Alfa Romeo 75
Alfa Romeo 75 (1985-1988)
The Alfa 75 is a four-door mid-size sedan the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo, which was built by spring 1985 to autumn 1992. From 1986 to 1989, the Alfa 75 in the U.S. was also marketed under the name Alfa Romeo Milano.
History
The 75 was introduced as the successor to Giulietta in May 1985. The name refers to the 75-year anniversary that the Alfa Romeo brand committed suicide in 1985. Its internal type designation is 162B.
As Alfa Romeo was taken over by Fiat in 1986 and the Alfa 75 was the last Alfa with the characteristic transaxle technology and also the last rear wheel drive Alfa with many Alfisti say that the 75 of the last real Alfa is. It is true that the Alfa Romeo 164 was planned at Alfa- times; However he appeared only after the Fiat takeover and also had brand atypical design features such as front-wheel drive.
The drive system of the Alfa 75 as follows in its predecessor the transaxle principle, ie It has a front engine, while the transmission is mounted on the rear axle. The Alfa 75 has a longitudinally installed crossflow engine (right inlet, outlet left ). The model was built with four- and six-cylinder engines, plus at times, with four-cylinder turbo engines. Furthermore, the 75 equipped with a De Dion axle. It has a balanced weight distribution of 50 % to the front and 50 % to the rear axle. With the Twin Spark engine also the phase converter was used again, of a world first for the first time in the Alfetta 2.0 ie QO ( with electronic fuel injection ) was used.
The Alfa Romeo 75 used the same cabin as the Giulietta. The window frames and door openings of 75 corresponded to those of its predecessor; the door panels were taken over unchanged from the Giulietta. They differed only by additional plastic strips underneath the window. The Alfa designers put the plastic strip on until the trunk completion, but changed in the C-pillar angle. This results in a marked bend, which is typical for this model.
The Alfa 75 had a 49 liter tank on the right rear under the car floor. The U.S. security provisions require a different installation of the tank. This was therefore installed behind the rear seats in the trunk and had a capacity of 68 liters. The European models with 1.8 - liter turbo engine and 3.0 -liter V6 engine were equipped. The 3.0-liter V6 models were 4.41 meters instead of 4.33 meters long, because of changes in bumper according to U.S. regulations. European Alfa 75 3.0 V6 have also just so delivered.
The Body Shop Rayton Fissore constructed in 1985, two prototypes of a station wagon ( Sport Wagon and Turbo Wagon ), which were shown at the Turin Motor Show in 1985 and the Geneva Motor Show 1986. The station wagon had a straight-line, belt line; typical for the sedan accounted kink in the C-pillar. As a result of the takeover by Fiat, the station wagon was never built in series. Several finished 75 Sportwagon but served in the traffic of Milan Alfa Romeo plant.
Facelift
In the fall of 1988, the Alfa was 75 revision. Bumpers and side skirts were now partially painted. The grille, the headlights and the rear lights have also been modified and corresponded from then on the then current family style.
The last piece of 5000 Alfa Romeo equipped with a 2.0 Twin Spark engine. They were labeled as "Limited Edition" and delivered to autumn 1992. They differed from the normal twin -spark through a special Recaro interior, alloy wheels and other serial number of the limited edition on the dashboard.
Rear view
Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 V6 America
As a successor to the 75 beginning of 1992 the Alfa 155 has been introduced. Both were A Case for Two driven by Claus Theo Gärtner, the film Matula detective in the crime series.
Specifications
Motors
The six-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2959 cc 185 bhp. He bore the name " America". From 1990 ( other camshafts and exchange of LH -Jetronic fuel injection on Motronic system), the performance increase by fine work on first 188 hp, then 192 hp. New name: QV ( Quadrifoglio Verde).