ALFA Romeo test drive 156 2003 - 2005 sedan
Red in black
This test is unlikely to be forgotten: our guests are one of the rare cars today, which are more than a work of art than a product of production.“Have you ever loved a woman?”
- God save.
- It's a pity.
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It is unlikely that all people are clearly divided into physicists and lyrics. Each human personality is inherent in both household pragmatism and romance. All day spent in the company Alfa Romeo 156 GTA, these opposites fought inside us, alternately gaining intermediate victories ...
The first glance at the car causes confusion: what a miniature! But the voice of reason immediately besieges emotions. One hundred and fifty sixth is a middle class sedan, and the GTA version has the same size, and the volume of the front and rear spoilers is even larger here. However, thanks to the virtuoso work of designers, on the basis of an oblong body of the base model (beautiful with a completely different beauty - sophisticated, restrained, elegant), this female vamp was created - a dense clot of strength and passion, literally ingenuated into the asphalt of the quiet streets of Pirelli P zero tires on which Their creators left their autograph - red in black.
Today's acquaintance is not one of those when you strive to go to business as soon as possible. And while the beauty is busy with a photo shoot, we will sit nearby on the bench, admiring her luxurious forms and tuning in to the upcoming communication. The voice of the mind is right there: I will help you survive and remain a gallant gentleman, but you must listen to instincts. For such a person as Alfa GTA, a dance needs a partner who trusts intuition, and not a sage, passing the signals from the eyes and the vestibular apparatus through the buffer of the mind. You just will not have time for this.
Monstrous for the front -wheel drive 250 horsepower. The maximum speed is expressed by the same number, while ... a little more than one and a half revolutions of the steering wheel from the stop to the stop and no systems of the adaptive drive of the rail. What can I say, a real fatal woman: both beckons and scares at the same time. You can, of course, take a walk with her and under the handle in the park. But we will try to know it more importantly.
Waking up, ALFA trembles slightly, giving out a living beating of a mighty heart. You can’t hide the V6, but here the neckline hints at its presence on the neckline on an expensive soundproofing dress. The response to manipulations with tight sports pedals is instant and accurate. Forward!
For starters - a light walk around the city. The car is admiring everyone who is generally able to see something. And she crosses the queen with a gait of the square, slides along the streets as a guest from the world, where there are no misfortunes and problems and where the highest values \u200b\u200bare impeccable taste and beauty.
The cramped dance floor of the training site is clearly not on the top. In vain we went into this institution. ALFA is higher than making a variety of PA in a limited space. To interrupt the barely starting flight, performing the next shallow movement, is not for her. The strong heart of the car is too hard for the graceful legs can instantly reject such a mass from the straightforward movement. And the voice of the mind, which arrived in time, suggests that the maneuverability of our partner is desperately insufficient for such exercises. And the soul already feels that it would be necessary to leave as soon as possible where the scope, where there is nobody around.
As the pulse of Alfa is increasingly increased. A small delay, and her voice changes again from a velvet bass to a pure soprano. Enjoying the jerk in each gear, it is difficult to keep the head of the cold and make sure that this glissando does not break, stumbled upon a hard limiter. Until the middle of the inhalation on the third eye, Traction Control winks slightly, hinting that even now a high -speed rubber with a width of 225 millimeters would not be able to balance the rush of the motor, if it had not been slightly difted with electronics, which, however, can be turned off - completely. The alpha susceptibility to the actions of the partner is quite enough for him to carry out his beloved on the subtle line between the expression of the dance and the smoky tantrum of the soldiers, without outside help.
The machine implicitly obeys the host when he believes that it is time to slow down the pace. It is great to tease it with a reset of speed before the next figure. Apparently, switching down does not deliver the alpha pleasure: it snaps briefly to the clutch double squeezing. However, even such swearing sounds like a break in a song performed by a pleasant voice, and we switch again and again.
Now, when the mind is whispering something fearfully about 240 km/h, Alfa in its elements: red fury on black budron. It is damn good precisely here, where the space changes its strict linearity and drops of time fall less often. Everything is like those few who can consider themselves equal to the alpha, but ... more artistic and at the same time more reliable. Even the wave -shaped disturbances of the highway of the highway do not cause the need to support a partner. She herself retains control over equilibrium and stands tight on her feet even in the madness of the maximum pace. There is simply nothing to worry about except ...
The heart of the beauty fell silent at the time of the climax. This swift dance, although it was absolutely natural, took a lot of effort, and now we carefully earn her body to the point of blood transfusion. The proud only hinted that she was hungry - a small glimpse on the sensor of the fuel level, but the bright, persistent light did not light up: Alfa requires understanding at a half ...
It's time to relax, and, surprisingly, the car turned out to be a good mistress. She has a spacious living room - one of the best in the classroom. The rear passengers are provided with a convenient sofa and enough space so as not to sit with their legs with a tight chairs. And there, in front, the reception is organized at the highest level. No worse than a professional storekeeper, the car will cope with the placement of baggage.
We fell in love with Alfa Romeo 156 GTA at first sight, and during the date this feeling is strong. It is strong, beautiful and proud, but open to communication and probably not jealous. But you will probably be jealous of her. Unless, of course, you have the strength to do the appropriate content of such a friend and patience to her possible whims. After all, Alfa is Italian.
Technical characteristics of Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
The body is a sedan
Equipped mass, kg - 1410
Dimensions (length/width/height), mm - 4430/1745/1402
Base, mm - 2595
Maximum speed, km/h - 250
Acceleration time to 100 km/h, s - 6.3
Control consumption of fuel, l/100 km:
- City cycle - 18.1
- Zagorod - 8.6
- mixed - 12.1
Engine:
- type - gasoline., V6, 24 -valve
- working volume, cm3 - 3179
- Power, L.S. at MIN -1 - 250/6200
- torque, NM at min -1 - 300/4800
Transmission - mechanical., 6 -speed
Tire size - 225/45ZR17
Wheel suspension - Mcphereson
Brakes:
- front - disk, ventilated
- rear - disk
Steering - gear rack, with an amplifier
Price, $ - 44000
The voice of reason
Before us is the top of one hundred and fifty sixth series Alfa Romeo. Geometrically, this version differs from the base only in height: GTA 13 mm below. The plastic body kit includes a spoiler guiding the air from under the bottom into the spare zone behind the stern, which is why the flow rate under the machine increases and the lifting force decreases.
The car is equipped with a 3.2 liter V6 engine and a mechanical KP. It is also possible to install the famous SELSpeed \u200b\u200btransmission.
As appropriately top version, GTA is perfectly equipped, expensive and worthy is announced. The balance of the car in the established maximum turn seems to be a reference for the front -wheel drive. 156 GTA is perfectly controlled at all stages of movement in the arc.
The steering is extremely short: for the entire trip, I almost never had to intercept the steering wheel. This did not create the alleged discomfort at high speeds, probably due to the good aerodynamics of the machine and excellent chassis settings. The efforts on all governing bodies, from important to secondary ones, are carefully selected. The volume of the trunk during improvements was not injured - 378 liters.
According to the running qualities of the Alfa Romeo 156 GTA, one of the best cars that have been on our tests; A worthy heir to GT traditions.
Text: Dmitry Sokolov
Source: Magazine 5 wheel
