Test Drive Alfa Romeo GTV 2003 - 2005 coupe

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Sports coupe, the price of which can be high or very high, are produced for completed egocentricists. Alfa Romeo GTV is one of these cars.
 
Oh, as I do not want to apply the stamps that stamped, a rapid, unique, seductive, attracting, provoking, extraordinary, but otherwise it is not possible to characterize the car. GTV likes at first sight. The pressure and passion in her appearance will not leave anyone indifferent. The design of the car is designed by the masters of the famous Italian body studio PinInfarina, and they know perfectly well how the sports compartment should look like.
 
Despite the fact that the car is built on the nodes and units of the model 156, the similarity between these two cars is minimal - only the generic style is guessed. But with Alfa Romeo Spider GTV one face, but Spider is a roadster.
 
Documents were obtained, it's time to the way. Once again, I am pleased to go around the car - it's good, they don't get anything. But what is it? A tight button on the door does not allow us inside. I add an effort, and the curious door opens, slightly fitting (rhodster legacy) glass. Yes, somehow it does not have to put it on this button. The girl can and manicure spoil. Yes, and the grip itself is not very convenient.
 
However, it seems to be trifle when we, grinding and progressing, make your way into the salon. From the street it is separated by a high and wide threshold, passing through which, you understand how hard it was suvorov soldiers in the transition through the Alps. Perhaps the person has a more dry setting of special problems would not have arisen, but when your weight is expressed by the same number as the maximum allowed speed per highway, climb in GTV is not easy.
 
And that is not all. As soon as you sit on the driver's seat, you begin to test claustrophobic. Press on the psyche and the high frame of the side glasses, and the low ceiling, and the most unpleasant - hanging over the head of the windshield; At first, there is a desire to rest in her with your hands and beat the centimeters to fifteen ways. But all of the listed - canon, on which the car is built. And therefore, we do not take the second row of seats. Describe it like this: a small trunk, trimmed with skin, with the possibility of loading things after folding the front seats. Why is the trunk? Yes, because there are almost no place for the legs. By the way, the main trunk is also small - two diplomats, no more. In addition, the open is so small that even the usual ten-meter bucket does not sieve through it. In general, the car, who fascinated us outside, is somewhat puzzled inside. Likewise, the conditions are on an amateur, it is painful ascetic. Of course, the salon is replete with the fruits of civilization: windows, air conditioning, the CD receiver lacks only one thing - comfort. Even the anatomical seats with developed lateral support are not-no and will be forced to change the pose; For a long ride without a break, they are not calculated. However, a person gets used to everything, they are accustomed to cramped conditions and we, and in the salon learned to begin to be as deftly as a brave tanker in the hatch of the combat vehicle.
 
Once by catching on GTV on the street, you forgive the car all that I didn't like before. Our Alfa Romeo is equipped with a 2-liter engine, the same it is installed on the 156th. Not the most powerful version (there are modifications with engines 3.0), but also enough for the eyes. A 150-strong unit allows you to go not only quickly, but also safely, because it always remains a reserve of traction. It is worth the gas in the pedal of gas, and GTV rushes forward. It will not be missed for special effects: if at the start to give the engine to unwind up to 3000-4000 revolutions and release the clutch pedal, the coupe will go to the point, and a dense chimney will hang over the initial position for a long time.
 
Such a car is unthinkable without acute steering. GTV steering wheel from one extreme point to another makes only two turns, and therefore it is very nice to drive the machine. Barca does not have to intercept even with a large wheel twist - quality for a dynamic car is very important.
 
Most of all surprised the suspension. We were ready for a shuttle ride around the city - no matter how cool, the car is sports. But nothing like this happened. Despite its racing settings, the suspension was extremely comfortable. During the test, we wound through the streets of 300 km, and no bumps seriously disturb us. So truly you do not know what to wait from anyone.
 
But wait - not for GTV. His element - either catch up, or wondering. Slowly ride on this Alfa Romeo - not stylish. Since I found money for such a Tachanka, then I should stay on the fines. Especially since such a car is not the only one in the family. In the garage, he usually is the third, and even the fourth, but for the soul, of course, the first. If the main thing for you is to show yourself, it is enough to own one GTV.
 
Specifications ALFA ROMEO GTV 2.0 T.S.
 
Body - carrier, all-metal
Number of places, people. - 2 + 2
Curb weight, kg - 1380
Full weight, kg - 1780
Dimensions (Length / Width / Height), mm - 4285/1780/1315
Base, mm - 2540
Maximum speed, km / h - 210
Overclocking time up to 100 km / h, C - 8.4
Engine:
- Type - inline, 4-cylinder, with two candles on the cylinder
- Working volume, cm3 - 1970
- Power, hp at min-1 - 150/6300
- torque, NM at min-1 - 181/3800
Transmission - Mechanical, 5-speed
Tire size - 205/50R16
Wheel suspension:
- front - independent
- rear - independent
Brakes:
- Front - disc, ventilated
- Rear - disk
Steering - Rake gear, with a hydrauliculator
Price, $ - 33000
 
Text: Oleg Kalaushin
 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel