. I don't have ocd about everthing being straight lines and square, but I do like to help those who do by making it all perfect except 1 thing being slighly out. 😁

Maybe time to go Italian.

[AB car pix]

The exhaust is slightly offset on many 75s.... and I like that. Mainly as it makes OCD types twitch

[HoTWire]

I think the wheels are supposed to be like the American Racing 5 spokes, but the split rim-ness of them doesn't help the look

[SmokeEm]

I love it!

[Davey]

My issue with the wheels is more the chromeness, but the OP car plus the race versions wheels would be about as close to perfect as you could get for me. The exhaust i don't mind but i do follow an e28 home on a daily basis.

[mercedeslimos]

That exhaust is a foot too far right! That would look epic on the black centrelocks from the red car above

[ettorebugatti]

Interesting wheel choice, kinda works being a contrast with the round chrome shapes to the black edgy body.

But my choice would be Zenders

[waynedear]

I think it's a 2.0, they had the kicked sideways exhaust in the middle, not keen on the black one, race car is fabulous
My mate has a couple, one a V6 race car and a turbo road car..

[vulgalour]

This is the first 75 I've seen where my eye isn't immediately drawn to that annoying kinked bodyline where the back door stops and the rear wing begins. I'm not entirely sure how they've managed that because I can't see what they could have changed since the kink is still there, it just doesn't jump out anywhere near as badly so you can focus on the rest of the car.

[thechadzone]

Really love it in black. The matching black side trim helps hide what otherwise looks like a kinked rear quarter. The door pulls are a cool & unique feature of these cars & the GTV6s. I think they're too cool to delete, but it doesn't look bad.

The US spec cars had the exhaust exiting out the right side of the bumper, I agree that this is likely a Twin Spark car.

Chrome looks out of place on these cars to my eye, I prefer these with the Ronals that were popular on them back in the day.

I owned & put 20k miles on my V6 75 before selling it last year. Really impressive cars to drive, with Bilsteins & poly bushings I could keep up with any modern sports car I ever paced around the twisties. I remember getting a big thumbs up out the window of a Cayman that I'd been chasing down US coastal highway 101 for several miles. Made my day.

These aren't too hard to find in the US in restorable condition, I hope some make it back to Europe where I hear they're harder to find.

[jamieandthemagictorch]

It’s a twin spark 2.0, as these have the kicked over middle exhaust. But these have a really low exhaust even running slightly lowered springs and front torsion bar. So this thing must be a complete nightmare.

Your right about wheels, these need boxy wheels to look good. I’m in the middle of getting the below refurbd revo RFX wheels

[Roach]

Oh good lord, those wheels are horrendous.

Otherwise a very nice looking motor.