Highlights
- Rare Series 1.5 car with early exterior and improved interior
- Sought-after 2.5-litre Busso V6 car with Lusso spec and manual box
- Single registered keeper from new
- Recent new rear callipers, handbrake cables, lower arm, and driveshaft
- MOT valid to February 2027
The Appeal
The 156 was Alfa Romeo’s answer to the 3-Series and has to be one of the best-looking saloon cars of the last 30 years. While the Twin Sparks are a revvy joy, if your budget doesn’t stretch to a GTA then the one you want is this car, a luxury Lusso-spec saloon with manual box and Giuseppe Busso’s sonorous V6.
This one-keeper car has escaped the fate of many early 156s in that it is surprisingly preserved and very solid. Looking tidy in metallic green with recently refurbished grey anodised ‘teledials,’ it is a desirable pre-facelift car with the improved, better-quality Series 2 interior. The mileage is a low 81,000 miles. The MOT runs to February 2027.
The car benefits from recent work, including new rear callipers, handbrake cables, lower suspension arm and driveshaft. The vendor tells us that it runs and drives well but would benefit from a cambelt change and service, it is overdue a service and cambelt based on time. Once done, you get to enjoy a rare survivor of one of the most entertaining and pretty Alfa saloons ever built.
The vendor says:
“Good low mileage low owner example, very tidy bodywork and is sold underneath, 8/10 bodywork.”
History and Paperwork
- First registered 29th October 2002
- Single registered keeper from new
- Originally from Northern Ireland
- One original key
- Factory book pack
- Service book partially stamped and then owner maintained
- 81,085 miles showing, believed correct by seller but not verified
- MOT valid to 10th February 2027 with advisory to note
- Recent maintenance work detailed above and below
The Condition
- Attractive dark green metallic paintwork in good overall conditiojn for age
- Some stone chips and marks to note to paintwork in photos
- Vendor rates bodywork rated 8/10 and described as very tidy and very straight
- Small dent on the NSR quarter
- Headlights appear to be clouded and may respond to cleaning
- Reported to be solid underneath with no structural advisories on MOT
- Teledial 16in alloy wheels recently refurbished
- Four matching Michelin tyres
- Lusso specification interior with revised dashboard and switchgear of facelift cars
- Black leather interior said to be in very good condition with light age to note
- Fitted with Lusso mats, factory CD player and a wooden steering wheel
- Everything reported to work as it should
- Vendor tells us that infotainment pixels are starting to blister
- Space wheel and factory tools as shown
The Mechanics
- 2,492cc ‘Busso’ 190bhp 24V V6 engine
- Six-speed manual transmission
- The vendor reports the car runs and drives well
- We are told the car can idle a little rough for a few seconds on start up if left for several days
- Cam belt change is overdue — a service and belt change is advised by the seller
- Two new rear callipers
- Handbrake cables replaced
- Lower arm replaced
- New driveshaft fitted
- Advisory to note on MOT
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