#alfa-romeo

Alfa Romeo 164: I Re-Imagined The Rear End

So I've never actually done anything like this before, but I was admiring the 1987-1991 Alfa Romeo 164 which was designed by Enrico Fumia at Pinninfarina.

In my opinion this is an absolutely gorgeous car. It's also non-traditional, which is somewhat common for Alfa Romeo's signature is their triangular grille. Another brand whose entire identity is attached to their grille is BMW.

I mentioned BMW for a reason. The 164 replaced the outgoing Alfa 6 which looked like this:

And here is BMW's 1986 7 series: Notice any similarities?

If I were BMW I might have sued them for the one on the left

which I bet is why they switched those headlights for the single squares and ditched the black in the grille metal.

The 164 looks nothing like a BMW, or any car of the era really.

I'm partial to sports-car trims like the red 2-tone example here with it's side-skirts and front spoiler.

But the 164 could also look rather conservative, and "grown-up" since it's an executive-class after all.

But This Brings Us To The Rear-End:

I've always felt the rear end was sort of mismatched. It works fine for the less-sporty trims, and I will admit that on the sportier models it benefits from small additions like a spoiler, or the model decals/branding.

But I still feel like it's missing something, and I decided to add to the tail-lights a bit to see how it would look.

I started by just drawing them in, and then I decided to try and make them look realistic by clipping the tail lights and giving them shadowing. This is the result:

So now I have to ask: what do you think? Better or worse?

Comments · 5

@zoricatech(72)· 27d
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@steevc(81)· 31d
Car design seems to go in trends so we get rounded shapes and then boxy ones. They have to appeal to a wide audience so can't look too wacky. If you took the grille off the 164 it could a Ford or anything. I actually prefer the more minimal rear. The lights ought to be just functional. Some newer cars have them even smaller with LEDs.

Some companies try quirky designs, but those tend to do less well. I still like to see something different. They have to work around the practical aspects of fitting things in, aerodynamics and safety.

I know Alfa have their fans though. A friend had the 166 V6 and he loved it. He ended up spending a lot fixing the engine after a cam chain failure.