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The price of $20000-$25000 for an Alfa Romeo of these specifications is unobtainable (even if we are talking about a brasilian made Alfa.That's a Fiat's price tag).
Although an old fashioned Alfista,pissed off with Fiat's policy on Alfa (i wouldn't swap my Alfetta GTV with a Brera V6 and i prefer the reasonably priced and honest Fiat Croma 2.4 JTDM instead of the expensive 159's optional equipment's high charges-believe it or not -$1000 for metallic paint) i came to this conclusion:Alfa's purchase by Fiat will benefit Alfa Romeo in the future.This purchase's real victim was Lancia (Alfa's alter ego).Having two strong brands under the same umbrella and trying to reinforce Alfa's share in the italian market (in 1992 Alfa's share was 2,5% against 7.5% Lancia's share), Fiat's decision in general terms was the following:Alfa will build sport cars andLancia will build luxurycars.It's a sad story that Lancia ended up building Fiat's based and engined models under another name using chromium, alcantara and leather interior trims and hi-tech BOSE audio equipment.Gone are supercars like Stratos.Alfa made the limited production ES-30.Gone is racing involvement.Lancia's golden racing history with 10 world champion titles with Stratos,037 and Delta was followed by Alfa's mediocre presence in peripheral european championships.Lancia withdrew from right hand drive markets.Fiat is planning Alfa's come back to the US market.Lancia has a continuous shrinking range of models.Alfa has a continuous renewed and improved -at least in terms of quality- range.
So let us not be so pessimistic and critical of Alfa's position and future prospect.Let us all lament the glorious past,present and dubious future of Lancia.