Alfa Romeo

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 co ...

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

Mine didn't break much

Advantages: Red pocket-sized rocket
Disadvantages: Slightly iffy reputation

...I had my Alfa for 3 years. For the first three months I was either in the wrong gear or on the rev limiter (which just dumps you without any juice - bad news on roundabouts) but we got along eventually. Bought slightly second-hand, I had a f ...

Happymama 19.01.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 Boxer

Costly but possibly worth it

Advantages: General all round ability, image, improved quality
Disadvantages: Economy

The Alfasud of the 1970`s did a good job of being the poor mans Alfa. A superb chassis, some 15-20 years ahead of it`s time and it`s general driving ability was only let down by the now legendary dreadful Italian corrosion and poor quality - needless to s ...

SimonDolan 07.08.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Alfa Romeo 145 1.6 Boxer

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 ...

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

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 meta ...

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