RE: Alfa Romeo SZ | Spotted

[MightyBadger]

Love these, so much brutal beauty.

[DBRacingGod]

One of my very favourite cars. Like rear-wheel drive Soviet Brutalism.

[Robertb]

This is why I hate today's car market so much. It was great when you could buy cars like this, Porsche 964, M3 CSL, Carrera 3.2, E Type, DB6 etc for sensible money and enjoy them without them being a major financial decision.

[300bhp/ton]

Well worth a watch.

[DeejRC]

Wadeski said:

Arent there zero body panels, and, importantly, zero headlights available for these?

Most interesting Italian things from late 80s, early 90s are built from unobtanium components

[300bhp/ton]

Wadeski said:

Arent there zero body panels, and, importantly, zero headlights available for these?

Isn't that true for lots of classic cars though?

[Timothy-fx7bu]

Does a car need to be beautiful to be interesting or good? Or valuable? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and all that. In a sea of modern mediocrity, I think this - admittedly very ugly - Alfa is a post-modern gem. Not sure I’d pay £75k for it mind you…

[dibblecorse]

Love these, love the brutalist styling and the sheer bravery to build it ....

[GTRene]

loved them when they came out, I remember me and my dad looking for a car for me in Enschede, then I spotted the then new SZ in a Alfa showroom, so we stopped and I had to take a look, that dealer was closed so looked through the windows, hands on the window and my nose as well :-) lovely.

but now...nah, they are to high/narrow and seem to have some expensive things, as someone else mentioned body parts and lights.

no idea how the steel chassis ala 75 is... rusty like its familie? then those plastic body parts won't help much.

also wondering, those plastic body parts, are they the same material as say the BMW Z1? so after many years the material gets brittle? or fragile?

at the time 200+ hp wow but nowadays...hm
nah, ok still a different/nice? car when you spot one on the streets you look after it, or how you say that, but buying one? nah... I would not want one, not even for say 25k the interior also looks euhm...

as someone else mentioned, then I rather would have a Alfa Montreal and some money reserve.

[biggbn]

dinkel said:

biggbn said:

Absolutely wonderful, I'd love one, yet I'd always know deep down an Alfa 75 3.0 V6 does the same job for a fractuon of the price!

No.

Not in the looks category.
And for performance: it's SWB so you'd struggle to keep up.

This or a 964? No hard choice.

Sz has 75 trumped on looks, that's a given, but I'd be interested in a handling comparison. My point was perhaps clumsily made, but a decent 75 is a bloody good driving car that also oozes charisma

[CubanPete]

I have always loved these.

I used to walk past one every day when I was at university (it was fairly new then!)

But for £75k there would be a lot of other metal that got bought first!

[Iamnotkloot]

I love it.

Yes, it's a bit ugly - but good ugly

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Always loved these. Yes, ugly to some, but elegant in a sort of Brutalist Architecture sort of way.

When I bought my Corrado VR6 in 1996 I could have had one for the same money. Kind of regretting that now given how the SZ had risen in value. Although I don't feel *too* bad about this because I did buy a TVR Sagaris when they were at their lowest price ever.

edit: Having said that, I don't think it has aged well; it looks a lot taller and narrower than I remember it being!

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Wednesday 24th August 19:58

[threespires]

I believe this one is owned by somebody who works in F1.
Notice the Healey in the background.

[biggbn]

threespires said:

I believe this one is owned by somebody who works in F1.
Notice the Healey in the background.

Thanks for that, Austin Healey one of my favourite cars, didn't even know there was a fastback!!

[PurpleTurtle]

Always loved them, I am a sucker for a quirky looking car.

[wpa1975]

biggbn said:

threespires said:

I believe this one is owned by somebody who works in F1.
Notice the Healey in the background.

Thanks for that, Austin Healey one of my favourite cars, didn't even know there was a fastback!!

It is not a factory car, they never made coupes it is aftermarket.

[biggbn]

wpa1975 said:

biggbn said:

threespires said:

I believe this one is owned by somebody who works in F1.
Notice the Healey in the background.

Thanks for that, Austin Healey one of my favourite cars, didn't even know there was a fastback!!

It is not a factory car, they never made coupes it is aftermarket.

Thanks again

[Sicksilinda]

Always hankered for one and still do. I love it!

Made all the more appealing by the naysayers but that probably says more about me than them or the car.

[Earl of Petrol]

I had the budget version 30 years ago, AKA 75 3.0.