Alfa Romeo Montreal - Italy's Forgotten Sports Car

[@stephenthomas3085]

Of all exotic motor cars of that era the Montreal was the only one I have ever truly wanted. Italian to the core, effortlessly stylish, fantastic engine, almost heroically impractical, expensive to run, exasperating at times but God it looks great.

[@IN_THIS_DAY_AND_AGE]

Lovely looking car.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

My grandfather owns an ALFA Romeo Montreal, which still has the factory SPICA MFI. It’s a finicky and complicated system, but if it’s well maintained, it’s fine. Same goes for the Citroën Hydropneumatic system in my SM and Maserati Khamsin.

[@fredschriks8554]

Great cars you own.

[@-DC-]

Hydropneumatic is pretty much problems free it certainly isn't high maintenance or requires constant adjustment.

[@alxa4739]

Yeah, my grandad's Saturn-V is the same. Finicky, but maintain it right and one of these days Alex, straight to the moon!

[@kallekas8551]

Fantastic taste in cars there! My family…Citroen, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Holden, Kaiser,Ford, Nissan and Prince Skyline.

[@drstevenrey]

Just look at those Campagnolo bespoke wheels. I am having a crisis here.

[@maestromecanico597]

Never heard of it until now. Thank you for this.

[@edwardburek1717]

Belissima!! Just goes to show that Alfa Romeo can make cars that can easily stir the soul, just like their contemporaries from Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati. The Montreal was indeed an unfortunate victim of circumstances outside of its creators' control.

[@dazaspc]

They were a great car for sure. Those bloody pumps though really showed the motors heritage due to being very difficult to service. I believe however it was the inspiration for Toyotas best looking Celicas and the Mazda RX4 coup.

[@scofab]

Fascinating as always, thank you again.

[@drstevenrey]

It is such a tragedy. The Montreal, today, is so blistering expensive. I would love to take one and build it just as it was intended with a mid-engine. But the prices make this idea totally unacceptable. Besides, it would be a shame to waste a good example of the Montreal as it is. Oh, and did I mention that this is one of my all time favorites in the car world, by far.

[@Driftywiftypleb]

Surely if you want a mid engine montreal, you would just have a fiberglass body made, and stick that on tubeframe chassis?

[@russellhammond4373]

Great vlog. Loved this vehicle in its day

[@mossi408]

My father used to have one for years.

[@forestghost7]

I had one for yrs (and many great trips) as well, a 73, # AR 10564 2001062, 3002 of 3825 built. I owned it 1983-1994, maintained it myself (never let me down), sold it b c finding parts became impossible. I now DEEPLY REGRET letting it go 😢😢

[@1BCamden]

Beautiful example

[@stevecooksley]

What a beautiful car.

[@Really658]

When I first saw an alpha romeo in 1988, I thought it was the coolest car mixing class with practicality.

[@TIMMEH19991]

IMO the best looking car ever made, and I would hardly say its forgotten! It sold far more than any of the contemporary Lamborghini's did in that time period.

[@rbearne1]

Is that Gabriele Ferzetti (Marc-Ange Draco from OHMSS) at 03:58?

[@HeinzBuchler-vg9dx]

Was Justus beautiful car. The most beautiful I ever had

[@exc911ence_channel]

Gorgeous. Always loved them.

[@robmortimer4150]

Not joking, I saw three of these in an Alfa mechanics last month. One of them is still there

[@ChatterboxFM]

The Montreal to me is what happens when you ask an Italian to design/build an American muscle-car. It’s so nicely proportioned too!

[@benzinapaul7416]

Great video but to say it was in the same category as the Miura, apart from some Gandini styling flourishes, is incorrect. The Miura was in a way higher category. The Montreal was up against the Porsche 911 2.2/2.4, the Fiat Dino 2.4, the Citroen SM and the BMW 3.0 CSi/L. The base model Merak 2.0, Ferrari 208 GT4 and the Lamborghini Urraco P200 were much more expensive.

[@thatcheapguy525]

always thought the Montreal was a beautiful car. plenty of wacky cars from that era most which, good and bad, were killed off by the oil crisis.

[@Suprahampton]

Maserati Merek was V6 powered, the Bora was V0

[@AtheistOrphan]

My brother had the opportunity to buy one in the early 80s for pennies but didn’t go for it.

[@EuropaSman]

5:33 should NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) not be pronounced "knacka" rather than "naesa"? Nice car. I've seen one in person at one of the Bicester Scrambles.

[@Whatshisname346]

Does anyone else run for the drinks cabinet when Ruairidh says ‘however’ or ‘unfortunately’? Somehow It’s always a sign of impending doom.

[@WilliamWalls-iz2rv]

Looks like an Italian AMC Javelin.

[@steenlassen5718]

What do you mean by "forgotten"? Just about every petrolhead knows it!

[@TIMMEH19991]

Definitely very well known. Just look at the breath taking prices mint ones fetch now! A big difference from when I bought one in the late 80s!

[@steenlassen5718]

@@TIMMEH19991 But a pain in the a** to get running right, though.... friend of mine spent days on it!

[@michaeloreilly657]

Compared to Supercars by Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, yes, forgotten.

[@steenlassen5718]

@@michaeloreilly657 Only by you and a few others...., the rest of us remembers!

[@adrianpeters2413]

Beautiful car , another reason so expensive ...all V8 Engined cars made in europe had a charge of money that had to be paid to the u.s.a. ww2 reparation conditions ..thank you ...note what the eff do you think usa came to europe for in ww2 ..yeah for freedom ha ha ha just like now in Ukraine, to SUBVERT EUROPE ..sorry there i diverged a bit much ...

[@kallekas8551]

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