I was just outside the office having a ciggie, when I heard two cars having a tear-up down the road. Saw a black kitted M3 come round the corner with lots of noise, but it was overtaken and blown away by a bight red Alpha Romeo SZ (?!?!) Never seen one before, and it looked pretty good. Anyone know anything about them? :cool:

i know they are VERY rare and pretty smart looking (IMO)

 

if its the one i'm thinking of its pretty small and angular - reminded me a bit of a lancia delta evo

i know they are VERY rare and pretty smart looking (IMO)

 

if its the one i'm thinking of its pretty small and angular - reminded me a bit of a lancia delta evo

 

Yup, that's the one! A small coupe. I only saw it for a second as it went flashing past (in a 30mph limit :rolleyes: ) But at least he kicked the shit out the M3! :) :tongue:

One for sale on Autotrader

 

Was it this?

One for sale on Autotrader

 

Was it this?

 

 

That's it exactly! :cool: I like it! Looks pretty mean! Do you know if they go well? I see from the ad that it's a 3.0L.

If it goes as well as it looks, it must be pretty good. I do like the front :)

Here's a better link :)

 

Try again

Thanks! And just so everyone else can see what I'm on about.....

 

 

 

That really does look at lot better than the alphas you get these days. :)

Pretty high up on my dream car list that one.

 

They did a convertable version too... think rocking horse sh1t and hen's teeth and you're nearly there.

 

 

Tim

Follow the "all models" link on this page:

 

http://www.carsfromitaly.com/alfaromeo/index.html

 

then SZ and RZ.

 

Bit of tech info there: 0-60 in 7 secs.

Back end is not the best looking, but the front is awesome.. :bow:

Just looked it up in one of my car bibles.....

 

0-62.5 mph in 7 secs

 

152 mph max

 

2959 V6 engine giving 207bhp @ 6200rpm

 

Weight 1280kg....

 

Enough for the anoraks?? :D :p

 

Richard :smw:

Think they're starting to look a bit dated myself - and if you think the zed needs tlc, just try running one of those things for a year!!!!

 

And they're not that quick - he must have tuned it some to beat an M3, unless it was a standard 3 series with M bit's added for looks - plenty of those around!

 

Killed a real M3 a few weeks ago - guy who works near me. He came round later in the day to talk horsepower - think he might be looking at buying a zed 'for the weekends!!!'

 

ha, deep joy!

Nice link Matz .

I love Alfas, anyone here got one as your daily car?

Mines a '91 164 V6 lusso, old but sooo reliable - never have to open the bonnet.

Not one spot of rust either, i think they were galvanised.

 

The SZ looks great , ive never even seen 1 on the road, only 1035 made!

I nearly bought a cloverleaf 164! - nice car, but handled like my old Saab Carlsson (same chassis!) - still I could have made a tidy profit if I'd had the bottle to buy it! - it's nearly a classic now

Isnt the cloverleaf the 4wheel drive one? very rare.

Yeah the handling isnt good, very sloppy lol but i dont drive it hard. Its a great cruiser tho, very quiet even at 100. The chassis' the same as the saab and also Fiat Croma and Lancia Thema.