Come anticipate the return of Alfa Romeo to the US with me (also Alfa Romeo C/D, S/D, etc.)

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I was in Italy a couple months back and saw tons of 159s and Brera Spyders on the road.

http://www.eurocarblog.com/uploads/alfa_romeo_brera_spider_02.jpg

I'm not sure I'd ever buy one (gawd knows what the US-spec ones are going to be like), but they're fantastic looking.

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 27 April 2007 03:40 (eighteen years ago)

I'm hoping the FIAT 500 makes it over here in some fashion because of this. I used to want a Yaris, but...

http://www.leftlanenews.com/fiat-500-coming-to-america.html

― dan m, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

I love the 159 Sedan. Proportions are great and the fascia is both mean and beautiful.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 27 April 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

The thing about Alfas is this italian short-leg long-arm driving position that makes some of them cripplingly uncomfortable for my lanky-ass frame.

― stet, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

when the brera (which i think is much nicer than the spider) came out i almost went and begged my bank manager for a loan THERE AND THEN, at whatever crazy-ass rate he desired:

http://tuningnews.blogsome.com/images/KWAlfaRomeoBrera.jpg

but common sense prevailed. and then stet told me he'd seen one close-up, about six months later, with a headlight full of water and some other typical fucking alfa-style build-related fuck-up.

i still really, really, really fancy a late-era GTV:

http://www.alfaworkshop.co.uk/Final%2520image/Alfa%2520Romeo%2520GTV.jpg

and i think that, at some point in the next couple of years, i'll get one as cheaply as possible and just have some fun with it, even just for a few months. they do seem to be lasting; there was a V-reg one for sale at my gym, which seemed to be in perfect nick.

either that or i wait a couple more ~~years~~ hours for the brera to lose all residual value, and get one of them. vroom.

italian short-leg long-arm driving position

see, that's EXACTLY MY SHAPE.

― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 13 May 2007 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

hey, where did my GTV image go?

http://www.alfaworkshop.co.uk/Final%2520image/Alfa%2520Romeo%2520GTV.jpg

― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 13 May 2007 21:08 (seventeen years ago)

bastards.

http://www.carforums.net/reviews/makes/pictures/alfaromeo08.jpg

― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 13 May 2007 21:09 (seventeen years ago)

ooh yeh baby. etc.

― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 13 May 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

s: 159 (so beautiful), '80s GTV6, duetto roadster, the '60s GT coupes, the awesomely ugly SZ supercar, 155 V6 TI - maybe most advanced touring car ever from a technical viewpoint, looks magnificent in martini racing livery.

http://www.connect.fi/joni/3ALFAS.jpg

d: 33, narrow-body early version of the 155, alfa 6.

― haitch, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:47 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Changing jobs, new work doesn't provide company car anymore, need to buy one. Fallen in love with how Alfa looks (trying to convince myself that the rumors about technical snafu's are exaggerated), thinking about a 147 before they're phased out at the end of the year (to be replaced by the 149), but now I have a question:

Red?

http://i34.tinypic.com/313taq8.png

― StanM, Saturday, 9 August 2008 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

Nah...

― baaderonixx, Monday, 11 August 2008 13:17 (sixteen years ago)

Yeeeeeah bwoi.

― Upt0eleven, Monday, 11 August 2008 13:33 (sixteen years ago)

- : I'm not one to attract attention so this red may be too aggressive/show off-y for me

+ : they just look the best in alfa/ferrari red http://i37.tinypic.com/2nusm0i.jpg

― StanM, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:17 (sixteen years ago)

Never been a fan of Alfas myself

― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

Just got a call from the dealer, it's been delivered! (now they have to arrange
everything and next week I have to look for registration plate & insurance, and
the week after that it's mine! woohoo!)

http://i33.tinypic.com/dgglna.jpg

― StanM, Thursday, 16 October 2008 14:22 (sixteen years ago)

Congratulations! Glad you went with red

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 16 October 2008 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

Thx! Can't wait to go get it, might just drive there after closing hours so see if I can spot it on their yard! :-)

― StanM, Thursday, 16 October 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago)

Nice!

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago)

Alfa has finally officially returned to the states with the already sold out 8C.

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago)

Incredible car, that. No picture can do it justice - you have to see it in real life.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i166/f430spiderv8/8C/alfa-romeo-8c-competizione-montanas.jpg

and look at that interior! (eventually)

http://www.autoblog.nl/images/wp/Parijs/Alfa%20Romeo%208C%20Competizione%20interior.jpg
http://shows.autospies.com/gallery/auto-show-photos.asp?imageId=27366&galleryId=43

― StanM, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago)

Looks kinda weird I find

― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 14:40 (sixteen years ago)

more of a fan of this

http://blogueauto.branchez-vous.com/upload/2008/05/ferrari_california_2.jpg

― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 14:41 (sixteen years ago)

Mmm, nice too, yeah.

― StanM, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 14:53 (sixteen years ago)

I just bought a car and I already wanna buy a new one (despite never using the one I own...)

― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 15:03 (sixteen years ago)

Back on topic: Alfa's return to the US has been delayed. (MiTo to be sold by BMW/Mini dealers)

http://www.italiaspeed.com/2008/cars/alfa_romeo/10/usa/2510.html

― StanM, Sunday, 26 October 2008 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

http://i33.tinypic.com/w9cvub.jpg

― StanM, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

The Alfa Mito is pretty cute. I'd consider one over a Mini and the Volvo C30.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2332119343_00a8637484.jpg

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago)

I don't know, I like the front lights on the 8C, but on the MiTo they look too much like, well,

http://www.edmunds.com/media/advice/specialreports/instant.car.classics/70.vw.beetle.500.jpg

― StanM, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

WANT x 1000

http://img2.netcarshow.com/Alfa_Romeo-Giulietta_2011_1024x768_wallpaper_01.jpg

http://img2.netcarshow.com/Alfa_Romeo-Giulietta_2011_1024x768_wallpaper_05.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 February 2010 00:35 (fifteen years ago)

damnit... here:

http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200912/2011-alfa-romeo-giulietta_460x0w.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 February 2010 00:36 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.lincah.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2011-Alfa-Romeo-Giulietta-Rear-Angle-View-588x441.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 February 2010 00:36 (fifteen years ago)

SHIT just search on 2011 Giulietta

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 February 2010 00:37 (fifteen years ago)

Just saw it in Geneva -- it's nicer in the metal.

Pininfarina's rebodied 8C for the show is breathtakingly gorgeous, Bertone's is a 1970s Hot Wheels disaster.

― Three Word Username, Monday, 8 March 2010 17:00 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

Love it, but LOVE this Alfa/Bertone concept from Geneva!!!

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/06bertonepandionlive.jpg

The cylon fascia is amazing!!!!

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 9 April 2010 06:55 (fifteen years ago)

Wow, that is FANTASTIC

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 9 April 2010 07:28 (fifteen years ago)

Details and more pics. Check out the seats and the doors!
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/03/geneva-2010-bertone-alfa-romeo-pandion-concept-reaffirms-our-lov/

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 9 April 2010 07:43 (fifteen years ago)

Reminds me of someting Massimiliano Fuksas would design

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 9 April 2010 07:47 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Alfa has been hinting at a return to the U.S. for over a decade now. I'll believe it when I see them in a showroom. Although recent events make it more likely.

I would have strongly considered a MiTo had it been available when I bought my VW instead.

― Lee626, Thursday, 6 May 2010 08:12 (fifteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

US return delayed until 2013

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)

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