I had 3 - brilliant little cars, but two were scrap after 8 years. Very cheap to buy though 2nd hand
2007-02-17 21:35:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Alfa Romeo
yeah I remember them, great engine, good handling,but what a rotbox, I almost bought one once but it rusted away before I could count my money out !!!!!!!!!
2007-02-18 11:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by bigbro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember them well a brilliant little motor the biggest problem they rusted from the inside out,a bit of history for you Fiat the parent company of Alfa decided to open a plant in southern Italy to take advantage of lower costs,unfortunately the people who were employed were mostly farmers,so quality control was poor,the steel used in the SUD (pronounced sood) was the thinnest and cheapest that could be got away with,mechanically the car was sound with a great engine,,the cloverleaf being the top of the range similar to today's gti`s,that led to Fiats bad reputation for rust buckets,until the Alfa 155 came out with galvanised steel alfas are good motors although the electrics play up on older cars
2007-02-18 13:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by anthony.c.davidson@btopenworld.c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fun car to drive with the very good flat four engine but the corrosion was so bad that after a few year the engine could actually fall out (bay panels under bonnet would rot away). I think i am right when i say that Alf's were not imported in to u.k. for a few years because of the problems with the sud.
2007-02-18 07:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know of a young lady who loved her 'Sud' - bought new - but found that the "rust moth" had seriously attacked it after about 2 years even though she treated it like her baby. That is the reason they have always been a cheap second hand card, the body crumbled around you.
R.M.
2007-02-18 10:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were brilliant little cars, wonderful fizzy engines, great handling & didn't cost a bomb to run, either. They were also the only cars ever that actually got faster as they got older, because they got lighter by about 50kg per year. On a quiet night, you could HEAR one rusting!
2007-02-18 17:12:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember them of course. Lots of corrosion but nice engines. Probably the only car with the hand brake on front wheels.
2007-02-18 05:41:07 · answer #6 · answered by marechal_00 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mate of mine had a couple of them. He used to rally one of them, mostly on tarmac events. Very quick. Good power to weight ratio.
I remember the engine started making a kind of squeeky noise after one stage at Goodwood, many years ago.
As we listened, the engine seized solid!
2007-02-18 06:40:51 · answer #7 · answered by 86er 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but I'm a member of Alfa Bud
2007-02-18 05:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember them. I thought the name was suitable for a washing machine, but I guess Sud might mean South (it does in German).
2007-02-18 05:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by Jokin' Jo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW ! Remember sweeping a few of them of my workshop floor in my time
Despite being a great little car you could hear them rust
2007-02-18 16:52:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sprint Veloce was the one I wanted when I was a kid. Unfortunately, they didn't last long enough for me to get one by the time I started driving.
2007-02-18 05:41:14 · answer #11 · answered by Finbarr D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋