ALFA ROMEO ‘’164 V6’’

ALFA ROMEO ‘’164 V6’’

The ‘Type Four’ project has to go down as one of the most successful manufacturing co-operations ever experienced in the automobile industry. It is certainly the most successful of modern times and has provided a model that other companies have strived to follow. It began as a tie-up between Saab and Lancia, but Fiat and Alfa also produced Type Four-based cars. By sharing the basic floorpan, front suspension, roof and doors, the four makers were able to slash development and production costs by incredible amounts and yet still produce some highly memorable and commercially successful vehicles. The last of the Type Four cars to arrive was Alfa’s 164, an extremely handsome executive sports saloon which, after years of drift and companies, drove Italian company firmly back into mass-market contention. In short, the 164 was the winner Alfa had been desperately searching for more than a decade. Despite the Type Four connection, the Alfa was the most individual looking car of the group. This was mainly thanks to its own unique doors. The Superb wedge shaped, nose-down styling was drawn up by Pininfarina. Alfa was said to be very angry when the remarkable similar Pininfarina-styled Peugeot 605 appeared, unsurprisingly.