Alfa will get a 911 rival

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 08/22/2014 at 18:16 • Filed to: None

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...instead of Miata based roadster.

How Italian is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ?

Moves-Like-Senna > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 18:22

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I forgive you Sergio

mcseanerson > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 18:25

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As much as I love the idea of more aggressive Alfas this makes me a bit sad as it seems we won't ever get an affordable Alfa. Where's our 1-series/ATS competitor?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > mcseanerson 08/22/2014 at 18:39

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This is your 1 Series competitor, but it's not coming to 'murica.

mcseanerson > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 18:42

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I thought they were phasing out all the fwd stuff though. No matter, I have lusted after that one from afar for some time.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 18:45

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El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > mcseanerson 08/22/2014 at 18:47

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A final decision on that has not yet been made.

Still, you can always go for a Mazda 3, from a distance, nobody will notice the difference.

All Motor Is Best Motor > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 18:48

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The new 3 and 6 are absolutely incredible looking vehicles.

CAR_IS_MI > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 19:01

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Give it another 6 months and you will see Alfa is not going to produce anything, just like always... Here, look at this totally awesome concept that we are totally going to build. (some time later) Were not going to build that totally awesome concept, instead, we're going to build this totally awesome concept (rinse, lather, repeat)

Eazy-O > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 19:34

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Hm, since you suggested using the Mazda3 as a substitute, here's a quick and nasty 'chop:

The 6C front end from up there and the wheels from 159 Ti. Huh, eh? :)

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/22/2014 at 20:09

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Its just so beautiful.

KillerRaccoon - Group J's Sébastien Loeb > mcseanerson 08/22/2014 at 20:24

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No company is ever going to phase out FWT stuff. It's too space- and engergy-efficient.

anothermiatafanboy > Eazy-O 08/22/2014 at 20:39

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that looks incredible. Like something is see in road and track. Good show mate!

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Eazy-O 08/22/2014 at 21:03

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yes, I'd like to buy one please

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Eazy-O 08/22/2014 at 21:39

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Kinda looks like a 4 door brera, I like it make it so

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/24/2014 at 06:05

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While the 911 competitor is music to my ears, I can't help but think 'why not both'?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 08/24/2014 at 07:25

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Because Mazda doesn't build cars in Italy, that's why.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/24/2014 at 17:29

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Yeah I've heard that, although that sounds like union bollocks to me. I don't see how any marque that wants to have a volume global presence can restrict itself to one country of manufacture.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 08/24/2014 at 18:18

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They even said that they won't initially go after Mercedes, BMW or Lexus numbers, if you add that to the fact that Fiat's Italian plants are badly underused, there is a lot of room to build enough to meet the targets of their 5 year plans. Even if demand for Alfa is bigger than expected, they can shift cheaper Fiats to factories like Poland, Serbia, Turkey and South America, keeping the higher priced cars, in the more expensive Italy.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 08/26/2014 at 01:40

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Good point actually. I was just thinking about increased shipping costs, especially to the US, but I doubt they'd exceed the costs of letting a factory run idle.