Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
By the time of its presentation to the international press in 1979, the #AlfaRomeo #Alfa6 had been in gestation for over a decade, and it very nearly didn't happen.
To say the Alfa 6 hasn't been a success would be an understatement, as, over its seven-year lifespan, it sold little more than it was expected to do in one single year. Yet I believe the first car equipped with the #Busso V6 engine doesn't deserve the obscurity in which it has fallen, nor the flak it often gets from people who, in most cases, have hardly even seen one in the first place. It's high time for someone to set the record straight on a story that's too often been misrepresented and misunderstood.
The footage in the video was shot during an event in May 2019 and includes an intervention from former Alfa Romeo designer Mario Favilla.
My automotive books:
Six Appeal - The Story Of The Alfa 6
amazon.com/dp/1793931046
Alfa Romeo Giulietta - The Story 1977 - 1985 amazon.com/dp/1983393746
Alfa Romeo Arna - The Full Story 1980 - 1987 amazon.com/dp/1656632500
By the time of its presentation to the international press in 1979, the #AlfaRomeo #Alfa6 had been in gestation for over a decade, and it very nearly didn't happen.
To say the Alfa 6 hasn't been a success would be an understatement, as, over its seven-year lifespan, it sold little more than it was expected to do in one single year. Yet I believe the first car equipped with the #Busso V6 engine doesn't deserve the obscurity in which it has fallen, nor the flak it often gets from people who, in most cases, have hardly even seen one in the first place. It's high time for someone to set the record straight on a story that's too often been misrepresented and misunderstood.
The footage in the video was shot during an event in May 2019 and includes an intervention from former Alfa Romeo designer Mario Favilla.
My automotive books:
Six Appeal - The Story Of The Alfa 6
amazon.com/dp/1793931046
Alfa Romeo Giulietta - The Story 1977 - 1985 amazon.com/dp/1983393746
Alfa Romeo Arna - The Full Story 1980 - 1987 amazon.com/dp/1656632500
