View Single Post
  #10 (permalink)  
Old 08-29-2006, 02:36 PM
italiansedanman's Avatar
italiansedanman italiansedanman is offline
Senior Member
Gold Subscriber
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Byron Bay, Australia
Posts: 1,587
No, you definately cant make the most out of either an Alfa twin cam or a BMW M10 with an autobox, but I think in the seventies it was a prestige novelty to offer these cars with autoboxes as options. My mechanic in Melbourne refers to them as "boatanchors". I think we have to remember that Alfas and BM's were just as much ladies cars as they are today, back in the seventies, and the more they could sell - the better.
Reply With Quote