Re: REAL Alfas

[Italiacars@domain.elided]

In a message dated 3/16/00 10:44:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< > >>>>>>They haven't made REAL Alfas since WWll.
 > ==========================
 > who owned alfa prior to fiat in '89?
 
 The Italian government.  They bought it right after WWII (or maybe just
 before?), which was the last time you could buy a *real* Alfa.  Well
 actually the last time you could buy a real Alfa was before Nicola Romeo
 bought the company.. >>

Now imagine the US Government building cars or any business run by the 
Federal gov't. Think about the product you would receive.  All one has to do 
is compare Postal Systems. While we all complain about how horrible the US 
Postal
Service is (a few shootings aside), it is still the most efficient in the 
world. But compared to Federal Express it's a joke. The Italian Federal Govt. 
has taken civil servant inefficiency to a fine art.  

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