Re: Alfa's return delayed or scrapped? 2005 Spider also scrapped?

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

Autoweek is a mediocre publication at best, and seems to be getting 
worse in the factual errors department, but what cracks me up re: all 
the Fiat rumors is the fact that www.autonewseurope.com and the 
affiliated www.autonews.com (abridged both in name and content), 
which always seem to have accurate information, are owned by the same 
company as Autoweek, I believe.  If I'm wrong, ignore this post and 
find me a GTV6 headlight switch.

At 3:10 PM -0400 6/28/02, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:06:14 -0700
> From: George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Alfa's return delayed or scrapped? 2005 Spider also scrapped?>
>
> I am acquainted with the Fiat Press Relations Representative for the United
> States. He told me some weeks ago that Autoweek is WRONG. The plans to bring
> Alfa back in 2005 have not been scrapped, and the Spider and Brera projects
> are on schedule. Alfa is the only Fiat division which is doing well, and
> according to 'European Auto News' website, the plans are for all Alfa
> development to proceed INCLUDING the return to the USA.
>
> George Graves
>
>
> on 6/27/02 1:20 PM, alfa-digest at owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided wrote:
>
> >
> > Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:03:44 -0400
> > From: ALFAXTC@domain.elided
> > Subject: Alfa's return delayed or scrapped? 2005 Spider also scrapped?
> >
> > This may have been posted already, not sure, but someone just 
> give the May 20,
> > 2002 Autoweek magazine with an article that said due to financial 
> trouble of
> > Fiat the plan to bring Alfa back in 2004 has been scrapped.  Also 
> the the 2005
> > Spider (which is the car Alfa wants to bring back to the US first) is in
> > question due to a lack of cash to properly develope the new all-wheel drive
> > platform.
> >
> > Can this be?  No new Alfa's for us?
> >
> > Alan
> > 88 Milano 3.0
> > 87 Spider Quad
> > 88 Spider Grad
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