Comments on: Alfa Romeo’s U.S. plans moving full speed ahead

By: LDMAN

LDMAN — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:33:09 +0000

@02WRXPSM BMW is many things but not stupid.They are one of the shrewdest manufacturer and must know something we do not. Who is to say that being penalized on CO2 emission by the EU they will not buy Fiat outright to lower the corporate CO2 levels and avoid heavy fines. Watch this space.

By: Get Real

Get Real — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:56:28 +0000

“Hey..Fix It Again Tony…13 years later we get our jobs back.”
We can reopen our shop.
Happy days are here again for us.

By: fuk-u-asshole

fuk-u-asshole — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:26:40 +0000

recent alfa, brera,159,spider and now the mito have really good quality and im in love with the lancia delta.Maseratti is on a roll and the punto,bravo and 500 are great cars,the Fiat group has made a great turnaround. would be nice to see them as get No1 in europe again cause im sick with VW,
i like the scirocco but hate the new golf and they canceled rear engined UP small car, makes me sick.
but the chances of FIAT being larger than VW are unlikely

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:49:21 +0000

^^^ Alfa’s had horrible quality in the recent past.

Do I think this is a good move? Nope. Alfa is trying to move way up market, where their European offerings don’t compete. For the most part, their coming with their top of the line, largest vehicles. I think they would fill a small niche if they were to bring over their premium small compacts. It’s a market that doesn’t exist in the U.S.

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:02:32 +0000

“everybody loves alfa. the car you buy with you heart

Comment by fuk-u-asshole, posted on August18 at 2:16 pm ”

As opposed to the Camry, which is a car you buy with your fu.cking as.shole

By: olds307

olds307 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:40:33 +0000

lol

By: ktulu

ktulu — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:32:30 +0000

yay!

By: Bimmer

Bimmer — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:08:39 +0000

From what I read in UK magazines, Alfa is trailing in quality compare to BMW.

By: inline6

inline6 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:32:03 +0000

shaver, that’s totally false.

Can you tell me which Fiat products share a platform with the 159/Brera/Spider, the division’s bread-and-butter? What more pedestrian vehicles use the Alfa V6? What about the Q4 system?

Alfa most definitely does its own engineering and is responsible for its own production.

By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:21:30 +0000

Mini’s are selling at max capacity and BMW isn’t planning on increasing production. Getting Alfa’s in the same showrooms will absorb the excess demand. Nice position to be in!

By: shaver

shaver — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:16:48 +0000

Alfas are pretty, but they dont even do well in Europe outside Italy. Fiat had to save them from the brink and they are now just rebadged Fiats. Or in the case of the beautiful 8C a Maserati. They are really just marketing arm of Fiat with no real engineering or production of their own.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:07:11 +0000

It’ll be nice to have cars in this country that are actually pleasing to the eye.

By: Vosotros

Vosotros — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:35:03 +0000

I don’t think there’s any question that Alfa Romeo would do well in the US. They’ll be the stylish alternative to an Audi or BMW.

By: 02WRXPSM

02WRXPSM — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:33:25 +0000

This is absolutely awesome news, Alfa has some extraordinary sport sub-compacts that will tear the s**t out of American streets. BMW is stupid to put these next to MINIs, they will be competing with themselves inside the same dealership.

By: fuk-u-asshole

fuk-u-asshole — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:16:21 +0000

everybody loves alfa. the car you buy with you heart