Alfa to return?

[Vito Pacione <vito@domain.elided>]

All of the magazines I have read continue to deny either Alfa or Fiat
coming back to the states. What is the source of the information below?

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>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:11:21 -0500
>From: James Seabolt <jseabolt@domain.elided>
>Subject: The return of Fiat...
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>>Well folks, it looks like Alfa is coming back to the U.S.!  Let's hope
>>the 156 and the GTV make it here soon after the spider.
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>You just opened up the biggest can of worms.
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>Has anyone seen that new Mercury Cougar that Ford is coming out with? They
>did away with the larger one and came out with a new smaller version based
>on the Contour/Mistique platform.
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>I can't decide if it looks more like a Fiat Coupe or an Alfa Coupe. Even the
>tail lights resemble the ones found on a Fiat Coupe, in my opinion.
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>I would have expected something like this from Honda or Toyota, but Ford? 
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>Here's some pics. You be the judge.
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>http://www.sentrycars.com/cougar/
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