Joke BMW 3 Series or Busso V6 God? Alfa Romeo 155 V6

That V6 Busso is magic. Not many here in Oz. Always looked good. But it should have been rear wheel drive.

I had the 155 when I was going to the Uni. Now, living in Hong Kong for many years (and not having a car) I am thrilled about your video, Jack. There is not a single day on which I don’t miss my old 155. I always loved its look. It had character and it was so much fun. I remember one night after driving back from ski holidays with one of my Uni buddies, I stopped in the middle of a tunnel, pulled all windows. My friend looked and me and asked what I was doing. Then I stepped on the throttle. Next thing he said was “holy s..” and was holding on for what it seemed, judging by the look on his face, his dear life. 😅

I had 2 155’s as company cars. A 1992 red 155 v6 and a very special 1997 metallic purple 155 twin spark with sport pack (it was 1 of the last 2 brand new 155’s remaining in the dealer network). I had the 97 one from brand new and did 122k miles in the 3 years and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!

I’m a big fan of the 155 - especially the later wide body cars. Definitely worth consideration, and a worthy stepping stone between the 75 and the 156.

I test drove one of these and always regretted not buying it. A few years later, I bought the 156 2.5 V6.

I owned N182 LAP 20+ years ago and have fond memories of it, so It was a nice surprise (and a bit surreal) seeing it appear in my video recommendations! It was great to see the car again in action, and looking better than ever. Compliments to the current owner.

Now I drive 5 series, because of the RWD character, but I still miss the ‘Busso’ in my Alfa 90. Thank you for the video Jack, and thanks for the owner of the beautiful sounding 155.

Couldn't agree more Jack, that 155 looks absolutely amazing! I love the boxier look of cars of that era over the bubble cookie cutter cars of today!

Busso's just sound beautiful! Also clocked the Sony joystick controller on the steering column! I had one on my Fiat Uno when few cars had multi function steering wheels and loved it!!

I had a 1993 1.8 8v series 1 155 back in the mid 90s and loved it,then had a 1999 2.5 24v 156 after,loved that too,the v6 sound is one of the best noises ever,that 155 your in sounds so throaty it’s making me want another one now 😂😂😂

I love how Alfa went all out with the wedge shape with the 155. It does seem the Tempra platform they used is a bit narrow, which is a bit rectified by the wider track & widebody, but not quite. Still, due to safety regulations, we will never see new wedge shaped cars coming out, so every reason to cherish the ones we have.

That noise is just glorious

I had 2 8 valves, 3 16 valves and 2 V6's, loved them all

Alfa = Smiles for miles.

German vehicles : utterly efficient but soulless with reliability problems. Italian vehicles: reliability problems combined with the joy of using a machine that fills your heart with the knowledge that 'better' isn't always the best. If you don't understand you will not understand.

Just love it,still had a style of it's own.and a bit less challenging to look at than my beloved and maligned 75 and sounds just as epic.

That exhaust note is AMAAAAAZING!

This man understands the appeal of an Alfa: they may be flawed, there may be faster cars, in some way better cars, but very few have that illogical but wonderful appeal that an Alfa has; very few make you smile in that way. Thanks for a great video :-)

I think they still look fabulous, I still just stare admiringly at my 145 after all these years, the styling just makes Alfas stand out.

Love these videos. I remember the 155 winning the Touring Cars with Tarquini behind the wheel. I owned a 156 for a year and loved it. Very dramatic but troublesome, in and out of the garage. Replaced it with a 10 yr old BMW 323i and didn't realise how capable it was until I realised how much faster I was travelling on the same challenging back roads without any drama at all. Add the rock solid build, impeccable quality and no problems in the three years I had it, you can see why the E36 sold so well. I did love the Alfa though. The E36 was impressive but it didn't stir the soul like the Alfa did.