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  • integraguy

    Sept. 15, 2011 4:12 p.m. integraguy SuperDork

    Just read an online article from "brand X" saying that due to the financial crisis in Europe, Alfa's return to the U.S. is pushed back another 6 months. The first cars are now scheduled to hit showrooms in the middle of 2013 (nearly 2 years from now). The first cars will be the smaller/cheaper Alfas, like the MiTo. The Guilietta will hopefully make it a few months later, then the plan is to get another sedan or two into showrooms in 2014.

    The Alfa SUV, based on the Jeep Liberty and built in the U.S. has been axed.

    In related news, there are 130 Fiat dealers (I didn't know that until I read the article) and it's expected that about 100 of those dealers will also be selling Alfas.

  • Sept. 15, 2011 4:23 p.m. Joshua HalfDork

    integraguy wrote:

    In related news, there are 130 Fiat dealers (I didn't know that until I read the article) and it's expected that about 100 of those dealers will also be selling Alfas.

    Cool!

  • alfadriver

    Sept. 15, 2011 5:03 p.m. alfadriver SuperDork

    It's been 2 years out since they stopped selling cars here in '95.

  • mike

    Sept. 15, 2011 10:44 p.m. mike Reader

    Lucy pulls the football again. Is there a single person in this country who still takes a run at it?

  • Luke

    Sept. 15, 2011 10:53 p.m. Luke SuperDork

    The MiTo is a Fiat in disguise anyway, right?

  • RexSeven

    Sept. 15, 2011 11:37 p.m. RexSeven SuperDork

    That may delay the Dodge version of the Giulietta as well.

  • Appleseed

    Sept. 16, 2011 2:10 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    integraguy wrote:

    The Alfa SUV, based on the Jeep Liberty and built in the U.S. has been axed.

    Thank God!

  • ddavidv

    Sept. 16, 2011 5:20 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork

    Alfa-Romeo has cried wolf so many times I don't even pay attention to them anymore. We've got BMWs so who needs Alfas anyhow?

  • dean1484

    Sept. 16, 2011 6:14 a.m. dean1484 SuperDork

    I will keep taking a run at it if it means I can get one of these!!!!

    One of the few times I agreed with Mr Clarkson's review of a car. It is "Art"

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Sept. 16, 2011 6:18 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    dean1484 wrote:

    I will keep taking a run at it if it means I can get one of these!!!!

    ...pic of C8...

    One of the few times I agreed with Mr Clarkson's review of a car. It is "Art"

    Well, that isn't all he said. He said it is art because art is supposed to have no other purpose and that is lucky for Alfa because this is a crap car.

  • dean1484

    Sept. 16, 2011 7:00 a.m. dean1484 SuperDork

    Ya but I would be happy just looking at it every morning in the driveway

  • dean1484

    Sept. 16, 2011 7:01 a.m. dean1484 SuperDork

    Actually just put a c5 chassis under it problem solved.

  • 93EXCivic

    Sept. 16, 2011 7:11 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork

    Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

    dean1484 wrote:

    I will keep taking a run at it if it means I can get one of these!!!!

    ...pic of C8...

    One of the few times I agreed with Mr Clarkson's review of a car. It is "Art"

    Well, that isn't all he said. He said it is art because art is supposed to have no other purpose and that is lucky for Alfa because this is a crap car.

    I still want one. I would buy an Alfa any day over a BMW.

  • Luke

    Sept. 16, 2011 7:37 a.m. Luke SuperDork

    Whenever I hear that some amazing supercar is actually rubbish to drive, I always wonder, how bad can it be, really?

  • ditchdigger

    Sept. 16, 2011 8:41 a.m. ditchdigger Dork

    Luke wrote:

    Whenever I hear that some amazing supercar is actually rubbish to drive, I always wonder, how bad can it be, really?

    Probably not very bad at all. He was just as hard on the Alfa as he is on Corvettes. So it probably compares favorably to a Z06.

  • iceracer

    Sept. 16, 2011 10:54 a.m. iceracer SuperDork

    I saw a FIAT add on TV last night. Mostly JLo.

  • joey48442

    Sept. 16, 2011 11:31 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork

    I see Alfas alot around here.

    Joey

  • 4eyes

    Sept. 17, 2011 7:17 p.m. 4eyes HalfDork

    So long as they don't put the ugly Dodge nose on them.

  • Appleseed

    Sept. 18, 2011 3:17 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    dean1484 wrote:

    Actually just put a c5 chassis under it problem solved.

    I like the way you think.

  • mad_machine

    Sept. 18, 2011 6:23 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    joey48442 wrote:

    I see Alfas alot around here.

    Joey

    I actually saw a new alfa down here in Southern NJ this past week. I didn't get a chance to see what model it was.. but it was some sort of hatch (It was going the other way)

 
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