Giulia (Type 115) 1962-1993

Year of Manufacture - 1991

Version - 115 A 1 A

             - Spider 4a

Paint Code - 676 - Grigio Charo Met

Engine Capacity - 1962 cc

Bosch Motronic 4.1 Electronic Fuel Injection

Performance when new - 120 hp @ 5,800 rpm 

Originally constructed with Left Hand Drive and converted to Right Hand Drive by Seaking

Importer / Concessionaire - Wade Ltd, Sussex

Date First Registered - 25/3/1991

Number of owners - 7 including the current owner who bought the car on 26/1/2020

Having previously owned a Fiat 124 Special, a Lancia Gamma, Fiat Uno Turbo and then several Motto Guzzi Motorcycles I was finally tempted to look at Alfa's.  I had always hankered after an Alfa Sud, but time past and the opportunities slipped by.  FInally I was in a position to look again, and whilst scanning the internet saw this car advertised for sale in Warlingham, Surrey.  I had an engineer look at the car and following his comments that this was "...nice nice..." I viewed the vehicle.  The owner had been given the car as a silver wedding anniversary present, but was now having to give up the car due to lack of storage.  It was an easy descision for me to buy the car.

The car came with an extensive history which showed that the car has moved from Sussex to London, Devon, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey and finally to myself in Kent.

The file I was provided with dated back to 2013 and receipts inside detailed a restoration that had been done in late 2013 early 2014.  As a result of that work and the regular servicing and fault corrections that have been carried out since, I have had to do very little other that annual servicing.  Mind, there are always things to do on an Alfa, and sometimes these have to wait whilst parts can be sourced.  Something I have noticed is that no S4 I have seen is exactly the same as mine!

In August 2022 the Club was approached by an Agency that was supporting a Prada photo shoot at Dungeness featuring Alfa Romeo F1 driver Zhou Guanyu.  The photographer was requesting a Silver S4.  I was approached by our Section Secretary and we agreed that we would help in the shoot.  The shoot took place in front of Dungeness Nuclear Power Station and the surrounding 'dunes'.  The shoot was published in the 23 August 2022 China issue of Madame Figaro Hommes and an article prepared by Paul Newberry and myself was published in the AROC magazine dated October 2022