RE: Alfetta Berlina?

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> Berlina does simply mean sedan, and what was referred to in this
> country as the Alfetta Sport Sedan was called the Alfetta Berlina in
> other markets.  If you've never seen or heard of the Sport Sedan (and
> they are indeed very rare here), imagine a car roughly the same size
> and shape as an early 5-series BMW, but was the same underneath as the
> '75-'79 Alfetta GT coupe.  More or less the same bodywork was used in the
> first car to use the V6, the Alfa Six, which wasn't imported over here.

Or better yet,

Imagine a car that Volkswagen might have copied to create the first Jetta
(rhymes with Alfetta).  The Alfetta sedan and the early Jetta look similar
enough that they could almost share body panels.

bs

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