2001 Alfa Romeo 166 Review - With Richard Hammond 

Mice to hear, shiuld i grab one if it's ok sale for 850€?

If i could get a twinspark for 850€, should i go for it?

@@Emppu_T. Hell yeah! I'd personally go for a 164 (bit prettier imo), but Alfa's are really nice cars.

@@anselmopereira3785 i saw one on sale years ago for 1500€ that is a cool one, but the 166 could be nice too

I have two twin sparks a Red and a blue I love the best car

I think it looks "bored". Like, "ok, lets cruise all day at 65 mph, using 10% of the engine, great"

Its a great car. (the 2005 model) my grandpa has one and holy fuc*. Its got everything you need and even more.

the 166 has aged a bit, but the 156 still looks unbelievably modern. Are there any other mid 90's cars that still look that... new?

What engine did You had in 166?

@@jareknowak8712 3.0 V6, did have the intake manifolds from a 3.2 GTA

@@jareknowak8712 Also had a custom made supersprint exhaust, just the most glorious sound i have ever heard. Still miss that car

Eric George i do drive one, and i can say that pretty much everything he said is true...

It winds me the f**k up when journalists talk about "cheap" interiors when they mean random parts of the dash that NO ONE EVER TOUCHES. How many times have you driven along and reached across to touch the side of the dashboard or a random flap of plastic in the footwell?

A lot fake pedastals the journalists hang Germans on. I worked at BMW and the door trims were peeling even before getting to customers on 5 series, the e36 was similar, each time we had to do pollen filter the clips ripped off kick panel, front end rattles from day 1,overheating with endless water leaks, leaking viscous couplings and more.

@@Negativvv exactly, Richard is good at that.

Da possessore di alfa 166 restyling e unica

Or especially the Germans

+Hotbod 1965 Common...

Yeah, sure, a FWD car better than the glorious E39. Ha, ha, ha.xD

E34Benzin This isn't just a FWD car. This is an Alfa.

I'd like to disagree with the first one. Sure they are driven by less humble people everywhere but they're still as cars pretty good.

only idiots see fwd as a problems in cars with up to about 200 hp. they are comaparable if engines aren't too strong, if they are, well, then they're not, but still it takes something to tame strong rwd cars....

this is not top gear

Cannot agree with that. IMO Giugiaro did a pretty good job in screwing up Walter de Silva's work on both 156 and 166. You'd need specific rims to make the facelift look better.

those headlight are really too small, bigger ones are better ;)

I get what you mean, but the original lines feel more unique, unlike modern cars with there huge headlights and massive front grills.

it is a matter of reputation, not frustration, and reputation is deserved because reliability was poor, but the thing is bmw's reliability is not much better than alfa's and only few of the people know that....

Lol I have a friend with a BMW who used to constantly mock kne for driving an Alfa, saying they are unreliable shitboxes - even though his X6 had a ton of issues during the time he owned it, while my Alfa considering the age has been amazingly durable. Anyway i think the reason why many Alfa fans bring up BMW is because almost every review of any modern Alfa is going to at some point bring up comments about poor reliability and build quality, and I think many Alfa fans / owners are just tired of hearing it because they know its largely bullshit, and that BMWs / Mercedes and especially Audis have at least as many issues as Alfas do (if not more) and when things do go wrong they tend to cost significantly more to fix. I owned an Alfa 147 which i sold to buy a Lexus IS200 -i did this because so many people hype Lexus for their quality and reliability, etc. That IS200, despite being Japanese, cost me more in insurance, more in fuel and more on parts and was also less reliable and IMHO was worse put together. And the Alfa was also more comfortable on long drives, quicker AND more fun overall to drive. I test drove an E46 318i when i bought the 147 and by comparison the BMW was incredibly dull to drive, with no character at all. I do feel it would be a different story if i had driven a 325i or 330i, but I was comparing it t ok a 147 2L Twin Spark so the 318i is the more fair comparison. In fact i liked the Alfa so much that after I offloaded the thoroughly dissapointing Lexus I went on to buy a 147 GTA and then a Giulietta QV. Both have been great cars. Just recently sold the Giulietta and have considered buying a C Class to replace it s a daily driver (still have the 147 as my fun weekender). Anyway theres no question the Germans maje great cars too, I just think people dramatically exhagerate how far the Germans are ahead of the Alfa's. They are certainly better at some things, but an Alfa can often be every bit as much a pleasure to own and drive.

Life is not that long... to only drive reliable cars

I know, if I would have the possibility of a 2nd car, this one would be an option. But I need something that can get me on the job, everyday ;)

I have Alfa, my brother has Alfa, my father doesn't but he is selling RELIABLE german boring car and buying Alfa :) We haven't any situation when our cars stopped in the middle of road, always from start to finish :) The most important thing - have professional mechanic with passion and knowledge in Alfa Romeo and regular services - oils, timebelt (good name for this in English? I mean complete timebelt set with waterpump), suspension.

timing belt, but that's same thing ;)

@@FrightfulAccountant 166 are very reliable. Honestly, there isn't really anything that goes wrong in them. A much safer bet than an e39 5 series for example. The V6 Alfa engines are bulletproof and the 166 had very strong suspension components. They have great electronics too so nothing at all to worry about. Obviously they are an old car now so it depends on the owner but if you can find a clean one I would bet these will outlast an Audi or BMW equivalent.

@Hazique Farhan My Alfa Romeo is a MiTo it's a Veloce edition which is far better than the standard first edition one, it has 170bhp but mine is tuned to 201bhp, the car is often mixed up with the old first edition one and said to be crap, but 2009 and after the MiTo is really a good car, sorry I'm going off track. The MiTos gearbox is very good and i have had no trouble with it, the car has passed all its MOTS never failed

@Hazique Farhan no problem

...is a VW golf with Harold-Sweat-Head behind the wheel

John Stots Alfa can not be spelled without marvelous Using "infected anus" and "appealing" togeather in a sentance is enough for anybody who took ur oppinion serriously to throw that thought away

John Stots u probably never seen one live, far from driving it

***** I will move in ur neighborhood and park 2 of those on the drive way And then for the sake of making you puke last cristmas's turkey, i will make my GF buy Fiat Multipla also :)

The rag and bone man wouldn't even take this shit away.

Ralph Fontana It's nice, not ugly.