De Alfa Romeo Alfa 6 was a large, luxurious sedan that Alfa Romeo built between 1979 and 1986. The most important novelty was the new V6 engine, the first 6-cylinder in years of this brand, which is also the name of the Alfa 6 explains.
A dreamed Mercedes beater
A year or so after the introduction of Alfa's Mercedes beater, the Alfa 6 already showed that the proud buyers of those cars had to suffer the lack of sales successes. Three years after purchase - and the purchase price was negotiable, was such a big one Alfa Romeo has fallen in value by at least 60%.
And that while, for example, he had a beautiful six-cylinder power source with no less than six carburettors. . Truly a regal piece of technology. But just as well, those six carburettors were rather sensitive to craftsmanship in terms of adjustment. And that while at that time there were already really good injection systems that were considerably more service-friendly. Later the carburettors were replaced by injection
Something Italian
The dashboard was completely executed and looked neat. But it was not easy to read. The speedometer was on the left, the rev counter on the right. And in between were all the clocks and lights. Rather beautiful. Not convenient. Moreover, the instrument part was quite strongly reflective and the adjustable steering wheel covered quite a lot of instruments in certain positions. All things that Mercedes-Benz buyers raised their eyebrows at.
There was little to complain about the handling of the great Italian
De Alfa was therefore equipped with independent front wheel suspension, stabilizer bars front and rear, rack and pinion steering and power steering and a de Dion rear axle. In terms of interior comfort, the '6' scored well. He was nice and quiet and up to the 140 km / h you just come and have a quiet conversation. In 1984, such a fat one cost Alfa with some things and delivery costs almost 50.000 guilders. This put the car in the segment where few cars were sold, but where the cake was actually already divided between Mercedes, BMW and some large Opels. However great the ambitions of the other providers, the market was at least reluctant to think 'out of the box', let alone buy.
And that was kind of a shame
Because at Alfa Romeo they had really done their best to decorate their flagship as richly as possible. The Alfa 6 had a lot on board as standard for which extra had to be paid 'at the competition'.
n 1983 got the Alfa 6 a facelift. The round headlights were replaced by rectangular ones, the grille and bumpers were modified and plastic was used more. The V6 was also updated and received an injection system. At the same time, a smaller variant with a displacement of 1997 cc also became available. Diesel specialist VM also developed a 2494 cc 5-cylinder turbo diesel engine with an output of 105 hp.
With poker or with automatic
This Alfa Romeo was available with a manual five-speed gearbox and with an automatic transmission. Given the sporty nature of the Alfa many of the few buyers opted for the five-speed. But actually the 6 with automatic ZF transmission was a finer, more upscale car.
Some technology
De Alfa had a V6 with a displacement of 2.492 cc. Bore x stroke were 88 x 68,3 mm, compression was 9:1. The maximum power of the six-cylinder was about 160 hp at 5.000 rpm. The top speed was around 196 km/h and at 120 km/h the engine ran 1 at 8,9. But 1 0-6 was certainly an option.
The market
For beautiful, good surviving specimens, amounts around € 10.000 are currently requested. But with some searching, you can also find one for half that amount. But such purchases are covered by the law on games of chance.
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Mercedes Benz drivers looked and really don't look at one Alfa Romeo. A Alfa is in their blind spot.