
11-28-2005, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Zinhead
GTV200 pretty much covered the entire chain of events...
As for Fiat, they initially had no intention of buying Alfa becuase they realized the terrible financial shape the firm was in. Only when Ford with thier deep pockets showed interest did they politically outmanouver the Americans and pick up the firm...
Since then, they have mismanaged Alfa as badly as the parent company.
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This is all very interesting. So how does this relatively recent history tie into the current trend of building high dollar 8C's and up-market models? Has Fiat changed its attitude about Alfa, or is there an outside impetus?
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