Alfa Romeo > Alfa Romeo 145 Alfa Romeo

Feels like a lot of power going on

Advantages: fast, strong, reliable
Disadvantages: fuel, blind spot

Ok so first things first I must admit this is my mums car, but of course I just had to borrow it! The first time I drove this car I was actually driving a mini so you can imagine the difference. The car feels very solid and chunky. She had the metalic grey colour which I found a bit boring and prefer the bright blue you can get. The car is bascially made for people with very long legs and the clutch is very short and you have to sit very close ...
...peddles. And my mum, bless her is what you might say vertically challenged has to sit very close, almost with the sterring wheel in her tummy. But still she loves the car and is thinking about getting a new one. One of her main criteria for buying the 145 is because she can get her golf clubs in the back really easily, an many of the other small cars she could not do this. There is also plenty of room for the dog! I also fidn that the car does ...

Smith24 01.02.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 Twin Spark

IT GOES LIKE THE WIND BUT IT COSTS LIKE DEVIL

Advantages: FAST, NIMBLE , GOOD ON FUEL AND GOOD LOOKS
Disadvantages: UPKEEP ,DEELERS, TURNING CIRCLE

WHAT A CAR THE BEST I HAVE OWNED SO FAR GREAT LOOKING WITH DESCREET BADGING . GREAT ROAD HANDLING BUT DID HAVE A TERRIBLE TURNING CIRCLE . LOADS OF POWER AND GREAT RESPONSE THROUGH THE MULTI VALVE ENGINE .IF DRIVEN NOT TO MADLEY GIVES GREAT FUEL ECOMOMY . THE MAIN THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT IS THE COST OF A SERVICE AS YOUR MATE DOWN THE LOCAL GARAGE WONT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE TWO BELTS ON THIS AND THE PLUGS COSTA FURTUNE ALONG WITH THE SPECIAL OIL . ALL ...
...COST BUT THAT IS OUTWAYED BY THE DRIVING PLEASURE YOU GET FROM THIS CAR IT JUST KEEPS GOING FASTER ALL THE TIME . DIDNT MUCH LIKE THE LITTLE SPARE TYRE YOU GET WITH IT THOUGH (SPACE SAVER) ALSO WATCH OUT FOR THE HIGH INSURANCE COSTS AS IT IS A 150 BHB CAR AND IT WILL COST . OVERALL YOU WONT BE DISSAPIONTED WITH THIS ITALIAN STALIAN OF A CAR ...

gedmc 26.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 2.0 Twin Spark

Was good when New, but not Now !

Advantages: Cool Looks, Excellent Performance
Disadvantages: Unreliable & Expensive to maintaine, Hot in Summer

I owned an Alfa 145 1.6 from new in 1996. I had it for three years in total, and here's the story. A beutiful blue/purple colour, different from the normal red or black that most people have. I wanted to be different, and in this car you certainly could be. Very fast 0-60, and a good top speed (117mph - proven at 2.30am on a long road from Nottingham to Worksop!). It drove very well, and cornered beutifully. The looks were stunning, and being ...
...my local garage that only Alfa could supply. So I enquired at a well known National chain of garages, and the same answer. £330 later, and a 3 week wait, by car had new brakes. Within a few months (by this time the car had done around 45000), I was driving in rush our traffic, when my clutch pedal stayed on the floor. I managed to drive in first gear, and about 5 miles per hour to the Alfa garage. I have experience a worn out clutch before, and can ...

ChrisAllsopp 01.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 Boxer

Alfa Style

Advantages: stylish, brilliant driver's car
Disadvantages: horrible interior, high insurance

Alfa's stylish Escort-rival. Early cars were poorly built and dynamically below par, but matters were greatly improved thanks to more stringent production standards, revised chassis and new engines. A hatch, the 145 is the characterful 3- priced to match. The 146 is a more conservative and less popular 5-door. The cabin has always looked very dated but is very spacious. Equipment includes driver’s airbag, ABS, alarm and impact beams all as standard. ...

ionaming 28.09.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 1.8 Twin Spark

Junior in name not size

Advantages: Sporty looking fun and fast in great choice of colours
Disadvantages: Limited edition and the doors are bloody heavy

The Alfa Romeo 145 Junior I have one of the very last limited edition 145’s. The colour is French Blue. Which is sort of similar to the vivid blue that you see lots of Peugeot 205’s painted, but when I have parked beside them the colour difference is amazing. The blue is so vivid and metallic, it look really good. In fact – it’s a bit of a posers car really. The Alfa 145 Cloverleaf comes with a 2.0L turbo engine. Unfortunately ...
...in Top Gear trials, this still knocked .5 of a second off the Golf GTI at 0-60 mph, so its pretty fast. With drivers airbag, ABS and all the other safety features you would expect it’s a pretty nice car, it looks good, handles really well, and is very nippy about town. So what about the interior? Well. Daz had a 156 Selespeed as a company car, and the interior in that was wow, the dials where white on black and it was really retro, plus ...

wallstreetwannabe 30.07.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 Junior