156 (Type 932) 1997 - 2005

As a longstanding Alfa owner, I was determined that I had to own at least once a BUSSO engined car.  After due consideration, I decided it would be a saloon 156 GTA. Having an Alfa in my small collection which was not a Spider and had a watertight roof and five seats, meant that I could comfortably travel in this car to events a little further afield from my base in East Yorkshire.

It took almost two years until I found a good clean example. Initially I wasn't in love with any of the colour options and least of all silver, but up close the condition and shine of this car's paintwork is very impressive for a car over 20 years old. I am doing a respray of the bonnet due to stone chips but the rest is in very good condition. The silver and body trim reminds me so much of my old 33 1.5 Ti Veloce which was also in silver.

I saw this GTA advertised briefly on Auto Trader but it soon disappeared and I thought it was sold.  I had screenshot some info so I followed up and found out that it was actually still available. The owner was having second thoughts about letting it go.

The road led to Italia Autosport in Huddersfield....

The car was first registered in the UK on 25 July 2002 as a demonstrator for Sterling Alfa Romeo (Ipswich) and purchased in March 2003 by Peter Law. The second owner was John Pogson, the well-known classic Ferrari restorer at Italia Autosport in Huddersfield. I acquired the vehicle from John’s private collection in 2023.

The vehicle has an extensive and totally complete history and MOT file and has been well maintained and cared for during its life. It has a Harvey Bailey suspension upgrade, a BMC carbon fibre air filter and a Raggazon exhaust. The odometer currently shows ~ 80,400 miles. 

The interior condition is really excellent with no wear / tear to driver's seat and overall is immaculate. The engine bay is equally impressive in appearance.

This car has visited a few East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club events around Humberside and E Yorks but also made a longer trip to MITCAR 2023 at Burghley House.