Top Gear 1995 - Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 Boxer

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@CumminsVoortman 2 жыл бұрын

Great car and was very reliable too. No issues with rust for 15 years or more. One of the best.

@statisym 2 жыл бұрын

Twenty five years old without rust at all! Greece..

@mdev8846 2 жыл бұрын

Twin Spark or Boxer engine ?.

@mdev8846 2 жыл бұрын

@@statisym Twin Spark or Boxer engine ?.

@statisym 2 жыл бұрын

@@mdev8846 The small boxer 1351 cc..

@CumminsVoortman 2 жыл бұрын

@@mdev8846 twin Spark

@urglegurgle5807 10 ай бұрын

I loved my 146 1.7 16v. The sound that boxer made was brilliant. Also much more reliable than the golf I had later.

@karelvvv 7 күн бұрын

Back in the day it was the car for juniors at the big 4 in accounting and barristers in the Netherlands....

@rustybearden1800 3 күн бұрын

aaaahhhhhh......classic Jezza - gimme more!

@beretka1389 2 жыл бұрын

Great car... I had 1.4 boxer sounds like rally car

@jppataki 37 минут бұрын

Had one 1.4 and was great, certainly much better than the Golf 1.4 that a friend had at same time and when i sold it i also got better residual value

@MightyREVS 2 жыл бұрын

Great peace of history ! This ist what Alfa should always be.

@nigelfisher3756 Жыл бұрын

I had an AlfaSud…..simply the best front wheel driver car for handling a new chassis balance, ever. My bother gad a Golf GTi at the time; when it came to the twisties he was a spec in the rear view mirror.

@BojanBojovic 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it designed by Chris Bangle? Either way this car is not ugly at all, this design is incredible. Jeremy is not right about speed sensitive power steering, it is just a fast steering rack, the best thing on that car. :) But the engines, Fiat did not have Twin Spark ready until 1997 so they introduced 145 and 146 with boxer engines that were not powerful enough for 250 kg heavier car than the 33. I had 146 TI with 2.0 Twin Spark engine in it, this was the best combination as the car was lowered and with 150hp engine that had balancing shafts it was a brilliant experience. I miss that car very much. Today when looking at those generic Golfs and Opels from that era 145 and 146 still look and feel so better to drive. Thanks for the video! :)

@alexandreb.1101 2 жыл бұрын

I think Bangle designed the 146, and Silva the 145

@BojanBojovic 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandreb.1101 Actually the other way around, Bangle at Centro Stile for the 145, and Centro Stile under de Silva for the 146. The original 145 was Bangle's idea that was made to be a new Lancia, however when Alfa management saw the drawings they said it is a pure Alfa Romeo so they changed it a little bit so it became Alfa 145. Later the 146 just took the same front to the C pillar and added something that looked like a GTV at the back, I would say it was Bangle's design originally.

@alexandreb.1101 Жыл бұрын

@@BojanBojovic oooooooh! I remember it being supposed to be a Lancia, but yeah got the designers shuffled around! Great little cars, my brother owned the base Boxer with leather seats, a very nice car to sit in. Plus, it had projector headlights before anything else in that segment!

@alexandreb.1101 Жыл бұрын

@@BojanBojovic okay just found out why I confused them Bangle designed the 145 as a 5 door hatchback. Silva and his team only removed the rear door from Chris' design, and later turned it into the 146

@user-xj2lh9cv9h 7 ай бұрын

3 people where involved chris bangle did design it under de silva originally as a 5 door for a new gen of a lancia delta. But the fiat ceo did say it looks like a alfa and then it did go to the alfa designstudio and cressoni and bangle did the final work to make a 3 door alfa hatchback out of the 5 door lancia design, if i remember everything correctly.

@lapinlogic6267 10 ай бұрын

I had one, spent more time on the ramps than Evil Kinevel.. But I loved it

@stefanomacchi1977 15 күн бұрын

When Alfa started his decline... I was a 33 owner...

@AC-busso 2 жыл бұрын

Even if i owned Busso V6 🍀 engine, and now Brera, i still regret the sound of my 33 boxer engine, with 2 carburetors...

@franciscomiguelromerocarri8623 Жыл бұрын

my old bro got the 1.5 quadrifoglio 105 hp,what a machine,dad got's a 75 twin spark,an alfa family in the old times.that 33 was mega,the interior,sound etc,in that time best and most advanced hot hatch.

@skillandluck Жыл бұрын

1990 Alfa Romeo 33 1.7 16v Boxer - 137 PS 1990 BMW M42 B18 16v - 136 PS. This is level 👏

@Georgealfa21 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Guilleta multiair but recently i bought a used 145.

@jaym4290 Жыл бұрын

Still own one and anno 2023 more reliable than most of the newer cars because it doesn’t have a computer n over complicated electronics. Parts are fairly cheap and i own the 144 Hp 1.8 engine that offers a 210 topspeed with 6sec acceleration so no not a slow car (noisy yes thats true) Full option black leather MOMO interior 🥰 Payed it 1000€ in 2019 and only changed his tires i mean this car is a little 💎

@user-xj2lh9cv9h 7 ай бұрын

It needs much more then 6 sec... even my 2.0 has 8.4 0-100 the 1.8 was close to 9 sec if i remember correctly...

@jaym4290 6 ай бұрын

i guess you are right then. but I recall differently @@user-xj2lh9cv9h

@theblackhand6485 21 күн бұрын

Just a few on the road nowadays. Sadly it is. No Alfa power? Well add another open exhaust with spaghetti headers and a chip tune will bring back this old ladies car to a real Alfa experience! Bolt on a pear of Bilsteins and you are off to go! Rocket science isn't that hard to understand, you only need to know.

@raufsahin334 2 жыл бұрын

Italian Art ..

@assininecomment1630 4 ай бұрын

(groan) He was a berk back then, at least as much as he's a berk today. 🙄 The car? Being in Straya, I barely knew this thing existed! It seems so much better than I would've expected. 🙂

@Boa74 3 ай бұрын

No one imitates the Escort... come on! The reference is the VW Golf since 1974.

@danishrazakhan 15 сағат бұрын

03:07 The ape joke aged poorly HaHAHAHA

@Andyface79 2 күн бұрын

I feel like he had to grow his hair like that; hide his head being swollen due to his ego.

@camalary 7 сағат бұрын

Talk about destroying a classic timeless song

@howardsportugal Күн бұрын

This, @GeoffBuysCars is what we actually want in a car.... @HowardsPortugal

@janstaes2172 Жыл бұрын

still llke the cars i would like to get a 146 1700cc 16v they where only made for 2 years. the song 'my way' originally a french song 1st published in 1967 preformed by Claude Francois. Frank Synatra s interpretaion is the most famous, not the original i'm affraid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way