Faults:

Just the brake light bulb (fingers crossed).

General Comments:

This car is very quick as a B.M.W 330 and a Nissan 200ZX found out, when they lost the traffic light grand pris.

The handling is a lot better than most car mags say it is, it's like it's on rails till it gets wet that is.

My car has only done 1,500 miles on the new engine and has just started to loosen up a bit. but I've still got 145 mph out of her so far, keep running out of road.

Faults:

3 of the 4 master bearing went and engine has to be replaced.

General Comments:

I was advised by Alfa that they will not replace the engine. I was told that the car at some point was low on oil. I have also done some research and discovered that I am not the only one to have had this problem. If you have had similiar problems, please email me ltberks@yahoo.com.

Faults:

Since the very beginning of this driving machine, bulbs burned through all the time.

After a year or so the well-known beeps and trembles occurred more and more.

There were no Alfa-related problems as electrical/electronic disease or something like that.

The only strange problems that occurred where disabled chair cushions and side walls, that has to be repaired for 2 times already.

As I already wrote it is a super driving machine with very little fuel (Diesel) consumption and (till now with 155000 km) still fast and reliable.

General Comments:

If this car wasn't so expensive in lease I would drive e new version as my new car.

Faults:

Selespeed light occasionally illuminates when car is 1st started. Goes out once the car has been driven 50 yards.

Battery died at 3 years and 3 weeks old.

General Comments:

Looks stunning with the shape and concealed rear handles making it a sexy family saloon car with the look of a 2 door coupe.

Handling is very good, with better road holding than my previous car which was a Nissan Almera GTi. The down side being a rough ride over anything, but perfect roads. Also find quite a lot of road noise makes it into the cabin, but if I was worried about that I would have bought an Audi.

Interior still looks like new, with the only squeak coming from the seat belt holder touching the leather seat.

Performance from the 2 litre twinspark is fairly good. K&N air filter has added a real growl to the engine, and once she hits 5700 rpm takes on a completely different note, almost VTEC like. fuel economy is worse than expected with 25-27 mpg being the norm. Maybe somthing to do with the sound of the engine when you have got the pedal buried in the carpet.

The selespeed gearbox is good fun to play with. The fast changes above 5000 rpm are a bit harsh, but only those that do not appreciate sports car performance will complain. First couple of changes from cold can be a bit jerky, but once warm they can be as smooth as an auto box. Just a bit of a shame that it forces a change at around 6800 rpm. Would be nice to squeeze that last 200 rpm (or maybe a bit more) out of her.

Reliability issues do worry me, especially having read the reviews on this site. The previous owner handed me bills for over £4000. This included new gearbox at 18000 miles, new top end on the engine at 28,000 miles as a result of broken cambelt, and a variety of other odd bits at the 30,000 mile service. I just hope the 1st owner troubles have been sorted now.