04-16-2006, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Alfa_Tiv
It's interesting people are hung up on the GM sourced blocks not being proper Alfa engines. The blocks maybe sourced from a partnership with GM (the joint development makes them atleast part Italian) but the heads and electronics are from Alfa. The bits that give an engine most of its character come from Alfa. As long as it looks, feels, sounds and drives like a "proper" Alfa engine, should anyone care?
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In the past Alfa engines were known for their quality and design. By many, Alfa developed what were considered the best engines on the market for the money and many of the inovations in engine design that were pioneered by Alfa inspired other auto manufacturers for generations. So, politics aside, I don't see why GM needs to provide them with inferior blocks than the ones Alfa use to produce themselves. If you ask me, Alfa should be the ones providing GM with blocks.
But alas, this isn't a perfect world that we live in. Fiat struggles and GM mass produces cheap engines and this is the result we have.
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