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  • senador

    April 24, 2010 9:29 a.m. senador New Reader

    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/24/alfa-romeo-tz3-corsa-unveiled-at-villa-deste/

    I don't care if this car broke down every mile.

  • maroon92

    April 24, 2010 9:39 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    alFa?

    and yes, the TZ3 is a gorgeous car. I would love one.

  • Kia_racer

    April 24, 2010 10:00 a.m. Kia_racer Reader

    That would be so sweet. They could offer it with different motors so that maybe us mortals could afford it.

  • April 24, 2010 10:20 a.m. mblommel New Reader

    Looks awesome. Too bad none of us will ever have the chance to drive one.

    This makes me think; it doesn't cost any more to make a beautiful shape like this one as opposed to the so-so stuff we all get at the local car stealership. So, why couldn't have the Hyundai Genesis coupe or the new Toyota FT-86 been styled like this? It's not like it hasn't been done before. 240z anyone? I know if I could buy this for $25K I'd be down there signing the papers NOW.

  • mad_machine

    April 24, 2010 10:25 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    please... it is ALFA... not alpha. And also.. please please please build this as production car and bring it to the US with Fiat/Chrysler. We have gone too long without more italian cars

  • Keith

    April 24, 2010 10:31 a.m. Keith SuperDork

    I suspect the car would never pass real-world tests like pedestrian safety regs and modern automaker internal engineering benchmarks (note: Mazdas have to have enough wheelwell clearance to run two sets of snow chains with the suspension fully compressed, Toyotas need room for three). That's why your Hyundai will never look like that.

    But, oh, if they only would. Gorgeous.

  • Jay_W

    April 24, 2010 10:53 a.m. Jay_W HalfDork

    Dayum. Alfa remakes the Daytona coupe, with a full dose of Italian twist... do want.

  • Jay

    April 24, 2010 11:31 a.m. Jay Dork

    Yuck. From some angles it's alright but that side view when you load the page looks like Photoshop messed up when saving the file. No thanks.

  • gamby

    April 24, 2010 12:15 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    Sounds more like a cult to me.

    http://alphausa.org/

  • Appleseed

    April 24, 2010 1:47 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

    BLATANT RIPOFF.

  • integraguy

    April 24, 2010 1:55 p.m. integraguy HalfDork

    ALFA, ( I wondered what was being asked when the title said " ...Alpha come back to the U.S.?) would be very welcome if/when they ever return to the U.S. assuming they don't "water down" their designs for U.S. consumption.

    I've been reading about the many ups and downs of Alfa in CAR magazine for decades. Their record, until a few years ago was kind of spotty, but has gotten better dramatically....with an occasionally weak car. But who cares? They all look so sensational.

  • April 24, 2010 2:28 p.m. z31maniac Dork

    That's horrible.

    That ogerish hatch shape kills it for me.

  • Wonkothesane

    April 24, 2010 3:08 p.m. Wonkothesane New Reader

    Keith, where did you learn that cool tid-bit about mazda? Is there any sites on the intartubes that list interesting facts like that?

  • griffin729

    April 24, 2010 3:47 p.m. griffin729 Reader

    Appleseed wrote:

    BLATANT RIPOFF.

    This is pretty much what I thought too.

  • Treb

    April 24, 2010 8:33 p.m. Treb Reader

    In case you weren't kidding, it's actually more related to its Alfa/Zagato predecessors -- TZ1 and TZ2.

  • Lugnut

    April 24, 2010 9:16 p.m. Lugnut HalfDork

    Meh. It looks like a Bricklin.

 
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