Alfa Romeo 164

The Alfa Romeo 164 (Type 164) was a four-door executive saloon that Alfa Romeo built from 1987 to 1998. Pininfarina styled it, and it was developed together with, and shared platforms and many parts with, the Fiat Croma, Saab 9000 and Lancia Thema. It began as Project 156 in 1980, a rear-wheel-drive plan built around the Busso V6, and was reworked for front-wheel drive on the shared Fiat Tipo Quattro platform after government funding was cut. The 164 succeeded the Alfa Romeo 90 and the Alfa 6 and was followed by the 166, with a combined total of 273,857 cars. For Europe a turbodiesel version used an engine from VM Motori. It was the last Alfa Romeo officially sold in the United States until the Giulia of 2015, and the company left that market after the 1995 model year.