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Written by Stephen Dobie
You know the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. When the Italians turn out a 500bhp BMW M3 rival infused with a sprinkling of Ferrari DNA, how could you miss it?While it was lauded as a return to form for Alfa, what form that means is unclear. Because it"s hard to pinpoint a time when Alfa made a car that shared any specific characteristics with the bombastic Quadrifoglio. Not least because the car you see here never made production.It"s the Alfa Romeo 155 GTA Stradale, and we think it"s chuffing brilliant. It"ll soon go under the hammer at Bonhams" Padua auction, with its estimate suggesting it could fetch close to 200,000. So why is a 1993 Alfa sports saloon worth as much as a Ferrari 488 GTB? Or, indeed, three 2018 Alfa sports saloons? Read on
Date written: 9 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13618
You know the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. When the Italians turn out a 500bhp BMW M3 rival infused with a sprinkling of Ferrari DNA, how could you miss it?While it was lauded as a return to form for Alfa, what form that means is unclear. Because it"s hard to pinpoint a time when Alfa made a car that shared any specific characteristics with the bombastic Quadrifoglio. Not least because the car you see here never made production.It"s the Alfa Romeo 155 GTA Stradale, and we think it"s chuffing brilliant. It"ll soon go under the hammer at Bonhams" Padua auction, with its estimate suggesting it could fetch close to 200,000. So why is a 1993 Alfa sports saloon worth as much as a Ferrari 488 GTB? Or, indeed, three 2018 Alfa sports saloons? Read on
Date written: 9 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13618