RE: Alfa Romeo GTV Cup | Spotted

[carinaman]

What's the black plastic box at the back of the plenum on the left hand side? Not the ECU, the box on the OS side.

As I usually perv the cam covers, fuel rail and inlet runners I can't say I've noticed that black plastic box before.

[BALDER5]

carinaman said:

You've not missed anything unless you count possible extra cachet amongst some Alfitsi. You pays your money and you takes your choice etc.

But is that extra cachet worth £10k?

For me absolutely no. And I consider myself an alfisti. I ran a GT cloverleaf as my daily and the gtv as a weekend car. Love alfa's and their "character"! 😂

[BVB]

What a beauty.

[s m]

BALDER5 said:

But is that extra cachet worth £10k?

For me absolutely no. And I consider myself an alfisti. I ran a GT cloverleaf as my daily and the gtv as a weekend car. Love alfa's and their "character"! ??

Certainly go well with that engine

[43034]

soad said:

These used to be £5k.

I only paid £4k for my GTA!




Back in 2014

[davebem]

carinaman said:

What's the black plastic box at the back of the plenum on the left hand side? Not the ECU, the box on the OS side.

As I usually perv the cam covers, fuel rail and inlet runners I can't say I've noticed that black plastic box before.

It holds the various connections for engine and lambda sensors to the main engine bay loom. I think only the euro3 spec V6s had this.

[Gad-Westy]

I absolutely love these things. I genuinely can't think of a better looking mainstream car. Not too bothered about the cup stuff, think I'd prefer a less fussy looking phase 1, blue with tan leather. Almost don't care how they drive, just look at it!

[A1VDY]

Jug, pitcher, tankard, mug, cup and saucer... none of these versions have been mentioned???

[woody33]

They are pretty old school now both in refinement and handling. In the day though they did get good reviews for their driving dynamics. I've got a Ph3 3.2 V6 with all the upgrades including Quaife, decatted manifolds and uprated Arbs. It does handle reasonably well tbh and is still reasonably fast even by todays standards........ but it will always be best as a Grand Tourer 'Grand Turismo Veloce'.

[carinaman]

davebem said:

It holds the various connections for engine and lambda sensors to the main engine bay loom. I think only the euro3 spec V6s had this.

Thanks davebem. That makes sense as these have the CF3 engine that has the ECU mounted on the back of the plenum and catalytic converters in the exhaust manifolds.

That £7K non-Cup has had the exhaust manifolds with the Cats in them replaced:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-Romeo-GTV-V6-Lusso...

I'm not sure how I'd feel hoping an MoT tester would not spot the exhaust manifolds had been changed.

[Yacht Broker]

I bought my GTV (not a Cup unfortunately) from a Ferrari main dealer. It was quite good fun comparing it side by side with a Ferrari 355 and spotting all the parts which the two shared (seats, steering wheel, badges (Pininfarina badges of course), battery etc etc). Loved that car. Will definitely buy another in a few years when it becomes a proper classic (which it will).

[s m]

woody33 said:

They are pretty old school now both in refinement and handling. In the day though they did get good reviews for their driving dynamics. I've got a Ph3 3.2 V6 with all the upgrades including Quaife, decatted manifolds and uprated Arbs. It does handle reasonably well tbh and is still reasonably fast even by todays standards........ but it will always be best as a Grand Tourer 'Grand Turismo Veloce'.

They certainly got praised for the engine and quick steering

[Alfa GTV]

I had a 3ltr V6 version, great car, terrible electrics, sold on after 18 months and bought an E36 328i coupe.

[Jamie-rhpkn]

Best car I've ever owned and massively underrated!

Values have always been low. As others have said the cup values are hugely inflated and arguably its not even as good as a stand V6.

In any case, they will never get £13k for it, particularly in times like these.

I've had two nice examples (non-cup) and practically had to give them away to sell them!

[Gavodicko]

I bought one brand new having owned a 145 cloverleaf in 2002 and absolutely loved it. Owned it for four years and only sold it to make way for something more sensible after my son arrived. I blame the ex wife for that!
It’s by far the best sounding V6 but would struggle to say it’s the best sounding engine as my C63 takes that accolade. Nonetheless it’s still a great sounding engine!

[paradigital]

I'd seriously love to replace my MK1 TT V6 with one of these, but the price is a bit rich for me at the moment just to have it sat on the drive (looking fabulous I might add) for most of the year.

Next year, when we've moved to a bigger house with a bigger garage... maybe!

[carinaman]

There's a crashed one on eBay. I've not checked its Cup No.

[Andy665]

Had to GTV V6's - silver with red leather and blue with tan leather

Blue one was fitted with a Quaife and GTA flywheel and was a great car to drive

On paper much less capable than the Boxster S that replaced it but its the GTVs I miss much more than the Boxster

[asimmalik]

paradigital said:

I'd seriously love to replace my MK1 TT V6 with one of these, but the price is a bit rich for me at the moment just to have it sat on the drive (looking fabulous I might add) for most of the year.

Next year, when we've moved to a bigger house with a bigger garage... maybe!

Don't bother with a Cup, don't know if they sell at the sort of money they're advertised at but you're literally paying for a badge. Get yourself a non Cup V6 like I did, identical car mechanically for ~10k less. You can even add the cup kit later if you really want