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You need to cart your family around. Or you need to satisfy the dull old fleet
manager at work. That means you need four doors and a boot. Oh dear,
That must mean you need a no-fun, no-frills fifty-in-every-service-station
repmobile. But had you thought of these? One motorsport-derived saloon, the Alfa Romeo 2.0 Twin
Spark Sport.
Our contender, offering
four-door fun with a smattering of
competition pedigree, is the Touring
Car-influenced Alfa Romeo 155.
It wasn’t much praised when it was
first launched, but since then there
have been a whole heap of improvements.
The bulging wheel arches not
only make it look more aggressive, but
allow a wider track for an improved,
sportier suspension set-up, including a
lower ride height.
The biggest change comes under the
bonnet, though, where Alfa has introduced
a new 2.0-litre Twin Spark 16
valve engine which not only boasts more power than the old one, but
better fuel consumption, and sound like a real race car. The Alfa is the more striking of the all salons
thanks to its wedge shape, bulging
wheel arches and aggressive-looking
headlights. The lowered ride height has
also given the car a more aggressive
stance and the wider track means that
its wheels fill their arches a little more
convincingly than on the old model.
the Alfa
apes a racetrack refugee, neither of
these cars has anything approaching
the power of their competition-tuned
cousins. What they do have, though, is
enough go to ensure you can have
some fun on those weekends when you
manage to leave the family at home, go
for a long, fast drive. With 150bhp the sprint from rest to
60mph takes it 8.2 seconds, while top
speed is an impressive 137mph.The engine makes a traditionally
sporty Alfa noise and is as flexible as
well-cooked spaghetti throughout the
rev range. Whether you ask it to start
work at 2,000rpm or at 5,000rpm, it
never complains; if anything, it
spins more sweetly the closer you get
to the red line.
Get a bit rough with it, though, andas soon as you go round a corner you’ll
know why you put up with it. The Alfa
feels as sharp as it looks.
Sharpest of all is the ultra-quick
power steering (2.2 turns lock-to-lock)
which not only gives you lightning
changes of direction with no more than
a quarter turn of the steering wheel but
feels almost alive in your hands – informative
and precise.Once you’ve turned in you won’t be
dissapointed, either. The payback for
that firm ride is that body roll stays
firmly under control. Lob the car into
a corner and not only will it stay as flat
as a pancake but it refuses to run wide
thanks to huge amounts of grip. The
rubber doesn’t even think about letting
the car go until your speed reaches
truly bottle-losing proportions.
for the right badge and the right
fun factor look no further than the
Alfa. Yes, it costs more, but it’s worth
the extra. It’s looking grate, makes a unbelievable noise and handles like a F1 car.
A sharp chassis, high grip and ultraquick
steering, all packaged in a practical
four-door saloon body, combine to
give you a car that’s sensible enough to
cart the family about in. When you
have to. But whenever you manage to
leave them at home, you’ll be able to
have a whole lot of fun in it too.
