This Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Is Driving In Stereo
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- “This isn’t pure nostalgia, it’s not as if I want to get back to 1955, I just think there’s something-there’s an analogue world that’s coming to an end,” says Jeff Martin. “Everything’s sort of automatic, and you push a button and download an app, and…there’s nothing like that going on with the Alfa.”
Alfa Romeos have been a fixture in his life since childhood, when a friend of his father’s showed up to the house in one. “The sound of the door, the sound of the key turning the ignition on, the sound of the e-brake being released, the sound of the carburetors springing to life, the sound of the precise shift from 1st to 2nd-that click, that you know you’re seated right there-the sound of the cams chattering in a low gear…”
It’s as much an aural delight for Martin as it is one to the eye; the “Italian DNA speaks to me,” looking like it was from, “another dimension”-but when he finally could afford his dream car, found one, had it restored, and took delivery…an errant motorist destroyed the car before he could enjoy it. The new one that he found to replace it?
“These hippies that lived up at Santa Cruz, they put it in the Recycler, and I bought it from them…” Martin says. “It just purred down the road…the moment I’m loving my drive down the 101, the gas tank falls off, showering sparks up its back…”
Now, on the road and driven regularly, the car “speaks to” Jeff in a way that’s both unique and rewarding in his life.
Thank you to Jeff Martin, from the band Idaho, for letting us use his music in this film.
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That's not a car, it's an artwork. Love it.
Picasso had one.
It's clear that the Petrolicious authors have a soft spot for old Alfas...and I'm so thankful for that ahah awesome vid as always!!
who hasn't? ;)
We all suffer of the same disease...Alfa Giulia(etta) addiction!! ;)
we all need a Alfa Tipo 33 Stradale video then *O*
I have the same disea:( my father owns a 1968 Spider Veloce 1750 and it's just such a awsome car! Nothing can be compared to an old alfa...
R Michael 46 ....but the Lancia!
Stunning car. Surprisingly stunning colour too! Makes a change from the usual red!
Go away
Mumbo Jumbo aaayyy whats happenin😄
I remember watching you years ago. So cool seing you here
Hey Mumbo
Mumbo?
"Modern cars are like appliances" never have truer words been spoken. Another great film that shows us that it doesn't matter what you drive as long as you love what you drive.
Even modern washing machines are starting to become more exciting than alot of modern cars!! ..... that's saying something! lol
@@robtyman4281 🤣 Yes, totally agree.
It is a completely practical car , but , but it's so much more than that .
It's a beautiful thing .
A work of art
The exhaust note
The intake note
yeah, in combination with almost "open" carburettors it sounds like porn
Mommie!?... ..what's porn?.....
Open ended individual throttle bodies are the best audio investment you can make. There's nothing quite like the sound an individual throttle bodied rally car in the forest in the middle of the night as it drives towards you at full song.
Ripping canvas, a great sound.
Grazie Mr. Martin
Vintage Alfas have a raw and connected feel (74 Spider)
Beautiful
Jeff and his car are top notch ..... An Italian love affair for sure!!!
A design that leaves few untouched. God I love this brand, and its followers. So passionate, so laid back, so genuine. This is what a true Alfista loves to see. Thank you, Petrolicous.
"there’s an analogue world that’s coming to an end” Sad, very sad, but true... Beautiful car, wonderful video as always.
Nothing analogue to be found in an Alfa.....
Being an alfa owner and racing one, this has to be the most enjoyment I have had from watching a Petrol video. "Bella" My GTV from 1981, has tought me so much, from fixing it, to racing in general, to the entire car community, and really only an alfa can speak to you in a way that an alfa does. Without getting to Italian cliche, its such an emotional thing owning an alfa. you can spend hours sitting in your garage just looking at it... Cheers Guys
Just bought one that needs work - this gives me some good ideas ...
Only a true car enthusiasts will really get you and this glorious Alfa Romeo. In my mind it have to be any Alfa Romeo between 1950 and 1982. In my dreams the Sprint 2000 1968 and the GTV 3000 1982.I am your passenger in this video enjoying every mile many kilometres away in Cape Town South Africa.
"I don't meditate, but this is a form of meditation" Damn that's so true !
Driving is a form of meditation though. 😎
The quality of this video is unbelievable. The colors, the music, the sound of the engine, the voice of the owner… mix with perfection and procure a great moment of happiness. The owner speaks with passion and accuracy about his car. I can understand what he feels. I own myself an Alfa Romeo. Congratulations
I've never even seen one of these. It seems like it was so ahead of its time period.
that's typical alfa they were always miles ahead in the old days.(:
but not too far :)
That Alfa is so beautiful!
Jeff Martin, you have a true masterpiece of the 1960s Italian art of building dream sports cars. My compliments and...I always say: "I ❤Alfa Romeo"!
Thank you from Sardinia-Italy
Just fabulous!
Incredible and beautiful car it is clearly alive, I love it. Thank you for sharing this.
I had a 1985 Giulietta and I still miss it and think about it often.
I had gone to Genova in 1962 to visit family
that's when I saw my first Giulietta Sprint
and I've been in love with this car ever since
so congratulations for not only owning one
but for enjoying it so much
Beautiful car. Luv the shape. Bumper delete and the color choice is spot on.
Hands down........the best 6-7 minutes of my week.........the Petrolicious video! What great videography and such a beautiful car!
This car is just about soul... and soul .... and soul.....
Bravo Sir, I feel the same way 🍀
Thank you for sharing this video about your lovely old girl.
these Giulietta Sprint's are Gorgeous looking machines.
Hi Petro, great video, it allows feel the passion, the extasis. Obviously I'm an passionate alfista too (Two alfettas, a 33 and two Lancia), thus I can understand perfectly what he said. Merry Christmas, Pablo, from Argentina.
Lovely car, an era the likes of we will never see again. They just got it so right.
We can definitely understand what he's saying, about the car being happy you came back to it and turned it on ;)
I learned to drive on a red Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.5ti
loved it.
the sound...
my dad had 3 Alfasud,s. the last one was a white 2 doors Ti. I will never forget that cars
Love the sud. However finding a good one for sale can be a pain
Epic, epic video. Completely gets to the heart of what is so special about driving full stop. Let alone an Alfa from this period. Superb.
perfection.......just poured a large 1,kicked back and loved every second of this
I know what he's talking about, I can't explain why I love my Alfa, I just do
Everything about this car is beautiful
Alfas seem to get into their owners' hearts in a different way than most other cars. The way they talk, and the look in their eye.
It sure as hell didn't get into mine from watching this sh*tfest!!
@@michaelmeliambro5117 don't watch it, easy
Such powerful moving words and feelings that only an alfa could invoke!
Wonderful car my dad had the same Alfa when he met my mom in 1958 ❤️
Thank you for introducing me to cars that I never new I wanted.
Pure beauty.. and that sound! I fell in love once again..
Grew up with one of these, a 1958. I now own two Alfas.
It’s all inside you… Ric Ocasek and Gregory Hawkes
Thanks for this touching love story and for evoking memories of life-changing cars and quality you could feel. ❤
A beautifully put together film about this Alfa Romeo. Great colors and a very nice story.
My grandparents had 2 Giuliettas Sprint in their Garage. One red, the other one white.
Now they have a fiat Multipla. Brown.
ohh man🙈🙈
Ohhhh noooooo (/ω＼)
gosh now i want an alfa romeo
This video must be the best one you've ever produced. What a car and what a guy. It really felt genuine.
Just the look of this car has so much personality,then you have the sound and the drivung experience so much character
What a car 👍
My god...italians do know how to make pretty cars. And they don't even need to be big and expensive ones...
"Big and expensive" never goes out of style!!!!
of course Mr. Martin loves to drive this Alfa Romeo..... it's an absolute BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!
This car is, pardon my Italian, fucking gorgeous.
There is something on every italian car, from the mid XX century cars to the modern supermini made for the developing countries, that makes every enthusiast like them. They can be beautiful or not, powerful or not. They are special in their particular ways.
do u know alfa romeo disco volante handmade by touring superleggera? model 2015. according to me that car is the modern concept of the beautiful italian car! also for jeremy clarkson :)
This really captures the experience of driving old Alfa's. I miss my 105 1750!
Nice story. I can relate, I own the exact same car, almost same specs (1300, bumpers removed, aloys, slightly lowered). You may have mentioned that is is not slow at all. Curb weight is only around 650 kilos. Somw 90 hp move the car just nicely, and it loves high revs. Every drive is simply exhilarating.
Whenever I see sports cars of this era or thereabouts, I think, "thank heavens". The sound, the visceral engagement, the emotion, living the joy of being a part of a soulful machine as it travails the road ahead; a wondrous thing.
The small headlight Giulietta Sprint is one of my top three all-time favorite cars.
Whatever it's age you can't see such beauty in this ages
My dad told me and anyone else who'd listen, that my first words were Alfa Romeo.
I've owned 5 and loved them all. Two 1980's 33 Boxers, the 2nd one was a Cloverleaf.
A 2.5V6 75 which is still alive somewhere, being enjoyed by the chap that convinced me to sell it to him and latterly, two 156 Sportwaggons.
Each was, as the chap said, alive.
Each was emotive in a way that most other cars aren't.
I just spent 6 and a bit minutes in audio heaven listening to him and that beautiful Giulietta Sprint.
I needs me another Alfa.
nice composition of colors, music, rythm - it's just right atmosphere in this video.
A 101 Giulia Sprint was my first car in 1967. It began a long string of Alfas. I've sort of gone back to that time with a 2016 Mazda MX-5, all the things the 60s cars tried to do without the difficulties. But those Alfas were beautiful cars, the Spiders had wonderful lines.
Jeff what a beatutiful way to describe driving in an all analog car. I never really thought about the sounds each component - ignition, hand brake, motor made while my Hako has been in the shop for nearly 2years. You've truly brought back memories for me! Drive safe and take care of her my friend!
Yes! I have old memory: I shit my pants in a '55. It was winter and my bottom froze. (Was hitchhiking in Wales) ~cheers!
1 side benefit of being an admirer of beauty,is the common companion to art.. that ability to accurately envision and at times verbalize the fabulous aspects of the piece,be it form or sound,shape and it's making . Martin gets it.. the music of the vocabulary
Beautiful film, yet again. Thoroughly enjoyed this.
A totally gorgeous looking car
Una bella macchina! Grazie per là questo video!
It was never in doubt that Petrolicious would come back after the NSX/Merc video and what a video this is! What came to mind for me was this, in this car world today where automakers can make a car do so much why can't someone, just one, make a car that does LESS? I mean less power windows, less power locks, less size and weight but add something...a clutch pedal. The current Miata shows it can be done as far as size and weight so what's the excuse?
It's called an Elise/Exige.
theres gotta be a market for it. its not easy to introduce and successfully sell NEW car in that niche. The Miata has a cult following of 25+ years. same can be said for the lightweights Fiat 500 and Mini coopers , 50+ year cult following
Alfa Romeo did with the 4C and every auto reviewer out there points out its defects - No trunk space, cramped no power steering and too loud. Yes car makers that care try, its just the general public that is too fat and lazy to even appreciate it. The did a review between the bmw m2 and the 4C - the bmw won because its more practical - no shit.
+Antonio Talarico the 4C is not for the avarage idiotic Joe, neither for the newbie incompetent reviewers. Let them hate, that's gonna make it even more rare and unique.
Maybe the donkervoort d8 gto will make you happy. The only modern car that I know that's focused only on pure driving and nothing else.
Wow. This is beautifully put together. So much more than a car.
YES ! The part when he describes an almost living creature , that's exactly what I'm trying to describe to friends and family that are not car persons. Sums it up perfectly !
Masterly video, so close to the heart. And so well produced! Thank you Jeff and Petroguys!
Fabulous video. Expresses exactly how I have felt about many of my old cars. I loved them all and want them back, but I have to settle for my 59 Austin Healey 3000, MK I
There's nothing wrong with your Austin Healey... does it have the "tilting windshield" or was that only in the 100 model? I always thought that was cool. It would blow your hat off, but it was still cool.
I can see myself coming back to this video once every week.
Oh yeah. I'm soo delighted with sound and images :o)
Hands down best vid Ive seen from you guys. I love it when people own a car and cherish it for a lifetime. Great guy, gorgeous machine.
as an alfisti i love this keep the alfa vids coming!
I didn't really know much about Alfas before this video...now I want one! Very charismatic.I really like the way the tires fill in the wheel wells and the simple mod of the bumper removal. What a look and a ride!
what a video, one of the best videos they made yet. Love that car, the sound it makes, gosh i'm now tempted to get an alfa
Lovely video, one of the best in a little while I'd say. Great subject (both man and car), great cinematography, and great music. Well done.
Very very cool!!! Congratulations! Love the color and the sound is stunning
Such a well written episode - 'the sound of the carbs springing to life " - and "backing out of my drive " while he pulls out forward ...
One of the best Petrolicious videos. The text/words are just like the car... stunning!
I didn't listen to his voice, only the sound of the car was in my head. such an awesome sound.
Great video! Love the colors.
And how beautiful this lil' engine purs.
More of those videos. More. More! MORE!
This videos are really fabulous...
This man is in love with his car. I hope to find someday the car that makes me feel the same way...
I love the way you love this legend
To me these videos are so important because it places emphasis on the relationship between you and your car...and the love of driving...that we don't have to aspire to own some unobtainable hyper-car...keep up the great work Petrolicious!
Beautiful beautiful videos..! all of them.. simply a pleasure to watch them.. the quality of the image..the balance between the sound of the engine and the background music as well as the storytelling is top notch..! Congrats!
Such a beautiful car and documentary....you guys are Legends. Thank You for putting out such quality work every week.
OGM i LOVE this piece or ART!!!
Finally Petrolicious. An Italian Classic. More like these please. Nobody does Passion (and build quality lol) like the Italians.
I never saw one before. Gorgeous!
what a beautiful video with an even more beautiful car..
Magnifique video,fantasitic video,for both car,light,and location,encore bravo to you guys
That burble and rasp mid rpm, so analogue, so good. It's a sound that no
modern sportscar seems to be able to replicate properly.
Amazing.
One of the reasons why I never want to trade in my E46 M3 for newer car. That analogue induction noise and rasp is not available on any other current equivalent.
Brilliant. Thank you for such a perfect summary of owning an Alfa.
I so understand his feelings on how a alfa Romeo feels! Supervideo
Alfa Romeo have soul, its like they are alive. They have this unexplainable sensation of life and engagement that no soulless German car could ever have. Alfa FTW!
I desagree. What about Porsche 911 first gen or Bmw 2002 or old amg,s??
Plus, nico should actually write "had", not "have"
Felipe at that time they teached germans and all others the way to go none were in front of an alfa in the late 60s early 70s... Engines and handling were the best you could get. About that boring lame boxer engine when you start a proper alfa you forget all else. Sad for you you never did thus the comment...
Felipe Machado please it is utterly respectless and senseless on a video about italian cars to even pronounce a german sounding word. God forgive him as he ignores what he's doing and has never driven an italian...
This was the video we're looking for, just like your first Alfa videos @Petrolicious . Just keep that quality. We miss "Never enough Alfa"like videos.
me being 17 years old right now going on 18....i really want to own a classic beauty like this some day in my life time.
Never stop dreaming buddy, one day you'll own your classic car, just keep your eyes on the price.
Shop around for a 1st generation Porsche boxster. They can be had for a reasonable price for a nice example. Get one in as good condition as possible and treat her like a lady. Blow the carbon out once in a while but don't race her. She has no competition. She's your love. 50 years from now, if you are faithful, you will be that older guy with that hot model.
@@williameason1194 LOL a Boxster???? R u ppl FOR REAL?????
@@michaelmeliambro5117 better than a mustang for sure.
@@ale16_69 LOL I'd GLADLY have a Mustang over an Alfa any day!!