Grandpa had a very late 1.8 wide body 155 in champagne, what a beauty. Traded it for a rover 75 when that came out, was all about the sound of the engine, from a twinspark to a 2.0 V6, it sounded good!
the twin spark especially the 8v one sounds much better than many bigger engines. I bought one in 2013 as a first car drove it until 2016 then moved to live in another country and my family sold it for parts in 2017.
@@ale9toma Not true. Davide Cironi made a whole documentary about Alfa Romeo's DTM programme where he interviews engineers and drivers. You can watch it on RUclips.
@@omursaraslan6316 I'm a follower of Cironi, the dtm car was a prototype with tubolar chassis, carbon fiber coachwork, 1000kgs of weight, semi-automatic 6 gear gearbox. So the road car had very few in common with the dtm version. Maybe the base of the engine, but it wasn't even an Alfa one, but came from the v6 used on Lancia Thema, as engineer Limone said in Davide's documentary. I'm not a hater, just that many guys think that Dtm car was obtained by this q4, but it's not true. Gta and supertourism versions were strictly bonded with the q4.
Ha ha.... It wouldn't. It was very, very niche. And quite a commitment to own. Even in LHD markets it was rare. People have said the same "if they made a RHD.." comments about many other cars. The Corvette, the Tornado... This was never going to sell in numbers... And it is somehow better that it didn't.
Lol no. rhd is a much smaller part of the world than lhd. Alfa's big sale numbers never belonged to GB, no manus big sale numbers do. Rhd is just as weird as the imperial system, doesnt make much sense.
Eh no. Alfa only won dtm the first year they participated because no other manufacturer had a car ready for the new regulations. The next year Mercedes had a new car and Alfa was completely and utterly destroyed and never won a title again, didnt even come close again.
@@jemimallah2591 I watched another channel a while ago, CarThrottle, did a video with a LHD Mustang and reversed though while filming it and the person in the window wasn't happy. They either thought they had driven through the wrong way somehow (despite too many cars in the drive-thru to do that) or they just couldn't think about why he did it, driver only. I think he tried to explain to them why he reversed through by saying it's LHD but they just replied something that suggested that they didn't think it being LHD was relevant, despite it making their job a lot easier when passing the car machine to them, post first lockdown I believe. Had they drove through forward, the card machine would have to be passed into the car then the queue is delayed when they disinfect it after he used it, even contactless, as it was in a contaminated environment. To me it's logical to reverse though if you're the sole occupant in a LHD vehicle, and it's fine providing you're competent at reversing (unlike some who somehow passed a test at some point). I guess that might be one of their worries, someone with not reversing ability tries it then screws up the whole thing, but that's that individual driver's fault. If you're in a position where you need to go through a drive-thru in your LHD vehicle, I don't see why you can't reverse through, providing they haven't put up signs to tell you that you can't, just be aware that some people who may be working there may not be able to see your point of view and reasons for it. It might have been a one off with that CT video. I'll try and find it. Edit; ruclips.net/video/C9pc-y-kkT4/видео.html the McDonald's drive-thru is from about 4:55 into the video.
this goes only for the 16v Twins Spark. They are notorious for blowing up on the highway. The q4, V6 busso, the 8 valve Twin Spark and the diesels are as good as any other engine from the time. Had mine for 3 years, bought is when it was alredy 18years old and didn't have any engine issues. Some plastic parts fell apart in my hands though ( door handle, rearview mirror glovebox etc.)
3:13 "This is everything the Toyota Corolla isn't." Except FWD. And 4-cylinder. And square. And more boring to look at than watching paint drying on the wall. Next!
my rough translation: qui esse a la alfa romeo uno fifti fifti qualibracchia quattro. me-a jeremy clarka-son me-a like-a da alfa, el velocito muito bene sopre la bendos von la garaggio estazzione in cittadelle centro della birmingham-a. tu devvo no visita birmingham-a, issa fucking shithole. ma retorno la alfa. malgratto, la ruta gubernatorio essa sopre la lato malo, la ischerra lato. cazzo! la corporazione gruppo fiat ira securamenti vendo muito piccolo quantita desse automobili sopre la marchetti brittanico. retorno cinque anni, vato a puncha piers-a morgan.
Una delle vetture stilisticamente più brutte, squallide e mal proporzionate della storia Alfa, col giroporta della Tipo... Una sorta di Duna con lo scudetto. Livello Arna. Ma guidandola, la Q4 si faceva perdonare per i suoi contenuti tecnici e la messa a punto della telaistica
L' entusiasmo di quest ' uomo nei confronti dei veicoli a motore è imbarazzante. Sembra un bambino sulle giostre che ignora gli effetti devastanti sull' ambiente.
"you can like your Ford but you will love your Alfa"
Grandpa had a very late 1.8 wide body 155 in champagne, what a beauty. Traded it for a rover 75 when that came out, was all about the sound of the engine, from a twinspark to a 2.0 V6, it sounded good!
the twin spark especially the 8v one sounds much better than many bigger engines. I bought one in 2013 as a first car drove it until 2016 then moved to live in another country and my family sold it for parts in 2017.
Clarkson at his best! Brilliant clip and the Bad Company soundtrack just perfect!😃
That ending was gorgeous 😂😂😂
Love Top Gear, love 155 Q4 , and even more the DTM V6 TI ❤
0:27 that edit definitely hid him tripping into the bonnet...lol
nostalgia is real
Amazing Jeremy CLARKSON! Amazing Alfa!
Il rumore del finestrino a 2m11 è pura poesia
uscivano di fabbrica così! alzavetro della tipo e tempra!
"This is everything, that Toyota Corolla isn´t." (3:13) 👍👍👍
It's a Lancia Delta integrale, with the Alfa brand
Has to be my favourite Alfa
I still can't believe Alfa won DTM with a car based on an old cars chassis that was derived from an already old chassis.
Dude, 155 v6 dtm had nothing in common with ordinary 155 just the exterior shape.
@@ale9toma Not true. Davide Cironi made a whole documentary about Alfa Romeo's DTM programme where he interviews engineers and drivers. You can watch it on RUclips.
@@ale9toma Besides no matter what they couldn't have changed the suspension geometry.
@@omursaraslan6316 I'm a follower of Cironi, the dtm car was a prototype with tubolar chassis, carbon fiber coachwork, 1000kgs of weight, semi-automatic 6 gear gearbox. So the road car had very few in common with the dtm version. Maybe the base of the engine, but it wasn't even an Alfa one, but came from the v6 used on Lancia Thema, as engineer Limone said in Davide's documentary. I'm not a hater, just that many guys think that Dtm car was obtained by this q4, but it's not true. Gta and supertourism versions were strictly bonded with the q4.
@@omursaraslan6316 It is true. No DTM car has much in common with the road car. It's a great series because the engineers can go mental
Too good car! ALFA ROMEO ITALY
Jeremy was born with that belly , the same size . :)
Wanted that car in highschool than 156 2.5 Q4 take over
Great 155❤❤❤
Agressive line
If only it was rhd this would have sold so many more.
Ha ha.... It wouldn't. It was very, very niche. And quite a commitment to own. Even in LHD markets it was rare. People have said the same "if they made a RHD.." comments about many other cars. The Corvette, the Tornado... This was never going to sell in numbers... And it is somehow better that it didn't.
Lol no. rhd is a much smaller part of the world than lhd. Alfa's big sale numbers never belonged to GB, no manus big sale numbers do. Rhd is just as weird as the imperial system, doesnt make much sense.
Jeremy the best!
At 19.000 pounds.... that'll get you a shopping cart these days
you're forgetting inflation
@@Random-nf7qb just making an observation, not expressing that I don't understand why that is the case.
or a Dacia Duster maybe?
😂😂🙏🙏
its a Integrale in Alfa Outfit!
I wonder if that was his GTV
I was thinking the same :)
The number plate don’t match
Nope
TIL even Jeremy Clarkson was young
alfa 155 dtm... and you can say goodbay to mercedes!!!
Eh no. Alfa only won dtm the first year they participated because no other manufacturer had a car ready for the new regulations. The next year Mercedes had a new car and Alfa was completely and utterly destroyed and never won a title again, didnt even come close again.
Times when Clarkson was a gentleman
And not a drug abuser
@@gazepelbasan9758 He smoked even more in his early years.
He loves scotch
He was always arrogant.
Based
❤️
The talking litter bin gets annoyed at you if you reverse a LHD through now
do they? im driving an lhd saab in the uk at the moment and in the age of covid and drive-thru only, i have considered trying jeremys method
@@jemimallah2591 I watched another channel a while ago, CarThrottle, did a video with a LHD Mustang and reversed though while filming it and the person in the window wasn't happy. They either thought they had driven through the wrong way somehow (despite too many cars in the drive-thru to do that) or they just couldn't think about why he did it, driver only.
I think he tried to explain to them why he reversed through by saying it's LHD but they just replied something that suggested that they didn't think it being LHD was relevant, despite it making their job a lot easier when passing the car machine to them, post first lockdown I believe.
Had they drove through forward, the card machine would have to be passed into the car then the queue is delayed when they disinfect it after he used it, even contactless, as it was in a contaminated environment.
To me it's logical to reverse though if you're the sole occupant in a LHD vehicle, and it's fine providing you're competent at reversing (unlike some who somehow passed a test at some point). I guess that might be one of their worries, someone with not reversing ability tries it then screws up the whole thing, but that's that individual driver's fault.
If you're in a position where you need to go through a drive-thru in your LHD vehicle, I don't see why you can't reverse through, providing they haven't put up signs to tell you that you can't, just be aware that some people who may be working there may not be able to see your point of view and reasons for it. It might have been a one off with that CT video. I'll try and find it.
Edit; ruclips.net/video/C9pc-y-kkT4/видео.html the McDonald's drive-thru is from about 4:55 into the video.
No one that works in a McDonald's is gonna understand anything based in logic or problem solving. They don't hire based on intellectual capacity.
3:42 britain's only tidal flow motorway, folks. isnt it great folks? dont we love it folks? WE LOVEEE IT
02:10 Qualità? Il cigolio mentre scende il vetro parla da solo... 😁
you go Italy or go sweeden,i drive a saab turbo !
Mira el borracho jaja esta en todos lados
Comes with it’s own tow truck
this goes only for the 16v Twins Spark. They are notorious for blowing up on the highway. The q4, V6 busso, the 8 valve Twin Spark and the diesels are as good as any other engine from the time. Had mine for 3 years, bought is when it was alredy 18years old and didn't have any engine issues. Some plastic parts fell apart in my hands though ( door handle, rearview mirror glovebox etc.)
Shortly before the terminal telly completely ruined Top Gear and went on to help completely ruin everything.
😃🤣🙋🏻♂️
3:13 "This is everything the Toyota Corolla isn't."
Except FWD. And 4-cylinder. And square. And more boring to look at than watching paint drying on the wall. Next!
Toyota Corolla lasts though.
And nobody cares
it lasts if you live in Texas, California or the Middle East. In England and Germany it rusts.
Dopo la alfa romeo 75 ciao alfa romeo e rimasto solo il nome
Cento per cento Alfa 75 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Put Subtitles. In Italian
What hell he is saying
Learn English then
my rough translation: qui esse a la alfa romeo uno fifti fifti qualibracchia quattro. me-a jeremy clarka-son me-a like-a da alfa, el velocito muito bene sopre la bendos von la garaggio estazzione in cittadelle centro della birmingham-a. tu devvo no visita birmingham-a, issa fucking shithole. ma retorno la alfa. malgratto, la ruta gubernatorio essa sopre la lato malo, la ischerra lato. cazzo! la corporazione gruppo fiat ira securamenti vendo muito piccolo quantita desse automobili sopre la marchetti brittanico. retorno cinque anni, vato a puncha piers-a morgan.
Oke12345ban
Una delle vetture stilisticamente più brutte, squallide e mal proporzionate della storia Alfa, col giroporta della Tipo... Una sorta di Duna con lo scudetto. Livello Arna. Ma guidandola, la Q4 si faceva perdonare per i suoi contenuti tecnici e la messa a punto della telaistica
Ähnlich wie Toilettenpapier
Good for the face of germans then
L' entusiasmo di
quest ' uomo nei confronti dei veicoli a motore è imbarazzante.
Sembra un bambino sulle giostre che ignora gli effetti devastanti sull' ambiente.
Quali effetti devastanti? Ancora con ste cose da Unione Sovietica
Mind fking off?
Jeremy looks like one of trotters brother
Oh C’mon,is just a simply Fiat Tipo..
Very very bad car.
Did you ever own a Tipo?
@@gorkab8461 yes i do,1400 cc no injectiom
@@rz3875 Does it run after all these years?
@@gorkab8461 honestly i don’t know ,i sell it
You bought the wrong one….
Fiat make toilet cars.
That, was a Fiat Tempra, not an Alfa Romeo
You are saying stupid things.
@@Windof No no. I'm saying all the truth. All FCA cars are junk Fiat
@@gazepelbasan9758 You are only a hater, probably a Fiat workers that was fired.
@@Windof the fuck i give about fiat. They don't even make their cars in italy anymore.
They do it in turkey.
@@gazepelbasan9758 so you got fired, because the workers were junk, not Fiat. Better to give work to someone else who deserves.
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