The Alfa Romeo 164 had plenty of competitors back in the day, but odds are you were already an Alfa enthusiast if you were buying one.
gave marque fanatics plenty of time to dream of the future Alfa models they could buy upon its return, but the circumstances of the brand's departure from our shores were anything but dreamlike. The early 1990s were an odd time of transitions for the brand with Series 4 Spider production wrapping up in 1993, and the Milano having left a year prior. The small 155 sedan that replaced the Milano, meanwhile, didn't make it stateside.
A 3.0-liter V6 good for 183 hp sat underhood in the base 164 and 164L, offered with a choice of a four-speed automatic or a five-speed manual, but the 164S dialed that up to 200 hp. Unlike BMW E34 5-Series or the Mercedes-Benz W124 options, the Alfa was a front-wheel-drive model. "Practically everywhere you look in the Alfa Romeo you'll see the results of advanced computer technology," ad copy of the time promised. "To begin with, computers assisted in the development of a body design which is strikingly distinctive, yet aerodynamically refined.
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