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"This is a classic Alfa and everything is forgiven once you step on the gas". I love this model. The 2 litre was plenty and had its own character. My recollection is of a lazy and vague gearshift, but everything else was pretty, pretty good. Rare now, but a wonderful memory of times gone by.
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed that part too! Being sponsored is a major milestone for this RUclips channel, and I wanted to make it as good as possible. The trolley they sent me is great, it’s a product I’m happy to put my face on.
@@Matteo_Licata Yeah, it's great you are going down the road of internet entrepreneur by doing what you love. It is the same road I would like to go, and earn money by doing what I love :)
@@MilanStojakov If that's your dream as well, I encourage you to start pursuing it, as it's a very rewarding path on a personal level. But please do it with your eyes open: to grow a RUclips channel takes an awful lot of time, effort, and dedication. Play the long game, ignore the haters and, most importantly, never cease to enjoy the creative process :) I've written an article about my story here, by the way: medium.com/illumination/why-getting-fired-is-one-of-the-best-things-thats-ever-happened-to-me-cb760e2a9f6c
@@Matteo_Licata Thank you for your advice. Appreciate it :) I don't plan to start youtube channel like you, I'm thinking about blogging but will utilize everything to get traffic so that might be a little bit different :) Yeah, long game. I just want to have fun and enjoy it, but hope it will bring me some money.
I had a 1978 and 1983 both 2.0. Loved every moment with them. The 78 I bought from an old chap in the Southampton area, I recognised him from somewhere then realised that I'd seen him stopped on the M27, hanging his head in shame whilst being spoken to by a police officer about half his age. He decided to sell his trouble maker, so I bought it. Twin Dellortos, and so low that the straight through pipe that got knocked off on speed humps. The 83 I bought from a bloke in a shell suit in a layby near also near the M27. They're both gone now, probably for the best but I'd do it all again.
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I can never stop looking at GTV, was driven once in it (2.0) and once you hear it you really forget all the funny stuff (and there is a lot). Btw. This channel is really starting to mature nicely. Videos are longer but still very interesting to watch from beging till the end.
Thank you very much. I’m committing myself to make longer videos, now that I’m getting better and faster at editing. For the future, I also plan to film much more of my own footage, like in this case. Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
Our dear friend, this was the car that lit my fire as a young teenager who loved Alfa Romeo. I remember visiting car yards with second hand Alfettas with the metal GTV third quarter signit, used to sit in the cars before I could drive and dream away. So few cars remain alas. Another wonderful video. Merry Christmas and best wishes to you and all Alfa fans!
Totally correct regarding mechanical sympathy required for gear changes. Lost count how many times we replaced 2nd gear synchros. The 2 flywheels and the heavy propshaft meant the gearbox took alot longer to slow down plus the over long gear lever gave people to much leverage. We used to cut almost 2 inches (50mm) off the gear lever then angle (bend) slightly towards the driver. This made for a much more positive gear change and made 2nd gear synchro last alot longer. Those were the days. Great video.
Che Bella macchina!!! I drove two like this in Russia. V6 2.5 and inline 4 2.0. my final GTV vas a 2.0 Gran Prix version with full Zender body kit, red car on 15' red spiderwebs Ronal's. Now my friend do restoration it.
Very nice video! I love that you also show a driving video with some lovely engine sounds. The Alfetta GTV is very beautiful, very underrated in 4-cyl versions, I agree with you.
That is a lovely example. They must've kept it in vacuum chamber hahaha. I always thought the '80s facelift only really fitted the V6, probably due to the hood. The original design looks better and -as a classic- looks far more interesting and special. Something similar happens with the Spider "Aerodinamica", gives me a similar feeling compared to the previous "Codatronca" or "Duetto". The 4:54 comment and the interior review were excellent hahaha
Not a vacuum chamber, but close enough! Always garaged and doing only 54.000 Km during its almost forty years on the road. :) I agree with you the plasticky look of these models looked right on the V6 models, with that bonnet bulge and larger wheels giving it a more "butch" image. Unfortunately, Pininfarina wouldn't make such a good job on the 1982 Spider... I love those too, and I'd gladly own one, but it certainly was a half-baked effort. Thank you for watching, glad you've enjoyed it!
I had never connected the city of Tolyatti with the Italian communist Togliatti. Now it makes perfect sense that it was named as it was.... Ha! It never sounded very Russian but I never questioned the origin of the name.....
I always loved the way Alfa interiors were sorted out, I especially loved the 3 small toggle switches between the Giulia's front seats, for wipers, fan and dashboard lights, it made part of the Alfa experience, like the two little dials for temperature and oil pressure in the center console. This made you aware you were driving something special. For me the last Alfa with a specific Alfa interior was my much loved 159 JTDm 16-valve Diesel, although the MiTo Veloce I now drive is a little devil in disguise I miss the typical Alfa Romeo lay out of the dashboard.
Loved this car in all it's forms , but prefered the original chrome bumpers of the Gtv 2000 with the 2 chrome flashes either side of Alfa's insignia on the front grill. Never forget seeing Motorsport magazine road test as a teenager mid 1970's , C.R. driving the car around Mallory Park race circuit ,drifting through corners in the wet , but all 4 wheels on the tarmac by virtue of its DeDion suspension and transaxle layout . Marvellous.
I own an totally original Alfetta 2000 GTV, which I bought Nov 1976, and due to the rather rough danish winters (much salt on the roads) I have only been using it in the summertime. Today it has appr. 110.000 kms on the clock. Last trip (out of maybe 15) to Italy was in september 2018. I hope next year, when the virus is gone, I can go again 😎 I think the old (1st series - the 1,8GT and later 1,6 & 2000 with steel-bumpers) was the prettiest 😍 All that rubber on the later series, didn't do anything good for the design ☹️, is my opinion. Also I prefer the "wooden" dashboard to the all black ones. Nice video, Thanks. Keep up the good work. I will follow you here.
I'd love a video about Alfa understanding and misunderstanding the North American market. Cheers for the longer discussion from Montréal, where i still get happy seeing the modem Alfa models around here.
@@Matteo_Licata glad it's of interest. Maybe a second video on Alfa and the rest of North America? I mean, i love your little German cars there at Alfa but we're not the United States. 🤯😬🤣
Another brilliant video. I know many purists disagree, but personally I prefer the look of the post-80 GTVs (mine is an '81). With mouldings matched to the body colour, the plastic bumper models look longer, lower and and more purposeful. And the sound of the 2.0L revving out is as iconic as the V6. Mine gets an "Italian tune up" every weekend...
Well said! I agree with you that body-colored bumper mouldings look better, as the limited-edition GTV "grand prix" demonstrated. Given the circumstances, I think Alfa's stylists did a decent job. Thank you, glad you liked the video!
Loved the Alfetta in the sedan version purely for the ergonomics and ease of getting in and out of it easier. The 2ltr was a beautiful engine but the busso V6 is at another level. Owned 3 x Alfa 75's V6 and an Alfa 90 V6. They don't make them.like they used to. Thank you for keeping the Alfa spirit going 👍
Just today I checked the classifieds for a GTV6, that must be a sign. Nice guest appearance of Greasy Fingers! Thanks a lot for this really cool video, enjoyed it very much. Ciao 🙋♂️
Eagle eye ;) Yes, I needed a 911 for a couple of seconds and I’ve used his one... Even if the comparison referrred to the 1979 180hp 911SC, rather than his Carrera 3.2...
My late father had a GTV in black with a tan tartan trim a beautiful car and his favourite.I’m do wish Alfa would get beach to classic designs only the Giiulia has been exciting.
Mine sounded awesome with the Aftermarket weber twin air filters on. After plenty engine work and head work put out a mighty 115hp at the rear wheels hhahah. Went through 4 head gaskets. Big rust problems though
Thank you for all your fantastic content this year - very much needed by all. I hope you have a safe and cheerful Christmas - wishing you all the best for 2021 and thanks again for your informative and entertaining videos 👏👍😀
Thank you very much for these kind words. Making these videos for you has been almost therapeutic in this difficult year. It's been a pleasure, and rest assured I'll make more and better material next year :) Wish you a peaceful Christmas, cheers from Italy :)
Great video which brought back happy memories of riding in the back of my mate's GTV6. You could feel the clutch and gears changing under your bum when sat in the rear seat! (BTW when you say debuted in English, don't pronounce the T in the middle, just say "debued".)
Thank you for your appreciation, I like when viewers share with me their memories with the cars I cover. And thank you for your suggestion, I’ll remember it for my next voiceover. 👍
Ma basta, ma hai un gusto stu-pen-do! Ieri ho visto la Primula, la Stellina, la 130, oggi quest'Alfa.. . Mamma mia, come diceva il pazzo di Affari a 4 ruote, sono delle gran macchine. Ma belle, belle. Vorrei davvero averle tutte, e la 130 l'avevo quasi dimenticata, questa è la Primula appena le conoscevo, e la Stellina mi era del tutto ignota. Ottimo lavoro, sir.
Times when 14" 15" inch wheels fitted perfectly with the body of the beautiful car - today 18" seems "small" on a compact car🤔. Well I go with the past actually 😐
Wheels have become insanely large, I agree with you. But they're "needed" to look proportionate on the substantially chunkier, larger cars we drive today.
@@duleopasni I’m in ireland,the first thing I would look for is rust.its a killer in a wet climate.check the inner sills as the side moulding hide a lot.suspension,front and rear,can be expensive,but easy diy,which save money on the parts.i personally would go the poly bush on the rear.oem up front.engine,doesn’t matter which engine make sure timing belt and water pump and variator(on the 2.0 twingspark)are done.expensive fix it it snaps.im on my lunch break so if there’s anything else you want to know let me know?is this your fist Alfa?
@@1569-f8x I've got 147, but it's time for real ones. Honestly didn't get the poly bush on the rear.oem up front, so could you explain it further? 😄 Thanks a lot and greetings from Serbia!
A “916” video is long overdue, I agree. It’s perhaps the single most requested subject on this channel :) As soon as I’ll find a nice example to film, I’ll make it!
Yes agree. I own a 1977 steel bumpered GTV and the only thing that mars the superlative driving experience is the gear change. So much so to while driving 90% of one’s focus needs to be on gear selection process. Only then can one be smooth
Many within Alfa itself weren't keen on the transaxle for this reason, and the Alfetta came out as it was mostly thanks to Giuseppe Busso's staunch support of the solution. Things got better with the so-called "isostatic" linkage used on the 90 and 75, though, as I've had the chance to see for myself. In fact, the 75 I drove surprised me, as I was expecting it to be worse than it actually turned out to be.
Love that car so much! It's amazing how it combines style and practicality! Always thougt that restyled version would look much better if painting the bumpes in body color and leaving the rubber on the bumpler black.
Apprezzo davvero tutti i suoi video. Tutti. Evidenziano reale competenza che tanto manca sul tubo. MA dire che La 2.5 andava come una 911SC (200 cv) ecco... magari anche no... (ho entrambe le auto). Ahahah. Comunque complimenti davvero!
Eheh grazie, mi fa molto piacere! Si, la comparazione con la Porsche ammetto che è un po’ tirata, l’ho usata per dare un idea di quanto il V6 avesse trasformato il carattere della Alfetta GTV.
@@Matteo_Licata capisco. Effettivamente il Busso vero (quello in linea) ha portato l’Alfa al livello della coeva 944. Ecco , quello è il paragone giusto. E rispetto alla 944 prima serie la Gtv 2.5 è dinamicamente superiore (tranne purtroppo nella qualità’ costruttiva, ma pazienza, l’Alfa è un’Alfa!)
Love this car. They look best in silver or red I think. While I dislike most every restyle, I much prefer the restyled Alfetta Coupe. The same goes for the Alfasud and Sprint. I think the Alfas from this era are some of the best restyles that have ever been made.
Not really, V6 12V engine is relatively light. But higher power and torque output is straining those fragile propshafts and gearboxes even more. GTV6 are much more prone to fail mechanically-wise. This was partially addressed in later production years but never completely solved anyway. Nevertheless both 4 and 6 cylinders are joy to drive when thay actually work.
Exactly. I’ve personally lifted a Busso V6 block (just the block) and it’s deceptively light. Weight balance on the GTV wasn’t adversely affected by the bigger engine.
I assume you have first checked if those cases actually fit into a GTV, huh?! The first version is the most beautifull indeed although I also liked the "just add black trend" of that time. It has been in and out of fashion since then anyway. At the moment less chrome is all the rage again on motorcycles (look at the present Guzzi's) but a few years back it was all café racer and thus chrome, including plastic parts with those nifty new chrome paint jobs one can nowadays even buy in a spray can!
I think that, given period circumstances, the Alfa Romeo stylists did a decent job. It could be argued that they did better than what Pininfarina did to the Spider in '82. By the way, yes, the GTV's boot can take two Carry-On suitcases ;)
@@Matteo_Licata I gues it is all relative indeed. I wouldn't say the second Spider was an improvement either but cam tails where simply de rigeur then and it was designed very much with the US market in mind. It's a bit like the restyling of the MGB with that rubber bumper, which was done much more on the cheap anyway. On one side it keeps the lineage alive. On the other it is a clear indication the factory is artificially keeping stuff up to date. At least that seond Spider was a real re-engineeering job. Furthermore: For most the first VW Golf is the only real one. Still the 2nd also looked good. And what about the Citroën DS? The list is endless.
@@marcbrasse747 After all, it's a matter of taste and opinion. Makes for interesting conversation, but it's a debate that will never result in a conclusion.
An unlikely Bond car, BTW. But also a nice one. As you said on the video, it aged well, although in the 80's, Alfa Romeo had made several bad decisions. That car deserved more.
Very true! The GTV6 in Octopussy had a great on-screen presence. Alfa by the 1980s was a doomed manufacturer, unfortunately. It needed a bigger partner to keep on going, and we'll never know if under Ford (which was the only alternative to Fiat at the time) things would have been better or worse.
The fact that Jeremy Clarkson has one after the Scottish trip on Gran Tour makes this car a legend in its own right❤ Also Matteo am I right in saying that the GTV was the last model Alfa made an Auto Delta spec for the road ?
The last road car sold to the public to have been modified by Autodelta wasn’t a GTV, but the Giulietta Turbo Autodelta of late 1984. Less than 500 were made.
Love your videos! I have a question for you: You often use a phrase "Cocchi buikders". I have asked my Italian friend and he does not recognize it as an Italian word. Can you explain please where it is coming from?
@@Matteo_Licata haha! It is fun, I really love the Italian pronunciation :) Now it makes sense! I was confused, because in Hungarian the car is called "kocsi", which is pronounced as "cocchi", so I was thinking there is a relationship. Anyway, thanks for your answer! Keep on with the great videos! Forza Italia :)
Cool! Well, the Spica fuel injection wasn’t a bad system… But I suspect few autoshop mechanics took the trouble of understanding it. One day I’ll get a Spider myself!
Nice car. Old Ferraris that now command six and seven figures have sonorous engines, transaxles with weak 2nd gear synchros, strange ergonomics, and name me an Italian sports car or motorcycle company that wasn’t always cash-strapped? That’s all part of the charm. The GTV6 is a bargain.
Ah. I had a two year love affair with a steel bumper GTV 2000 in the early 80s. She looked beautiful, sounded sweet and went like the clappers. Eventually she started to look shabby thanks to tin worm and I left her when the prop-shaft snapped. PS. T-shirt link doesn't work
Hi David, thank you for letting me know about the link: it’s an older video and I forgot to update to the new shop. Here’s the new link: roadster-life1.myspreadshop.com/v6+fuel+injection+25-A61f14fd1f33f941d03da61e1?productType=210&sellable=bB9MdQb398sXepLwrg3m-210-7
The Alfa Romeo GTV is a thing of beauty. I met a heavily modified one during a track day and I had a bit of a hard time ovetaking it, it had less HP than my old car but it was evidently much lighter. ruclips.net/video/Jv5MP0TDRcA/видео.html
I saw that you’ve managed to overtake it, but it indeed was difficult :) That GTV sure was pretty well tricked-out, it had very little body roll too. Cool video!
@@Matteo_Licata Glad you liked it, I enjoy to upload a few of the best moments when I can do a track day. I took a few photos of the GTV, it was completely empty inside, evidently modified for track and/or rallies, and totally pristine, I have to say I would never have risked it in a normal trakck day... and no bulge at all in the bonnet so it was a 4 cylinders.
Even though it’s and 80s car it still looks great on the exterior. Unfortunately the interior design is 80s style so not that impressive as the Giulia GTs.
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"This is a classic Alfa and everything is forgiven once you step on the gas".
I love this model. The 2 litre was plenty and had its own character. My recollection is of a lazy and vague gearshift, but everything else was pretty, pretty good. Rare now, but a wonderful memory of times gone by.
Alfa GTV, Giulietta, 33, 75, Sud and Sprint - all wonderful driver’s cars. Great video again 👍🏼🇦🇺 🇮🇹
Wow, nice got your first video sponsors, good job. First time I eagerly watched sponsored part on any video.
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed that part too! Being sponsored is a major milestone for this RUclips channel, and I wanted to make it as good as possible. The trolley they sent me is great, it’s a product I’m happy to put my face on.
@@Matteo_Licata Yeah, it's great you are going down the road of internet entrepreneur by doing what you love. It is the same road I would like to go, and earn money by doing what I love :)
@@MilanStojakov If that's your dream as well, I encourage you to start pursuing it, as it's a very rewarding path on a personal level. But please do it with your eyes open: to grow a RUclips channel takes an awful lot of time, effort, and dedication. Play the long game, ignore the haters and, most importantly, never cease to enjoy the creative process :)
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@@Matteo_Licata Thank you for your advice. Appreciate it :) I don't plan to start youtube channel like you, I'm thinking about blogging but will utilize everything to get traffic so that might be a little bit different :) Yeah, long game. I just want to have fun and enjoy it, but hope it will bring me some money.
Astunishing video, thanks! The "more togliattigrad than stuttgart" part was brilliant! Congrats
Thank you! I really tried to do my best with this one, glad you liked it!!
I had a 1978 and 1983 both 2.0.
Loved every moment with them. The 78 I bought from an old chap in the Southampton area, I recognised him from somewhere then realised that I'd seen him stopped on the M27, hanging his head in shame whilst being spoken to by a police officer about half his age. He decided to sell his trouble maker, so I bought it. Twin Dellortos, and so low that the straight through pipe that got knocked off on speed humps.
The 83 I bought from a bloke in a shell suit in a layby near also near the M27.
They're both gone now, probably for the best but I'd do it all again.
I can never stop looking at GTV, was driven once in it (2.0) and once you hear it you really forget all the funny stuff (and there is a lot).
Btw. This channel is really starting to mature nicely. Videos are longer but still very interesting to watch from beging till the end.
Thank you very much. I’m committing myself to make longer videos, now that I’m getting better and faster at editing. For the future, I also plan to film much more of my own footage, like in this case. Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
My brother stacked his scruffy 33 into the Armco on a Saturday morning. By the following Thursday he was driving a black GTV. Lovely car!
Alfa slogan should be: "Losing money since 1972"
that's why we love it!
That would be a cool tagline, yes! 😂
Haha!!! Great!
Great video! Nice to see a vid on the 4 cylinder for a change and not the gtv6
Glad you liked it!
Our dear friend, this was the car that lit my fire as a young teenager who loved Alfa Romeo. I remember visiting car yards with second hand Alfettas with the metal GTV third quarter signit, used to sit in the cars before I could drive and dream away. So few cars remain alas. Another wonderful video. Merry Christmas and best wishes to you and all Alfa fans!
Thank you! Glad you liked it and wish a very Merry Christmas to you as well :)
I had a blue Alfetta GT, 1975 2 litre. Loved that car!
Very cool!
Neal Keith ; must have been a 1,8 GT (1974/1976). The 2000 was introduced in 1976.
Totally correct regarding mechanical sympathy required for gear changes. Lost count how many times we replaced 2nd gear synchros. The 2 flywheels and the heavy propshaft meant the gearbox took alot longer to slow down plus the over long gear lever gave people to much leverage. We used to cut almost 2 inches (50mm) off the gear lever then angle (bend) slightly towards the driver. This made for a much more positive gear change and made 2nd gear synchro last alot longer. Those were the days. Great video.
I owned at GTV 2.0 in 1985/86. Love, hate relationship. But I still yearn for it.
Loved my GTV-6. Loved it. But I not only drove it, I kept it outside and...well, you know the rest.
I know, I know... The GTV6 in northern climates rusted as fast as it drove, sadly :(
The first Alfa I ever sat in, aged 13.......started my love affair with this great Italian marque!
Che Bella macchina!!! I drove two like this in Russia. V6 2.5 and inline 4 2.0. my final GTV vas a 2.0 Gran Prix version with full Zender body kit, red car on 15' red spiderwebs Ronal's. Now my friend do restoration it.
I'm glad you've enjoyed the video, and even more so than your rare Grand Prix is getting restored. Cool!
Very nice video! I love that you also show a driving video with some lovely engine sounds. The Alfetta GTV is very beautiful, very underrated in 4-cyl versions, I agree with you.
Thank you very much! For the future, I'm planning to film my own footage as much as I can, so expect more such videos :)
What a Car! What a sound!!!
My father had its big brother, the gtv6. The Busso has the best V6 engine sound to me. The gtv6 is my favorite Alfa Romeo
Cool! Yes, the V6 is fantastic, and transformed the car. I hope to film a GTV6 one day!
@@Matteo_Licata I hope you can film a gtv6 too
My favorite alfa in high school ..gtv alfetta ..tq again for the video ..
The GTV facelift is my all time favourite.
That is a lovely example. They must've kept it in vacuum chamber hahaha.
I always thought the '80s facelift only really fitted the V6, probably due to the hood. The original design looks better and -as a classic- looks far more interesting and special. Something similar happens with the Spider "Aerodinamica", gives me a similar feeling compared to the previous "Codatronca" or "Duetto".
The 4:54 comment and the interior review were excellent hahaha
Not a vacuum chamber, but close enough! Always garaged and doing only 54.000 Km during its almost forty years on the road. :)
I agree with you the plasticky look of these models looked right on the V6 models, with that bonnet bulge and larger wheels giving it a more "butch" image.
Unfortunately, Pininfarina wouldn't make such a good job on the 1982 Spider... I love those too, and I'd gladly own one, but it certainly was a half-baked effort.
Thank you for watching, glad you've enjoyed it!
Togliattigrad (Torino!) rather than Stuttgart...hilarious comment!
Togliatti was the location of the russian Autovaz/Lada factory, no?
@@macacoeletrico2963 yes it was
I had never connected the city of Tolyatti with the Italian communist Togliatti. Now it makes perfect sense that it was named as it was.... Ha! It never sounded very Russian but I never questioned the origin of the name.....
Great video. Congratulations on the sponsor! Keep up the good work, Griff & MiaGTV6.
Thanks! Will do!
I always loved the way Alfa interiors were sorted out, I especially loved the 3 small toggle switches between the Giulia's front seats, for wipers, fan and dashboard lights, it made part of the Alfa experience, like the two little dials for temperature and oil pressure in the center console. This made you aware you were driving something special. For me the last Alfa with a specific Alfa interior was my much loved 159 JTDm 16-valve Diesel, although the MiTo Veloce I now drive is a little devil in disguise I miss the typical Alfa Romeo lay out of the dashboard.
Well, you need to watch this video then, if you haven't done it already ;)
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Loved this car in all it's forms , but prefered the original chrome bumpers of the Gtv 2000 with the 2 chrome flashes either side of Alfa's insignia on the front grill. Never forget seeing Motorsport magazine road test as a teenager mid 1970's , C.R. driving the car around Mallory Park race circuit ,drifting through corners in the wet , but all 4 wheels on the tarmac by virtue of its DeDion suspension and transaxle layout . Marvellous.
Cool. Yes, the GTV 2000 L looked great, it's my favorite as well.
I own an totally original Alfetta 2000 GTV, which I bought Nov 1976, and due to the rather rough danish winters (much salt on the roads) I have only been using it in the summertime. Today it has appr. 110.000 kms on the clock. Last trip (out of maybe 15) to Italy was in september 2018. I hope next year, when the virus is gone, I can go again 😎
I think the old (1st series - the 1,8GT and later 1,6 & 2000 with steel-bumpers) was the prettiest 😍 All that rubber on the later series, didn't do anything good for the design ☹️, is my opinion. Also I prefer the "wooden" dashboard to the all black ones.
Nice video, Thanks. Keep up the good work. I will follow you here.
Wow, a one-owner, all-original GTV, that's fantastic, congratulations!
Yes I agree the original look was best. Thank you and welcome onboard!
I'd love a video about Alfa understanding and misunderstanding the North American market. Cheers for the longer discussion from Montréal, where i still get happy seeing the modem Alfa models around here.
Alfa and the USA... That would make for a killer video indeed. Thank you for the brilliant suggestion, I'll work on it!
@@Matteo_Licata glad it's of interest. Maybe a second video on Alfa and the rest of North America? I mean, i love your little German cars there at Alfa but we're not the United States. 🤯😬🤣
Ooops! 🤦🏻♂️ My bad, sorry!
@@Matteo_Licata Really, no worries, it's so stereotypically Canadian... Just funny, meine freunde !
One of my favourite cars !
Love those cars, had several ones.
Which ones?
@@Matteo_Licata 1985 2.0 with 14" steel rims, red of course. Two of those and the first one was a 1983 2.0
Only V6 I had was a 155 for track use.
@@Matteo_Licata Also got Sud Sprint, several 155's, 75 and Panda 4X4 etc
@@Matteo_Licata and 145QV of course
Wow, that’s more Alfas than even many hard-core Alfisti have owned. Cool!
One of the great Alfas...only now being appreciated.
Another brilliant video. I know many purists disagree, but personally I prefer the look of the post-80 GTVs (mine is an '81). With mouldings matched to the body colour, the plastic bumper models look longer, lower and and more purposeful. And the sound of the 2.0L revving out is as iconic as the V6. Mine gets an "Italian tune up" every weekend...
Well said! I agree with you that body-colored bumper mouldings look better, as the limited-edition GTV "grand prix" demonstrated. Given the circumstances, I think Alfa's stylists did a decent job. Thank you, glad you liked the video!
Going up in value! gtv6 is the favorite but the 2.0 is a stronger engine and easier to maintain ,only gives away 30bhp .Lovely looking cars
Loved the Alfetta in the sedan version purely for the ergonomics and ease of getting in and out of it easier. The 2ltr was a beautiful engine but the busso V6 is at another level. Owned 3 x Alfa 75's V6 and an Alfa 90 V6. They don't make them.like they used to. Thank you for keeping the Alfa spirit going 👍
Totally agree, thank you!
Just today I checked the classifieds for a GTV6, that must be a sign. Nice guest appearance of Greasy Fingers! Thanks a lot for this really cool video, enjoyed it very much. Ciao 🙋♂️
Eagle eye ;)
Yes, I needed a 911 for a couple of seconds and I’ve used his one... Even if the comparison referrred to the 1979 180hp 911SC, rather than his Carrera 3.2...
My late father had a GTV in black with a tan tartan trim a beautiful car and his favourite.I’m do wish Alfa would get beach to classic designs only the Giiulia has been exciting.
Mine sounded awesome with the Aftermarket weber twin air filters on. After plenty engine work and head work put out a mighty 115hp at the rear wheels hhahah. Went through 4 head gaskets. Big rust problems though
Thank you for all your fantastic content this year - very much needed by all. I hope you have a safe and cheerful Christmas - wishing you all the best for 2021 and thanks again for your informative and entertaining videos 👏👍😀
Thank you very much for these kind words. Making these videos for you has been almost therapeutic in this difficult year. It's been a pleasure, and rest assured I'll make more and better material next year :)
Wish you a peaceful Christmas, cheers from Italy :)
My favorite car ever, 2 gear syncro was a problem for those who can’t drive.
Great video which brought back happy memories of riding in the back of my mate's GTV6. You could feel the clutch and gears changing under your bum when sat in the rear seat! (BTW when you say debuted in English, don't pronounce the T in the middle, just say "debued".)
Thank you for your appreciation, I like when viewers share with me their memories with the cars I cover. And thank you for your suggestion, I’ll remember it for my next voiceover. 👍
Ma basta, ma hai un gusto stu-pen-do! Ieri ho visto la Primula, la Stellina, la 130, oggi quest'Alfa.. . Mamma mia, come diceva il pazzo di Affari a 4 ruote, sono delle gran macchine. Ma belle, belle. Vorrei davvero averle tutte, e la 130 l'avevo quasi dimenticata, questa è la Primula appena le conoscevo, e la Stellina mi era del tutto ignota. Ottimo lavoro, sir.
Grazie mille per il tuo appassionato apprezzamento, mi fa davvero piacere!
@@Matteo_Licata guarda, per l'emozione ho fatto anche errori di battitura!😅
Times when 14" 15" inch wheels fitted perfectly with the body of the beautiful car - today 18" seems "small" on a compact car🤔. Well I go with the past actually 😐
Wheels have become insanely large, I agree with you. But they're "needed" to look proportionate on the substantially chunkier, larger cars we drive today.
great man, now you must do one for GTV 916 & hopefully spider, that I'm aiming for buying!!!
I have one,you won’t regret it.
@@1569-f8x I thought that you have a video 😂
Give me some advice and where do you come from? If it's not a secret ofc 😅
@@duleopasni I’m in ireland,the first thing I would look for is rust.its a killer in a wet climate.check the inner sills as the side moulding hide a lot.suspension,front and rear,can be expensive,but easy diy,which save money on the parts.i personally would go the poly bush on the rear.oem up front.engine,doesn’t matter which engine make sure timing belt and water pump and variator(on the 2.0 twingspark)are done.expensive fix it it snaps.im on my lunch break so if there’s anything else you want to know let me know?is this your fist Alfa?
@@1569-f8x I've got 147, but it's time for real ones. Honestly didn't get the poly bush on the rear.oem up front, so could you explain it further? 😄
Thanks a lot and greetings from Serbia!
A “916” video is long overdue, I agree. It’s perhaps the single most requested subject on this channel :)
As soon as I’ll find a nice example to film, I’ll make it!
Yes agree. I own a 1977 steel bumpered GTV and the only thing that mars the superlative driving experience is the gear change. So much so to while driving 90% of one’s focus needs to be on gear selection process. Only then can one be smooth
Many within Alfa itself weren't keen on the transaxle for this reason, and the Alfetta came out as it was mostly thanks to Giuseppe Busso's staunch support of the solution. Things got better with the so-called "isostatic" linkage used on the 90 and 75, though, as I've had the chance to see for myself. In fact, the 75 I drove surprised me, as I was expecting it to be worse than it actually turned out to be.
Love that car so much! It's amazing how it combines style and practicality! Always thougt that restyled version would look much better if painting the bumpes in body color and leaving the rubber on the bumpler black.
They did just that with the “Grand Prix” limited edition, check it out on google, I think you’ll like it
@@Matteo_Licata Yessssss! It looks just perfect!
Apprezzo davvero tutti i suoi video. Tutti. Evidenziano reale competenza che tanto manca sul tubo. MA dire che La 2.5 andava come una 911SC (200 cv) ecco... magari anche no... (ho entrambe le auto). Ahahah. Comunque complimenti davvero!
Eheh grazie, mi fa molto piacere! Si, la comparazione con la Porsche ammetto che è un po’ tirata, l’ho usata per dare un idea di quanto il V6 avesse trasformato il carattere della Alfetta GTV.
@@Matteo_Licata capisco. Effettivamente il Busso vero (quello in linea) ha portato l’Alfa al livello della coeva 944. Ecco , quello è il paragone giusto. E rispetto alla 944 prima serie la Gtv 2.5 è dinamicamente superiore (tranne purtroppo nella qualità’ costruttiva, ma pazienza, l’Alfa è un’Alfa!)
I argue that Alfetta GT still looks fresh.Prove me wrong.
Still a beauty. Don’t care of the black plastic details, my pick is red.
I'm in love!!!
Very nice car and with great sound!
It sure is! Thank you!
I don't care about ergonomics, to me the gauges are goooorgeous!
I have a 1980 Alfetta gtv 2000 L, take a high five bro! ✋
Me too! My father has just passed on his red 1982 model to me. How fortunate I am.
Very cool, enjoy it!!!
Love this car. They look best in silver or red I think. While I dislike most every restyle, I much prefer the restyled Alfetta Coupe. The same goes for the Alfasud and Sprint. I think the Alfas from this era are some of the best restyles that have ever been made.
Nowdays so cool!!
Nice video! The 4 cilinder must have had a better road holding than the Busso, right?
Not really, V6 12V engine is relatively light. But higher power and torque output is straining those fragile propshafts and gearboxes even more. GTV6 are much more prone to fail mechanically-wise. This was partially addressed in later production years but never completely solved anyway. Nevertheless both 4 and 6 cylinders are joy to drive when thay actually work.
Exactly. I’ve personally lifted a Busso V6 block (just the block) and it’s deceptively light. Weight balance on the GTV wasn’t adversely affected by the bigger engine.
Jerime clarkson . has one . so must be good
Exellent video !
Thank you very much!
Viva Alfa Romeo!
I assume you have first checked if those cases actually fit into a GTV, huh?! The first version is the most beautifull indeed although I also liked the "just add black trend" of that time. It has been in and out of fashion since then anyway. At the moment less chrome is all the rage again on motorcycles (look at the present Guzzi's) but a few years back it was all café racer and thus chrome, including plastic parts with those nifty new chrome paint jobs one can nowadays even buy in a spray can!
I think that, given period circumstances, the Alfa Romeo stylists did a decent job. It could be argued that they did better than what Pininfarina did to the Spider in '82.
By the way, yes, the GTV's boot can take two Carry-On suitcases ;)
@@Matteo_Licata I gues it is all relative indeed. I wouldn't say the second Spider was an improvement either but cam tails where simply de rigeur then and it was designed very much with the US market in mind. It's a bit like the restyling of the MGB with that rubber bumper, which was done much more on the cheap anyway. On one side it keeps the lineage alive. On the other it is a clear indication the factory is artificially keeping stuff up to date. At least that seond Spider was a real re-engineeering job. Furthermore: For most the first VW Golf is the only real one. Still the 2nd also looked good. And what about the Citroën DS? The list is endless.
@@marcbrasse747 After all, it's a matter of taste and opinion. Makes for interesting conversation, but it's a debate that will never result in a conclusion.
Nice to see a video about my GTV6's "little brother". I love my car, but I have to agree with you that the interior is pretty cheap.
I laughed when you mentioned reminding owners of their inferiority with the steel wheels. 😂
An unlikely Bond car, BTW. But also a nice one. As you said on the video, it aged well, although in the 80's, Alfa Romeo had made several bad decisions. That car deserved more.
Very true! The GTV6 in Octopussy had a great on-screen presence. Alfa by the 1980s was a doomed manufacturer, unfortunately. It needed a bigger partner to keep on going, and we'll never know if under Ford (which was the only alternative to Fiat at the time) things would have been better or worse.
The fact that Jeremy Clarkson has one after the Scottish trip on Gran Tour makes this car a legend in its own right❤ Also Matteo am I right in saying that the GTV was the last model Alfa made an Auto Delta spec for the road ?
The last road car sold to the public to have been modified by Autodelta wasn’t a GTV, but the Giulietta Turbo Autodelta of late 1984. Less than 500 were made.
@@Matteo_Licata ah ok I thought GTV Autodelta version was the last one Alfa made before Fiat decided not to make any more in that spec.
@@claudioschumi87 Fiat has taken a lot of bad decisions, but not that one. Autodelta had been killed off by Alfa itself, before the Fiat takeover.
@@Matteo_Licata It's a shame, to be honest, I hope that one day Alfa can bring the Autodelta badge once again on an Alfa in the near future.
@@claudioschumi87 Well, the badge itself has recently reappeared on the Giulia GTAm. Means nothing, but it's there.
I had 3 of these 2.0L models
Wow! I guess you really loved them!
@@Matteo_Licata Yes I did, when your young and carefree lol
Love your videos! I have a question for you: You often use a phrase "Cocchi buikders". I have asked my Italian friend and he does not recognize it as an Italian word. Can you explain please where it is coming from?
I guess it’s coachbuilders. Definitely not an Italian word, by the way. Wow, now I’m really worried about my pronounciation 😳
@@Matteo_Licata haha! It is fun, I really love the Italian pronunciation :) Now it makes sense! I was confused, because in Hungarian the car is called "kocsi", which is pronounced as "cocchi", so I was thinking there is a relationship. Anyway, thanks for your answer! Keep on with the great videos! Forza Italia :)
Spica fuel injection.. in USA.. unfortunately.. I'm enjoying my 1986 Spider.. but not in the winter St Louis weather
Cool! Well, the Spica fuel injection wasn’t a bad system… But I suspect few autoshop mechanics took the trouble of understanding it. One day I’ll get a Spider myself!
How! But on your mouth mask was a giulia front grille not a GTV check it out your self, but it was a awesome video. Thanks for that
Yes, I indeed had the Giulia mask on. But the car I was in was the GTV ;)
Will be more careful not to wear the wrong mask next time!
@@Matteo_Licata aha! I had only eye for the mask😂😂😂.
Good, means I designed a nice one :)
Nice car. Old Ferraris that now command six and seven figures have sonorous engines, transaxles with weak 2nd gear synchros, strange ergonomics, and name me an Italian sports car or motorcycle company that wasn’t always cash-strapped? That’s all part of the charm. The GTV6 is a bargain.
Very true :)
Ah. I had a two year love affair with a steel bumper GTV 2000 in the early 80s. She looked beautiful, sounded sweet and went like the clappers. Eventually she started to look shabby thanks to tin worm and I left her when the prop-shaft snapped.
PS. T-shirt link doesn't work
Hi David, thank you for letting me know about the link: it’s an older video and I forgot to update to the new shop. Here’s the new link: roadster-life1.myspreadshop.com/v6+fuel+injection+25-A61f14fd1f33f941d03da61e1?productType=210&sellable=bB9MdQb398sXepLwrg3m-210-7
Awesome
Thank you!
The Alfa Romeo GTV is a thing of beauty.
I met a heavily modified one during a track day and I had a bit of a hard time ovetaking it, it had less HP than my old car but it was evidently much lighter. ruclips.net/video/Jv5MP0TDRcA/видео.html
I saw that you’ve managed to overtake it, but it indeed was difficult :)
That GTV sure was pretty well tricked-out, it had very little body roll too. Cool video!
@@Matteo_Licata Glad you liked it, I enjoy to upload a few of the best moments when I can do a track day.
I took a few photos of the GTV, it was completely empty inside, evidently modified for track and/or rallies, and totally pristine, I have to say I would never have risked it in a normal trakck day... and no bulge at all in the bonnet so it was a 4 cylinders.
Even though it’s and 80s car it still looks great on the exterior. Unfortunately the interior design is 80s style so not that impressive as the Giulia GTs.
Cancracker; not 80th. The Alfetta GT was introduced 1974 👍
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I like the serie 1 better. With the stainless bumpers
Understandable. I’d rather have that one myself. But the example I filmed is so well preserved I wouldn’t mind owning that too!
I Don't See You Have A GTV 6 Video Review.
I haven't covered the GTV6 yet. But it'll come...
There are far more other reviews on the V6 than the 2.0 4 cylinder.
The six cylinder was an abomination. The original two liter was a very beautiful car.