This is the best Alfa ever made - Top Gear
There are many exciting things to look forward to in the next decade at Alfa Romeo. But, crushingly, one thing it’s neglected is a really stupid project like the 164 ProCar. Built back in 1988, it has a chassis made from aluminium and Nomex, and a three-part body made from carbon fibre, Kevlar and Nomex. But because it only weighs 750 kg, it’ll get from 0-62mph in a shade over two seconds, and hit 217mph. Why did Alfa build this bottom-puckering Frankenracer. Like many things, it’s all Bernie Ecclestone’s fault…. As the decade reached its midpoint, the M1 was getting a bit long in the tooth, so Bernie decided that there should be a silhouette racing series called Formula S to replace it. He prescribed the following - a massive battle between cars that... Conveniently, Alfa had made a few F1 engines at this point, and its owner, Fiat, had just bought chassis expert Brabham. When Bernie announced his plan, Alfa jumped on it, and announced that it was the first manufacturer to “exploit the potential of the new regulations and produce a proper, running feasibility study to establish the formula’s performance benchmark. Alfa was a bit worried. Source: www.topgear.com
