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Aghlevi,
It is very simple. For all those reasons, Alfa was not succesful in the States (there were other reasons as well, that aside).
I fully believe Alfa should not even TRY to sell cars in the US.
The American market is so very different than the one in Europe.
It was even more different back in the late '60's, early '70's.
Anyhow, US cars aren't exactly the finest quality themself. On the other hand, US consumers are buying small, fun cars nowadays.
If Alfa makes a serious new Spider, it should be something like a Miata.
Same price roughly, but faster, and looking better. I wonder if the US consumer would then 'forgive' a more lax quality? Not that old Alfa's were bad. Just shakes, rattles, parts falling off, sometimes bad electrics. Not like Ford Pinto's or anything like that.......
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