Alfa Romeo 166 is the top mid-class sports car. It is issued from the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight. The level of comfort is high. Interior trim in the traditional-corporate style, the color scheme of the upholstery is in three versions, it is light gray classic, the second option is black color in combination with the color of wet asphalt for Alfa Romeo 166 Sport, and the third - soft sand and beige shades for connoisseurs of calm , Relaxing atmosphere.
Alfa Romeo 166 is the successor of the 164 model, from which the sedan body was inherited, the front-drive layout of the engine and transmission, as well as the main parameters of the front suspension. The engine inherited from the 164th, the most powerful three-liter six-cylinder engine V-shaped arrangement, with four valves per combustion chamber. The draft of 210 horsepower allowed the Alfa Romeo 166 to accelerate to 100 km / h in seven and a half seconds. An electronic speed limiter of up to 240 km / h was installed on the machine. When you try to turn off the device, the engine is simply deaf.
Car Alfa Romeo 166, reviews only positive, was originally sporty in its parameters, but there were modifications with a deeper elaboration of sports characteristics. On such machines a rigid front suspension was installed , the rear was strengthened by double springs, the ground clearance decreased and the car literally "landed".
The transmission was, of course, only a mechanical 6-speed. The braking system worked directly, the brake force distributor was switched off. And the engine was still the same - 3.0 liters, 210 hp. Alfa Romeo 166, due to very high dynamic characteristics, required adequate safety. The machine was equipped with inertia belts with pre-tension, the entire front area of the passenger compartment "exploded" with airbags at the time of emergency force majeure, and the passengers of the rear seat remained in their places, held by trauma-safety belts.
The ABS system for the Alfa Romeo 166 was selected with the calculation of the sensor adjustment, and the ASR anti-skid controller was installed on the machine, which almost completely eliminated the risk of skidding on a slippery road. In dry weather, it was possible to turn on the STR system, by which the amplitude of the engine response to the gas pedal commands changed drastically. The acceleration of the motor increased almost twofold. The dynamics of the Alfa Romeo 166 movement increased, the car became impetuous.
Chassis changes were minor, but the previous TwinSpark engine was removed, in its place a more economical 2-liter engine with direct injection fuel injection was installed.
In 2003, Alfa Romeo 166 passed the renovation process and was shown at the car show in Geneva. The exterior of the car changed radically, the front end became aggressive-sporty. The impression was reinforced by the characteristic air intakes of the front bumper. Simultaneously with the upgrade of the 166th model, the super Alfa Romeo 166GTA with a 300-horsepower engine was created, this model was demonstrated in Bologna on the motor show.