re: Alfa / (ford)

[SLuftman@domain.elided]

If you want to see a Ford Alfa take a Ford Contour SVT and put an Alfa grill 
on it. Not a bad car, if you don't mind FWD. Me given the choice I'd take a 
156, but no one is giving me the choice.
Oh and the next generation of Alfas would be based on that Gen X Volvo!
Steve

In a message dated 2/8/00 4:42:41 PM, owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

>tead of fiat - not only
>wood alfa be thriving over here, i bet ya *anything* there woodn't be wery
>many
>(if *any*)fwd alfa's!  and how many *regular* folks know that ford owns
>jaguar
>or aston-martin?  it sure ain't apparent from the product - aston & jag
>*still*
>retain their unique qualities - i'm sure ford wooda let alfa do the same.
>
>i'd *love* an alfa 156...  *if* it were rwd...  or at *least* awd...  no
>way i'm
>ever gonna spend big $$$ on a fwd car, i don't care *how* wonderful the
>engine
>sounds... 
>
>will owen flat-out *nails* it when he talks about alfa owning the 
sports-sedan
>market after wwll, and then handing it over to bmw, w/their 1500/1800/1600/20
02.
>i remember *almost* buying my 1st alfa - a berlina - back in '76, when
>i was 20.
>*no way* i was gonna buy a car where *they all* grind in 2nd gear!  i was
>wet
>behind the ears, but most of the car-buying public is like that.  of course,
>now
>i don't care - i'm middle-aged-n-stupid!  2nd gear - grind away!!!!  but,
>most
>of the car-buying public *still* won't put up w/it.  too bad - alfa
>style-n-feel, combined w/ford bean counters-n-marketing-n-quality control,
>wooda
>been a *lot* nicer than *anything* alfa's done since fiat.  imagine alfa's
>current line-up, but rwd - talk about needing drool-buckets, get out the
>mops!
>
>one person's opinion,
>
>doug "flame suit on" sedon
>

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