12-05-2004, 06:30 PM
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Location: Sydney Australia
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Originally Posted by dretceterini
I really do hope that they produce the 8C, althought it would be WAY out of my price range. It would be nice if Alfa used this car to bring the company some prestige, because right now they need it. The entire Alfa range is getting dated, and it would be great if Alfa became Ferrari's "sedan and inexpensive GT division", rather than another GM piece of crap.
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I'd be much more favourable of this car if it had the Alfa Romeo v6, or even a 4 cylinder engine in it, instead of the Maserati motor which just elevates it right out of where Alfa Romeo needs to place itself to continue ...
Alfa Romeo cannot take on Maserati, nor do I (yep my opinion  ) want them to. There is a niche (especially in Australia) for well priced fun sports coupes, which is what Alfa Romeo used to make (yes I know they used to make the best and fastest cars in the world in the 30's but that market now is satuated) and do it well. This currently is filled by the Nissan 350Z and they are selling like hot cakes because they have no competition because the new Alfa GT completely sucks dynamically thanks to FWD.
Pete
Last edited by PSk; 12-05-2004 at 06:34 PM.
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