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July 24, 2008
The Ultimate Sleeper
Ask ten guys what the ultimate sleeper is and you’ll get ten different answers. None of those ten could hang with the Alfa Romeo 164 Procar.
After BMW decided to stop running the Procar support series at F1 races, Alfa Romeo proposed a series that would use cars that looked like entirely stock Alfa Romeo 164s on the outside, but were actually silhouettes with F1 chassis underneath. Because open wheel cars have inherently poor aerodynamics and already produced copious amount of downforce by the time the Procar concept was created it was actually capable of beating a contemporary F1 car in a straight line. What exactly was under the skin? A 600hp 3.5L V10 is all. Not insane power, but couple that to F1 rubber and the fact that the car would likely need ballast to meet the minimum weight for an IRL car (1,640lbs) and you have a recipe for brutal speed.
Who would suspect that such a potent package is lurking beneath the skin of a car that would appear to be the vehicle of choice for Italian septuagenarians on their way to the market, even to those who know what an Alfa Romeo 164 is? The huge tires and centerlock wheels are a tiny bit of a giveaway, but imagine what it would be like to take a RWB Porsche or an MCR Skyline on the wangan in a car like that! More pics and a cool video after the jump!
More pics and specs at Ultimatecarpage.com.
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RAD
Jul 29, 2008 at 2:12 am
So its basically an indy car in disguise???
elcamino-dude
Jul 28, 2008 at 11:50 pm
wow thats awesome, ha ha i love it how two guys can lift the body off easily, thats intense, major sleeper
i_luv_dusty
Jul 28, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I want one.
Warren
Jul 28, 2008 at 11:24 am
whatta beast!
SpeedCanHurt
Jul 27, 2008 at 11:09 pm
A fun car for grandma…
Dre
Jul 27, 2008 at 7:09 pm
wow…..just wow, The sound of that F1 motor coming from that car is eerie lol but i like it!!!!!!!!!
Ultimate sleeper, hands down =)
Gary
Jul 27, 2008 at 5:55 pm
i want one so bad so every person who owns a civic, and puts an exhaust and intake on it and believes their civic is fast, will cry themselves to sleep
Gary
Jul 27, 2008 at 5:55 pm
i want one so bad so every person who owns a civic, and puts an exhaust and intake on it and believes their civic is fast, will cry themselves to sleep
RICO Laws
Jul 27, 2008 at 4:31 pm
you dont know what a ricer is retard
Guy
Jul 27, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Sinta is a homo, and an idiot.
This car is terrifying.
Sinta
Jul 27, 2008 at 7:10 am
also the ultimate ricer
tim
Jul 27, 2008 at 1:31 am
I live in Winnipeg too Europian. I’ve seen one of them here.
Frank
Jul 26, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Bad ass ride
and a dutch vid!!!
for you who dont understand dutch:
top speed: 342kmh (aprox 212mph)
0-100kmh (or 0-62mph) 2.4sec
greets from,
Aldeboarn, Holland.
Europian
Jul 26, 2008 at 3:30 pm
My uncle in Serbia has one, not 164, but Alfa Romeo 33 Milano, which looks the same.
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Not as much power thou, but very, very nice and fast for a stock and family car.
That was the car i learned how to drive on, brings back memories
I’ve seen few in Montreal, in Winnipeg where i live, there’s maybe a couple of them.
But this one is CRAZY, WOW!!!
nismoke
Jul 26, 2008 at 9:54 am
BAD ASS
Maffew
Jul 25, 2008 at 12:23 pm
WANT
Captain Bacon
Jul 25, 2008 at 5:11 am
That thing is MAD-crazy.
Tucked wheels don’t look good though. Ah well.
1988montecarloss
Jul 25, 2008 at 1:51 am
i wish i owned this
Oafman
Jul 24, 2008 at 11:35 pm
WOW, just wow. Where can I buy one?
Boy George
Jul 24, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Never Judge a book by it’s cover.