Alfa Romeo 166

Alfa 3.0 cloverleaf

Advantages: An Alfa. Beauty, sonorous engine, power, reliability
Disadvantages: cost of oil and bloody stone chips!!!

...for her sad eyes my Alfa still stirs the soul. I am an ex car dealer, i know the potential pitfalls of owning a Milanese Missile. But the answer to avoiding issues is simple... WEEKLY - check your oil, water and tyres. service it TWICE a year or every 6000 miles and pay the little extra for good oil and parts. I bought mine 18 months old from Alfa as an ex alfa compay car - low miles and she already had an inch of invoices stacked up. All little ...
...or Merc I have had for that long. Just by knowing what that funny sound is and attending to a small foible you avoid catastrophe. If you ignore it as you would in a Ford, it will break like the Ford but man will it cost you!!! For this you get emotion in motion. Pure Joy. ...

Webscutter 29.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 166 3.0

Alfa 166 2.5 V6

Advantages: Stylish, Elegant, 2nd to none in its class
Disadvantages: depreciation, fuel consumption, build quality

Featurettes - 1. HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT, 2. MUSIC OF TARZAN WITH PHIL COLLINS (includes 2 videos), Scene Access, Interactive Menus, Trivia Game, Read-Alongs, Music Video - 1. Mandy Moore - SINGING TO THE SONG OF LIFE, Interactive Games - 1. BUILD YOUR OWN TREEHOUSE, 2. TARZAN & JANE'S ADVENTURE BUILDER ...

ballard666 02.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 166 2.5

Bello

Advantages: Style, Comfort , Performance
Disadvantages: Nothing to Speak Of

We bought this car 9 months old for half price (with all the extras this car new was £28K), it came fully loaded with every conceivable extra - Sat Nav, Phone,Full Leather, Uprated sound that is stunning, larger wheels, Xenon Headlights. That was 4 years ago. It has 66k on the clock, everything still works and has never broken down. Apart from replacing bulbs, a product recall on the steering (that was done efficiently by our dealer) and one broken ...
...so comfortable, we can get 40 mpg on a long run taking it easy or comfortably drive to Milan from the South of England in just over 12 hours and still get 30 mpg. Maybe it appreciates being taken back to Italy! Even though it is 4 years old it still turns heads particularly with its luminescent paint. Everyone in the family loves this car and our only problem now is what to replace it with before age gets the better of it. ...

Roppy 27.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 166 2.0 Twin Spark

Very nice big saloon, making you happy

Advantages: Confortable Mile-eater, space, fuel consumption, cost of ownership
Disadvantages: Sporty Steering, Brakes

...Since people still think these Alfa dont have build quality the second hand value was quite low. Now, my 166 has about 250000 kilometers on the odometer and its still perfect. No oil consumption, no mechanical problems or electronic gremlins. And my driving style is 'heavy footed', so i am certainly not easy on it.. I chiptuned the Diesel engine 1,5 years ago.. at 170k, transforming the car into a fast car, with 170hp and 400NM torque.. Although ...
...wife has an Alfa 156, and the handling of this one is better.. more sporty.. but less for the big roads.. What i dont like as well are the brakes.. they vibrate a bit.. guess thats just my car.. but maybe i just have to replace the rotors.... ...

Hans75 08.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 166 2.4 JTD

Italian flair meets space shuttle

Advantages: Performance, style and looks, ride, interior, handling
Disadvantages: Temperament, residuals

...so it is with the Alfa 166. Far and away the most stylish of its class, it accepts those who appreciate it, resisting those who think it just another version of the same. It sits on the road stationary but with the appearance of forward motion. The 2003 facelift reduced the length of its nose and gave it a "retro" grill but retained the magic of an optical illusion exclusive to so few. The interior exudes style subtleties. The quintessential symbol ...
...A disappointment perhaps for the Alfa purist, but the geometry and intelligent unique mechanics of the suspension neutralises the effect of a powerful engine pulling a big car into a corner. The understeer typifying such a configuration is gone, and the effect of the handling is not of front wheel drive at all, nor rear wheel drive, but an ambience of either. The ASR traction control system, engaged by default, can be released to allow this to be ...

jerry6525 13.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 166 3.0