RE: Alfa Romeo SZ | Spotted
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Aprilia99 said:
biggbn said:
ducnick said:
Whilst being a very interesting rare car (and one I’ve been very tempted to buy myself when they were £25k), the biggest problem with the SZ is that nowadays there are even rarer, more exotic, faster and more desirable Italian cars from a similar era for the same or less money. I would take a ghibli cup over an SZ every day of the week, let alone a shamal.
Alfa for me please, but I can see why you'd pick the maserati! Oh, go on then, I'll take one of each. 
Incredible man, enjoy. Had a couple of these when they were still relatively young.
Possibly the best handling car I ever drove. The lights and brakes were deadly. Not very fast at all.
Their values were flat for a very long time when other things were exploding. I'm not convinced they're suddenly in demand so wouldn't be putting money into one expecting it to increase.
And I remember late 80s flippers in the back of the Sunday Times asking 100 grand for these at launch. That must've hurt.
Possibly the best handling car I ever drove. The lights and brakes were deadly. Not very fast at all.
Their values were flat for a very long time when other things were exploding. I'm not convinced they're suddenly in demand so wouldn't be putting money into one expecting it to increase.
And I remember late 80s flippers in the back of the Sunday Times asking 100 grand for these at launch. That must've hurt.
Aprilia99 said:
biggbn said:
ducnick said:
Whilst being a very interesting rare car (and one I’ve been very tempted to buy myself when they were £25k), the biggest problem with the SZ is that nowadays there are even rarer, more exotic, faster and more desirable Italian cars from a similar era for the same or less money. I would take a ghibli cup over an SZ every day of the week, let alone a shamal.
Alfa for me please, but I can see why you'd pick the maserati! Oh, go on then, I'll take one of each. how unreliable is the alfa, can you share some info?
Sandpit Steve said:
Alternatively, take a Ferrari 348 for the same money. https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/13775064
Just as unreliable and expensive to maintain, but at least it turns heads for the right reasons.
Just as unreliable and expensive to maintain, but at least it turns heads for the right reasons.
Absolutely love these - such a bold design (and ugly, but also not ugly - somehow), so different to everything else out there, interests me soo much more than whatever generation of even more capable Cayman you could get for similar money.
Was half interested in getting one a while back, but it was the driving side that turned me off - beyond a decent exhaust note, don't think they're especially interesting to drive. More something to just stare at, be stared at.
75k is a decent whack up from the prices a couple of years back, but guess the mileage is low. Didnt realise they only made 1k tho - that is properly scarce, so can reasonably assume this is a safe place to put money - the internet (was there even internet back then?) reaction when these came out was near universal "WFT if that, its horrible", but now with age and more and more boring options available new i can see the appeal rising.... and there cant be many left of that original 1k surely.
Was half interested in getting one a while back, but it was the driving side that turned me off - beyond a decent exhaust note, don't think they're especially interesting to drive. More something to just stare at, be stared at.
75k is a decent whack up from the prices a couple of years back, but guess the mileage is low. Didnt realise they only made 1k tho - that is properly scarce, so can reasonably assume this is a safe place to put money - the internet (was there even internet back then?) reaction when these came out was near universal "WFT if that, its horrible", but now with age and more and more boring options available new i can see the appeal rising.... and there cant be many left of that original 1k surely.
Adam911T said:
Is it me, or are these images compressed or re-sized to make the car look even worse than it usually does?!
Nope, just checked some other pics on t’internet and the car in the article definitely looks artificially tall, narrow and, er, stubby!
When you’re trying to sell an ugly car, I’m not sure making it look even uglier is a great sales tactic?
The car in the advert definitely has a much higher ride height as well, unsure if OEM or not, the arch gap is seemingly huge!Nope, just checked some other pics on t’internet and the car in the article definitely looks artificially tall, narrow and, er, stubby!
When you’re trying to sell an ugly car, I’m not sure making it look even uglier is a great sales tactic?
BigChiefmuffinAgain said:
Lotobear said:
I'll take a Montreal please and spend the saving on beer and hols.
Sadly, I suspect you'd end up spending the savings on the Montreal. Not the cheapest car to run...Speedgirl said:
I really enjoyed Harry’s video, made me see the car in a different light. Some fascinating engineering, inboard brakes, adjustable ride height plus lots of things that mean it’s so not a daily drive. That and the odd looks reminds me of the 4C, amazing but far from perfect, one for the Alfistas I think.
Alfasuds had inboard brakes so that was a well trodden route by the time the SZ came out, they were a swine to access on the Sud so probably even harder to access on the SZ.
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