Let’s be honest gear shifting in an Alfa Romeo 147 its strong point. From a mechanical point of view it’s a bit sloppy and from an Aesthetic point of view it is not very inspiring.

So we’re thinking an upgrade is in order.

The shifters that we are looking at are made by the coolest car accessories company on the planet: Likewise. And the product we are homing in on is the models we are looking at are:

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https://wearelikewise.com/products/the-ghost

How cool do they look? What this space for updates

This little Alfa has been featured in our sister websites italiancar.com.au and blacksteelies.com and we thought it was time to mention it here.

It was rebuilt from a bare shell by a highly reputable Brisbane based Alfa Romeo specialist a few years ago. The intention was to create a dual purpose fast road/track day car and we think this has been achieved perfectly. It’s no trailer queen with the odd scratch here and there but it very well screwed together and has proven to be very reliable – and lots of fun.

An Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS built in 1931 won the Mille Miglia in 2016. It was 1 of 3 Alfas that finished in the top 5, making it a very successful race for the Milanese marque

This was the 34th re-enactment of Mille Miglia, designed to recreate the thrills and atmosphere of the “the most beautiful race in the world”. As well as the headline grabbing 8C winner the other Alfas in that finished in the top five were the third placed 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Gran Sport and another 6C 1750 Gran Sport Zagato, this one from 1930 and belonging to the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese, came fifth.

Chris is famous for his You-Tube videos where is wrings the neck of some of the world’s most glamorous machines. But in this gem of video we find him behind the wheel of the architypal Italian sporting sedan the original Alfa Romeo Giuila – watch it here: Retro Cool: Spa 6hrs in a Ford Falcon

UPDATE: CAR NOW SOLD.

Andrew Metcalfe is selling his lovely amaranth red ’66 Super. He has owned the car for 4 years now and it has been a reliable daily driver.

The Alfa Romeo logo is one of the most distinctive – and unusual in the industry. And Alfa have decided that the launch of massively important new Giulia is a good opportunity to give it a makeover.

It has been widely reported the motoring press that Alfa are planning to move to an all rear wheel drive model layout in the new future. Actually that’s not quite true as reports are also coming in of an imminent 4wd SUV – the first to carry the famous Alfa Badge.

We think this is a great move and look forward the Alfa really taking it to the dominant players in the sports sedan market – yes we mean BMW!