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The Alfa Romeo Alfasud is a compact car made by Alfa Romeo of Italy from 1971 to1989. Undoubtedly the highlight was the new boxer engine (horizontally-opposed/flat engine).The original power of 63 hp from 1186 c.c. was not completely convincing, The engine was later enlarged to 1.3 litres, and the car named the 1.3Ti. At the end of the decade, it was even upgraded to 1.5Ti, with 105 hp on tap.

Performance was of course superb - zero to sixty took just over 10 seconds, which was rocket-fast then. This could be only eclipsed by the 1600c.c. Golf GTi. During testing many journalists discovered the Alfasud Ti capable of pulling 6,500 r.p.m. in fifth gear, well into the red sector, equal to 107 m.p.h. Alfa claimed a top speed of exactly 100 m.p.h. at 6,000 r.p.m.

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