Used car buying guide: Alfa Romeo SZ
Under that extraordinary bonnet is Turin’s 210bhp 3.0-litre Busso V6, which makes a wonderful noise and drives the rear wheels through a short-ratio five-speed manual gearbox and via a rear transaxle. Thanks to its composite body, the SZ had a particularly hearty power to-weight ratio, too: think 0-60mph in 6.9sec and a top speed of 153mph.
It rides pretty well, too, albeit firmly, on its adjustable dampers. Even more impressively, it hangs on in corners like a limpet: 1g-plus is the order of the day here. It’s impressively comfortable inside, too, with wonderfully supportive seats and a pleasingly low-slung driving position. The only issue is that all original SZs have the steering wheel on the left.
With so few made and such an exotic badge, of course the SZ will cost you a lot to buy. There was a time when prices had dipped low enough to swerve people out of buying a newWhat you will get, though, is an appreciating classic that will still be a pleasure to drive even at thoroughly legal speeds, and a work of art you can quite happily drive into your front room and just stare at.
This can make noises. Check the rear shock bushes and the A-frame rose joint and make sure the original Koni dampers aren’t leaking. They’re unique to this car and expensive.The standard brakes are rubbish, but they can be upgraded with better pads or replaced with uprated but bespoke and expensive units. The brakes also have problemswith sticking and the rear calipers and the compensator seizing.The composite body can suffer from microblisters.
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