Just looking – Alfa Romeo 164 Cloverleaf - Evo
Alfa Romeo has been chaotic in the past. But the word that best describes the launch of the brand new Alfa Romeo Giulia is 'shrewd'. Shrewd because Alfa has launched the car not with a mid-range diesel, nor a kitted-up, pseudo-sporty petrol model. Instead, it has aimed for the sport saloon market’s jugular with a full 503bhp, a bellicose bodykit, and a CEO who can’t quite resist dropping soundbites about the dull interchangeability of Alfa’s German rivals. Alfa Romeo has used the Cloverleaf badge, now referred to in its native Italian ‘Quadrifoglio’, on several models over the years. Launched in 1990, the Cloverleaf-badged saloon featured Alfa’s now-legendary ‘Busso’ V6 in 3-litre form, a 200bhp power output and, in the hands of evo ’s predecessor Performance Car, a 7-second 0-60mph dash – three tenths quicker than the... And while Alfa had exorcised the hedge-seeking torque steer of early 164s, wheel control and damping were poor, delivering neither adequate traction nor a cosseting ride. By the mid-1990s, Alfa had tamed many of these complaints. Source: www.evo.co.uk
