American tastes

[adoherty@domain.elided (Adam Doherty)]

As a follow-up to the "No Alfas in the US" topic: One of the issues that 
kept surfacing was the idea that US drivers can't/don't want to drive in 
a spirited fashion. In short, don't appreciate Drivers Cars and that's 
why Alfas are no longer sold here.... I had a 
small epiphany as I was taking my dinner last night in front of the 
television, as is customary for bachelors, something many of you have 
forgotten...and noticed yet another car commercial of someone in a 
something-or-other pasting a map up in thin-air. Then get back into their 
'driver's car' and drive into the maps twisty roads that we apparently 
lack in the US. It dawned on me that there are increasingly more of this 
type 
of advertisement, enough to give the impression that people actually 
like to 
drive instead of make the A--->B transition. Certainly the highly payed 
geniuses that dream up these ads have their fingers on the pulse/wallets 
of America, and realize that people really do like spirited driving etc 
etc. Consequently, there is a sizeable and profitable market for 
'Driver's Cars' in the US. 
If this is so, I expect to see an advertisement for 156s, 147 and the 
like shortly. Q.E.D. 

I plan to eat-in alone more often so I can have that 
new GTV....

Adam

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