Alfa Romeo Montreal - the 40 year old dream comes true!

After waiting for most of his life, Chris "The Alfa Nut" finally gets to drive in his childhood dream car - the fabulous Alfa Romeo Montreal. This is the story behind why this exotic car is so special to Chris and why it took so long to actually get here!
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[ExBenzi]

Thank you for this video!
In my eyes, the Montreal is one of the most beautiful Alfa Romeos ever built. The fact that this car remained the only V8 Alfa Romeo up until the release of the 8C, renders the Montreal even more special to me. And that sound... I can‘t help but love it.

If I ever get to own one, I‘ll give you a call ;)! Beauties like this are meant to be driven and not to be rotting in a museum.
Cheers.

[TheTruth-htqm]

Alfa romeo needs a Montreal in 2020. Just imagine. Great video sounding.

[VelesMemes]

Im big Alfa guy, and i cant believe i didnt find your channel earlier, great video and sub from me! KEEP IT UP! Forza Alfa!Big Support from Serbia!

[martynh]

Excellent video and on my favorite Alfa Romeo. While not the fastest or the rarest, it is an icon of that era. I love it’s unique styling lines. I do own an Alfa, but it’s a 2018 Giulia. Not quite as rare but where I live in the the USA, you don’t see many on the roads.

[thomaswilhelm]

Cheers from Michigan! What a beautiful video about my favorite car - one of the best narrations and a love story. Mine started 50 years ago, saw Hans Stuck driving the same orange one close to my school in Munich in the seventies. Drove the first in the eighties, but couldn’t afford. Then bought mine early nineties in Switzerland - was originally orange. Managed good Autobahn speeds at 230 km/h. Ten years ago I brought her to US. And when you released the video, that day I replaced my points the first time in almost 50 years. We even share black leather seats and for sure a good driving style. Enjoy her. Mine is NOT for sale- my daughters are next in line! Thanks for posting.

[FullBoostJ]

Loved this one Chris, my inner 12 year old has never left me!!

[jonmagnusson]

Nice video. My father who is from Haytor where this film opened, owned a RHD Montreal in this exact colour in the late 70’s.
Much preferred it to the Dino GT4 he had around that time too. No comparison he states. I’ve Wanted one ever since!

[jetons]

Awesome video, great music and a beautiful car the only negative you didn’t drove the Montreal a pity thanks Chris !!

[paolocapitinipoweredbyauto]

Incredible bro this is a wonderfull muscle italian car, the engine song bro is a soul medicine 🙏 thanks bro, great job, great video, great LIKE👍 FROM ITALY.

[callisto]

Can't beat the Italians when it comes designing things, from churches to cars to fashion they master it like no other, that is some fantastic car, never heard of it before.

[deerlord]

Oh man, I remember this car was in Forza Motorsport 4, I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, such a nice looking car!

[RobinCapper]

YouTube suggested this and I'm glad it did. Way back in the mid-70s (I was about 10) went with my parents to pick up the new (actually not quite new) family car. It was a Fiat 132 but in NZ Fiat/Alfa/Lancia/Ferrari were all combined dealers. I vividly remember the car featured in the main showroom display, a bright orange Alfa Montreal. I always liked Italian cars (others in the family had 850/124 Coupé) but those two cars probably set me on a lifetime of only owning Italians, in my case Fiat/Abarth! Subscribed!

[gkstanfield]

THANK YOU.

The first Montreal I ever witnessed personally was sometime in the very early 1980’s at an Alfa Club meet at the Brooks Stevens Auto Museum in Mequon, Wisconsin.

She was in utterly perfect factory condition, and in that lurid primary green that only the 1970’s could ever give us...

I could not get over the partially-veiled headlamps...that series of B-pillar vents...and the clustering of all gauges into those two cannon-like instrument tubes...my young mind could not process a more exotic ground-rocket than this!

Gandini...standing ovation!

I was blessed to visit the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo in Arese, Italy in 2017, where I saw my 2nd Montreal (the factory-owned orange example much like your tester) but also the Prototipo...developed for ‘Expo ‘67’ in Montreal!

Dreams realized..!

(PS : I did convince my parents to choose a new Peugeot 505STI by age 14...sorry...the US never got the Montreal unless one knew some ‘special colleagues..!’)

[RobertKarlBerta]

I first drove a Montreal back in late 70s. My friend had managed to import one into California which to this day I still don't know how he did it as they weren't legal in US back than. It was the same color as the one in the video. At the same time I had a 1969-70 ALFA duetto round tail spider that I bought new (kept it for over 40 years). I finally sold it to a collector to gain garage space for my 2015 ALFA 4C Launch Edition bought new also. The old spider had modded engine, trans, differential, suspension, the works and despite track days and autocrosses was concourse condition. If I had the space I would have both cars. Things I remember about the Montreal....it was quite familiar to me as it had the same Spica mechanical injection as the US cars (needed to make smog legal) and the engine was based on many parts shared with my 1750 it seemed.. Brakes seemed a bit lacking, and it definitely was more of a GT car as the extra weight made it a lot less "toss-able" compared to my spider. Was a nice touring car. It was a very nice looking car and seemed pretty solid.

There is a member in my AROC here in Michigan that has a Montrealo identical to yours that he bought in Australia when he lived there and upon retiring brought it to the US. It is a right hand drive car since it was sold in Australia. He has gone through his car and it is concourse now. His is still stock...with no upgrades as far as I know. By the way my old spider was very reliable and my new 4C has been problem free and of course an absolute blast to drive. I have had many other cars in my 72 years....but ALFAs are the only ones that are long term keepers.
I always wonder how UK owners keep any car from rusting away....seems like many I see in videos and TV shows have a lot of rust. Guess the ocean proximity doesn't help. My old ALFA didn't have a spot of rust on it and all original upholstery, dash board cover and door cards that were spotless. Keeping in a garage and keeping spotlessly clean is the secret....and on my 4C not having a steel body ;-)
Keep up the videos....we ALFA fanatics love them.

[martinclapton]

Hi Chris, I had a schoolboy crush on the Montreal too. Actually had in the ride in the back of one ( not the most comfortable experience in the world, l must confess) but the experience of the car at over 100 mph was amazing, yes on a British one at that. It was a very rare RHD example belonging to an AROC member in the West Midlands, great car, happy days .

[chrisrichmond]

What a treat to listen too.
Seen a few of them at various Italian car shows back in the later 2000’s what I used to attend with my Alfa I owned at the time but that is the first time I have heard one fully open up on the road 😀

[marcocaru]

Wonderful car and really awesome video. Thanks a lot.

[TheEurop]

Just an Alfa Masterpiece. Thanks for the great video!

[salasyee]

The sound of this beauty is pure joy and your face says it all. Well done mate

[Nemoticon]

GREAT interaction with your viewers, you do yourself proud. Keep up the good work.