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[BlackLS]

I'll take a Sirocco thanks:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2...ciroccopa3.jpg

[Jondalar]

Rev28K my comment was a bit tongue in cheek, if you read further back in the thread you'll see I said I like the Mito and love the 8C. But comparing the 2 cars in the video doesn't do Alfa or the Mito any favours IMHO.

[Rev28K]

No worries Jondalar.

My comments came across without the humour I was intending to convey.

We're all car guys here so there shouldn't be many arguments :

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by BlackLS

I'll take a Sirocco thanks:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2...ciroccopa3.jpg

Not sure if she's changed her mind but the head of VW Australia was quoted as saying that there's not enough interest in selling the Scirocco in Australia. :

I'd consider one for my next car.

[Clint Eastwood]

There is something so cheap and nasty about alfa's compared to other euro's,and that thing has taken them to a new low.

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by drew`SEVNT5

Mate, you just don't get it, do you? Alfas are an object of passion, something that gets in your blood and never lets go (witness my 9 in the past 10 years, and the Alfa Romeo tattoo on my back)...then again, how can I expect someone with:

...to know what is a hideous car, and what isn't....nor to get the whole passion thing.

No hard feelings. I never saw it as a personal attack for the record...

But too many people I talk to (grown up with and met along the way on decent salaries) look at cars and say, "Wow..that car is nice, because others can't afford it."

I've asked them whether they'd ever consider a Ford, it's met with, "Nah, too common, and they're crap", although they've never been in one.

I'm a firm believer in the Falcon being one of the greatest bang-for-buck cars in the world (along with the Commodore too), and I simply am not interested in image or expensive price tags to determine who I am.

But I understand and respect your view. I guess your Alfa is my equivalent of Ford and beyond(I don't have tattoos :P).

So again, no hard feelings. Let's put it down to a misunderstanding.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Rev28K

Uglier?
Have you seen an 2007 8C Competizione?
Have you seen a 1970’s Giulia sedan?
The very first Suds weren't too pretty.
The 1980’s penultimate update of the Spider was a shocker.

The 8C is Alfas one exception. All the others look like crap, and the reliability is non existant. Some people get them, others don't. Since Alfa has gone mostly FWD I don't really see the point of them being called sporting, although i've read they are looking at a large RWD platform for a future model, which may be based on the next 300C if the Fiat/Chrysler deal goes ahead.

[CSV_LS1]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The 8C is Alfas one exception. All the others look like crap, and the reliability is non existant. Some people get them, others don't. Since Alfa has gone mostly FWD I don't really see the point of them being called sporting, although i've read they are looking at a large RWD platform for a future model, which may be based on the next 300C if the Fiat/Chrysler deal goes ahead.

Reliabilty is non existent? No need to over exaggerate. Last and latest generation Alfa aren't as bad as you say. If you don't keep them maintained then what would you expect. No manufacturer has a 100% reliable car on the market. FWD can be good on small to medium sized cars like the 147 and 156 but your right about them being no good on the big one like the 159.