Re: Alfa's future

["Thomas Moll" <moltek@domain.elided>]

What would indeed have been bad news some years ago are actually good news
today. The latest version of the Corvette, specifically the Z06 version, is
now considered the standard in production car handling. In magazine tests
last year it out handled cars wearing Porsche, Ferrari and Lotus badges so
the handling problems of past are gone. I have driven several Corvettes from
the 70s, 80s and 90s but having had the opportunity to drive a last
generation Z06 at our favorite race track up here in the Northwest I can
only agree. My only complaint about the Z06 is that it feels too big and
heavy but at last years time trial I was the fastest car around the track,
on street tires! My closest competition was a Ferrari 355 F1 on R compound
tires driven by a young hotshot. The rest of the field, including Pors__e
twin turbos and 944 turbo s' were all far behind. That kind of result is
hard to argue with and I think that if Alfa Romeo builds a car with the
Corvette suspension and chassis stiffness but make it smaller and lighter
with Alfa Romeo designed exterior, interior and engine to match the lighter
car they will have an out of the box winner.

Thomas Moll
Seattle
1 78 Alfetta GT (daily driver)
1 76 Alfetta GT (mandatory shell in the back yard)
1 74 Spider (E production project, maybe for sale...)
0 Corvettes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Luca" <nodoubt@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>; <alfa75@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:58 AM
Subject: Alfa's future


> I read in a magazine lotsa things about alfa.
> The upcoming Sprint, the new GTV & spider that will be
> out by 2005 and be sold in USA too.... up to a scary
> thing:  There will be a sport car, called SPORTIVITA' EVOLUTA,
> with a 3.5 liter engine... based upon the Chevy CORVETTE frame.
> This scary idea comes out the business agreement with GM.
> Now we all know that Alfa was known to be one of the best
> handling cars. We already lost this with newer 156 GTA and 147 GTA
> (they are powerful, but handling 250hp FWD is hard and in racetrack
> the diesel 3.0 by BMW beats our beloved GTA 3.2V6, and beats it
> hard!).  We already lost the famous handling... but what's up
> when the next sporty alfa will be based upon the sport car
> with worst handling in the world?????????
>
> You better keep your 75 and Alfettas top shape, even those ruty
> ones spread over your backyard. They will be all we can enjoy
> in the future, unless we can buy a brand new M3.
>
> Luca
>
> nodoubt,
> "With dreams to be a king first one should be a man" Joey DeMaio
> 937, 75 Turbo, RM250
>
>
> http://nvr2fst.supereva.it
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