UK’s rarest cars: 1985 Alfa Romeo 90 Gold Cloverleaf, the sole survivor on British roads
This flagship sports saloon encapsulated the chaos of Alfa at the time, with a wonderful engine but a host of irritating idiosyncrasies
18 December 2020 • 4:27pm
Old before its time: the 90 was a classic stop-gap model until Alfa could usher in the excellent, front-drive 164 saloon
The Alfa Romeo 90 was a car that seemed curiously out of time even during its limited production run. It was the sort of stop-gap model that briefly surfaced in dealerships and then vanished in the manner of a one-hit-wonder exiting the charts. Today, James Coleman owns the sole surviving roadworthy example in the UK.