Re: Alfa coming back (now) in 2007??

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

I'm afraid that I'm forced to agree with you. Damn!

George Graves



On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 08:20  AM, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 02:28:25 EDT
> From: CARIBOULH@domain.elided
> Subject: Alfa coming back (now) in 2007??
>
> Some of you may remember several months ago I made a prediction that 
> Alfa
> would never return to the US. What I surmised would occur was an 
> announced
> delay of the reintroduction from say 2003 or 2004 to a later date and 
> then at
> that later date they'd say it was delayed indefinitely and finally 
> they'd
> just forget about it. I received a lot of email responses at that time 
> saying
> I was wrong and for certain Alfa would be back for a multitude of 
> reasons.
>
> Well... in this weeks Automotive news is the following short front 
> page story:
>
> <<Alfa's return set for '07
>
> By <A HREF="mailto:lucaciferri@domain.elided";>Luca Ciferri</A>
> Automotive News / September 09, 2002
>
> >
> TURIN, Italy -- Alfa Romeo's return to the United States has been 
> delayed
> again.
>
> Sources say Fiat Auto's sporty brand won't go on sale in North America 
> until
> 2007, three years later than originally planned. The relaunch has been
> postponed twice. Fiat pulled Alfa Romeo out of the United States in 
> 1995.
>
> The delays have been caused by problems developing models that meet 
> U.S.
> safety and emission regulations, and lack of funding for the marketing
> campaign needed to reintroduce the brand.
>
> Alfa Romeo wants to return to the United States with a full range of 
> products
> - - the replacements for the 147, 156, Spider, GTV coupe and a 
> full-sized sport
> wagon.>>
>
> This is the first step of the three I predicted would happen... an 
> announced
> long delay. This buys them three or so more years before they announce 
> the
> second step... an "undetermined" length of delay. As much as I'd love 
> to see
> Alfa back here in the U.S., I said it before and I'll say it again... 
> face it
> folks, they aren't coming back.
>
> Ed at Caribou
> www.caribou.cc
> www.AlfaSpider.cc
> www.Renovo-USA.com
> www.convertible.top.ms
> www.SportsCarConverters.com
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