A classy hot hatch

[Mouse1903]

Alfa GTA/3.2 GT, R32, Octavia VRS - any of these for me

[Dave Hedgehog]

Pat H said:

It's all down to personal (lack of) taste.

I rather like that Alfa interior, but then again I am used to sitting in these two interiors.



I know that many people find them bloody horrible, but they aren't dull and they make me smile.

I certainly prefer them to the universal silver German car with black leather.

that looks like a ruptured rectum

[jbi]

NISSAN 350Z 3.5 V6 313 GT 2008



3 Doors, Manual, Coupe, Petrol, 2,000 miles, Metallic Grey, MOT-06-2012, 1 Owner. ABS, Alloy wheels, Central locking, Cruise control, Headlight washers, Immobiliser, Passenger airbag, Radio/Cassette, Sports seats, Side airbags, Radio/CD Multichanger, Telephone, Traction control, Alarm, Audio remote control, Body coloured bumpers, Drivers airbag, Electric door mirrors, Front electric windows, Front fog lights, Front head restraints, Height adjustable drivers seat, PAS, Remote central locking, Steering wheel rake adjustment, Trip computer, Rear wiper, Solid Paint, Space saver spare wheel, Electrically adjustable drivers seat, Electrically adjustable passenger seat, Heated front seat, Leather seat trim. Insurance Group:18, £14,995 p/x considered

http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

It's got a hatch

[andy43]

Pat H said:

McDonalds ketchup sachets have done that to me too.

[underphil]

Dave Hedgehog said:

perspective, all i see in that alfa is a slab of ultra cheap silver painted plastic and a very gay / confused boat interior, its vile

the V6 is a gem thou, and the brera gorgeous on the outside

now this brera interior is very nice, loose the silver plastic for some carbon and it would be near perfect

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Saturday 12th May 06:47

There is no silver plastic in that interior...

[Dave Hedgehog]

underphil said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

perspective, all i see in that alfa is a slab of ultra cheap silver painted plastic and a very gay / confused boat interior, its vile

the V6 is a gem thou, and the brera gorgeous on the outside

now this brera interior is very nice, loose the silver plastic for some carbon and it would be near perfect

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Saturday 12th May 06:47

There is no silver plastic in that interior...

the 50p silver painted plastic trim on the steering wheel, vile, and the £3 plastic silver strip on the passenger dash and door, nasty

should be polished alloy or carbon

[Jayfish]

Intergrale.

[otolith]

What's the point in using carbon fibre reinforced plastic for small bits of interior trim in 1500kg cars? Even more so, what's the point in using fake carbon fibre reinforced plastic?

[crocodile tears]

Jayfish said:

Intergrale.

prices just keep on rising! I blame top gear seriously FFFUUUU

otolith said:

What's the point in using carbon fibre reinforced plastic for small bits of interior trim in 1500kg cars? Even more so, what's the point in using fake carbon fibre reinforced plastic?

aesthetics

[CtrlAltDel]

Dave Hedgehog said:

the 50p silver painted plastic trim on the steering wheel, vile, and the £3 plastic silver strip on the passenger dash and door, nasty

should be polished alloy or carbon

The trim on the steering wheel, door cards and above the glove compartment is actually anodised aluminium, at least it is on the 159 which has basically the same interior

Edited by CtrlAltDel on Saturday 12th May 17:52

[otolith]

crocodile tears said:

Jayfish said:

Intergrale.

otolith said:

What's the point in using carbon fibre reinforced plastic for small bits of interior trim in 1500kg cars? Even more so, what's the point in using fake carbon fibre reinforced plastic?

aesthetics

What's so aesthetically pleasing about it? It's just plastic.

[interloper]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Pat H said:

They may have slightly wonky build quality, the brakes may be crap, the handling might be a little ragged and the ground clearance and turning circle may be a joke.

But the Alfa has more style and class than anything ze Germans have ever produced.

And you get that engine.

I've owned a couple of 3.2 V6 Alfas and they are very special. Compromised, overpowered, frantic and demanding. But quite magnificent.

Totally lacking the ruthless efficiency of the German and Japanese opposition, but surely the most stylish of hatchbacks.

perspective, all i see in that alfa is a slab of ultra cheap silver painted plastic and a very gay / confused boat interior, its vile

the V6 is a gem thou, and the brera gorgeous on the outside

now this brera interior is very nice, loose the silver plastic for some carbon and it would be near perfect

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Saturday 12th May 06:47

Err just no! The Brera might have a nicer interior but its over weight and doesn't get a proper Alfa V6, (it also has a poor seating position). The 147 GTA on the other hand, gets a real Alfa engine and is a whole lot more special for it.

[Dave Hedgehog]

interloper said:

Err just no! The Brera might have a nicer interior but its over weight and doesn't get a proper Alfa V6, (it also has a poor seating position). The 147 GTA on the other hand, gets a real Alfa engine and is a whole lot more special for it.

not driven one, was merely commenting on the aesthetics which are superb

[baz1985]

A3 8P 3.2 DSG/S tronic with Blistein PSS10 or KW V3 and H&R Anti-Roll Bars. It's always made my G8yman feel a bit over-rated.

S3 is great, but imo V6 has a better throttle response and sounds a little more melodic.

[Tonsko]

Does anyone reckon that the MkIV R32 will eventually appreciate? Or will it just degenerate?

[Eighteeteewhy]

[crocodile tears]

otolith said:

What's so aesthetically pleasing about it? It's just plastic.

Breats.. They are just fatty tissue and glands with a nipple ontop

[otolith]

crocodile tears said:

otolith said:

What's so aesthetically pleasing about it? It's just plastic.

Breats.. They are just fatty tissue and glands with a nipple ontop

I like breasts as much as the next man, but sticking a pair of knockers on the dashboard would no more make my car into a woman than sticking on a few fillets of carbon fibre reinforced plastic would make a family hatchback into a racing car. Can't manage the suspension of disbelief, I'm afraid.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Tonsko said:

Does anyone reckon that the MkIV R32 will eventually appreciate? Or will it just degenerate?

it should do, the R32 has a cult following (Awesome noise) but unfortunately VW flooded the UK with cheap MKVs at the end of the production run making them more common, the MKIV is a rarer beast. There is about 2k MKIVs and 5k MKVs

[Liquid Knight]

Classy and Hot Hatch?

Alfa 147 Gta 3.2

Whatever the R32 has going for it, it's still a Golf.