1992 155 GTA from the Italian Touring Car Championship, also won by Larini. 2 liter turbo, 4 wheel drive, I think it looked better than the 93 DTM version.
Enzo Ferrari winning the Targa Florio? In 1920? Guido Meregalli was the winner in 1920. Enzo never. The 8C engine a ‘cut and shut monster’? It was a ground-breaking design using a central flywheel to minimise whip in in the long crankshaft required by an eight cylinder motor. It powered a whole series of cars through the 1930s, winning grands prix and sports car races right up until the outbreak of the Second World War, including Le Mans in four consecutive years - 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934. Vintage 8Cs will still show most modern performance cars a clean pair of heels. The ‘boringly named P3 was the first proper single seat race car, and was still winning Grand Prix in 1935 against the might of the German state-funded silver arrows. It is rightly revered by vintage racers as one of the greatest cars of all time. I could go on, but really, a little research and fact-checking would have been worthwhile. Alfa Romeo deserves better.
My top 3 list is a bit different... And with a heavy bias towards the pre-war racers... No.1 would be the Tipo B P3 No 2, 8C Monza No.3, 158/159 "Alfetta"
My personal favorite is the 8C 2900b Mille Miglia. Admittedly it didn't have the win record of others (WW II cut it's life short) but it's just so beautiful! Hearing the 1938 MIlle Miglia winner at the Simeone Museum, I can attest that it sounds as erotic as it looks.
@@Hellisoy 2nd development engine was indeed a 90 degree, i think Lancia briefly had used a prv engine, and Alfa corse wanted to develop a 90° as it would have advantages. Smart loophole as Alfa and Lancia were one company at the time. The engine itself had nothing to do with the PRV engine. First one did have same 60° angle as a Busso
Yes the 155v6ti "did" have a Busso v6 for the first three years of DTM racing until the 1996 season according to ing Sergio Limone the chief Alfa Romeo engineer on the series and whose interview about the subject is on youtube. From 1996 Limone chose the PRV engine since it was part of the Fiat group at that time and had an optimal 90 degree v6.
Alfetta corrections to video above. The Alfetta GTV6 (launched 1980) did not arrive soon after the GTA (last production date 1969); the Alfetta GT four cylinder was however launched 1974. Also Autodelta under Carlo Chiti could not build the Alfetta with the Montreal engine because the tooling had been scrapped for that engine just before, and they built only two examples for rallying. There is little evidence that 20 road cars were built, only 2 being known and not built by Autodelta but by German specialists.
You have completely ignored the Australian Alfetta GTV with a Formula 5000 that dominated the Australian Sports Sedan Championship for a number of years.. One of the most legendary and controversial race cars of its. Winner of 1980-81 Australian Sports Car Championship, driven by Australian champion, Tony Edmondson. It dominated, absolutely dominated.
Lol...backyard-made Australlian muscle cars that didn't use an Alfa engine? If you are going to talk Australian racing, talk KB's Gold Star wins in the Mildren Brabham using the Alfa DOHC V8,
I'd add a car from their second attempt at F1, one with a flat 12 and a Marlboro livery that made it look like a McLaren. Why? Just to acknowledge that they tried...
@@delahayenator And the 155 wasn't actually a Busso in any meaningful sense - and the 90 degree V6 wasn't really a PRV. They shared some DNA, but so do humans and bananas... The engines had to be 'production derived' - hence the supposed links to the Busso and the PRV - both used by Alfa Lancia Industriale SpA. But that just meant that the cylinder centrelines, v-angle and construction material had to be the same as the original engine. There were 6 cylinder and 2.5 litre limits - with revs capped at 12,500 - but the rest was free. These were as much custom racing engines as the V10 in the 164 Procar - aka the Brabham BT57.
Non scherziamo! Le vere Alfa non c'entrano niente con la ultima Sauber F1, finanziata da FIAT e con marchio Alfa. Fiat ha ucciso Alfa negli anni '80. La vera Alfa Romeo era un marchio migliore anche di Ferrari.
