Link to online photo album : Auto Africa 2006

http://picasaweb.google.com/aroonpatel/AutoAfrica2006

Visit there to check out the pics I took at Auto Africa 2006 - will you be there this year?

TG Article : Clarkson on Attraction

Click the pic to read Clarkson's Rule of Attraction, courtesy of Top Gear (TG)

Test drive report : Alfa Romeo 159

Date : 4 March 2008
Car : 2007 Alfa Romeo 159 3.2 V6 Q4
Power : 191 kW
Driver : Chief_A
Rating : ****

Alfas certainly have the looks, but do they have the performance to match? After driving this machine, my opinion is an EMPHATIC yes!
Pushing this car to nearly maximum revs in the 4 of 6 gears that I could access on the test drive roads around the dealership, and taking bends without giving the throttle any reprieve, I couldn't get the wheels to loosen their grip - I only discovered the reason later when the white-knuckled salesman told me that the Q4 badge on the tail of the 159 meant that it had 4 wheel drive!

The sound from the exhaust was a terrific roar, and I particularly enjoyed the gearshift - the gear lever is not fluid, but is firm and decisive and gears are nicely close together, making for rapid selection - not as rapid as that DSG box I once operated, but a close 2nd.

I loved this car, and came very near to actually trading in my 2001 Audi and pitching up at home with a sexy Italian, but their are many more girls to date, before making my next marriage proposal...

A is for Alfa Romeo

This very first blog post of many is to mark the start of a project, thought up by the group that calls themselves The Chieftains : to drive the cars they dream of driving....in alphabetical order!