Which Would You Buy: Mazda, Fiat, or Alfa? (With Poll)

"hethoughtofcars" (hethoughtofcars) 04/09/2014 at 17:32 • Filed to: mazda miata, fiat, alfa romeo, spider

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*Repost from this morning*

Mazda will supposedly !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the New York Auto show on April 16. Sergio Marchionne has claimed that all Alfa Romeos must be made in Italy, which means a new Spider would be designed and built in Italy, likely giving the MX-5 under-pinings to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Which would you buy?

Mazda MX-5

It's been going around for awhile, but yeah, the Miata does seem to be !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The 2015 model year will be the 25th anniversary of the Japanese roadster and through 3 generations I'd say Mazda has done fairly well. Front engine, rear wheel drive, a dedication to lightness and handling. An homage to British roadsters but with Mazda reliability. This will almost undoubtedly be the least expensive of the three. We all love the Miata, but...

Fiat/Abarth MX-5

Does the MX-5 have the passion of an Italian car? Japan is best known for beige. Most reviews of a car like the Nissan GT-R I've seen have called it, basically, technically perfect but soulless. Will a fourth gen Miata fall into that category? What if you could have the reliability and precision of the MX-5, but in a body from the country that has turned out the most sexiest designs ever? Is this the perfect compromise?

Alfa Romeo Spider

Clearly for the purist. And hey, Alfas are more reliable today then when they left the US market, right? Have you seen the 4C? How about one for half the price (and no freaky headlights, hopefully)? No Japanese engine will ever have the feel or the exhaust of a designed and built in-house Italian roadster. It will be idiosyncratic and purely Alfa Romeo. Of the three, this will likely be the most expensive, but it will also be the cheapest Italian-built car in America. If you could buy a Spider for Toyota Avalon money, wouldn't you have to do it?

Which Would You Buy?

Enginerrrrrrrrr > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 10:33

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I'm pretty sure we all know which one is gonna win...

Soloburrito > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 10:42

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The answer is always-OMFG LOOK AT THAT ALFA!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 10:44

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There are only two cars I can think of that I want to buy new at the moment. The F-Type, and the potential Alfa Spider.

The F-Type is far too expensive, so it's just the Alfa Spider.

I will scrimp and save to get one if they release it. Otherwise I'll just go back to buying crusty £1500 Jags :)

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 11:18

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You guys think the Alfa is going to be just a prettier Mazda, but I guarantee the spring/damper tuning is going to much different on each car, with the Alfa for the worst. Even if that's not the case it's not like the Mazda's Kodo design language is bad. Infact I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's going to be better looking than the Alfa.

Jayhawk Jake > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 11:32

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The Alfa. Is this even a question?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 04/09/2014 at 17:36

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Reportedly after seeing the Alfa proposal the Mazda designers went back to the drawing board with their design.

Whether that means it'll be a better design or not I don't know.

davedave1111 > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 17:37

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I don't want Fiat to build a new Barchetta on the MX-5 platform. I want them to build a new 850 on the Panda/500 platform*.

(*Not exactly the same platform, but closely related. And the details of platforms are more geeky than interesting.)

A low-powered, lightweight, tiny little sports car with great handling is just what Fiat needs to produce right now. It'll get the woman/hairdresser market, and also attract the enthusiasts after the handling.

For that matter, it's about time we had a Panda (or at least Punto, but preferably Panda) cabrio again.

For Sweden > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 17:41

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Mazda because cheap

McLarry > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 17:43

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repost = invitation to vote twice :P

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 17:45

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Apparently, I'm part of a small minority here that actually wants a Scorpion Roadster...

EL_ULY > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 18:01

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Mazda. I don't really like those Alfa's. Fiat is meh.

The real answer is C5 Z06 for that moneyz :]

Asphalt > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 18:07

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An Abarth roadster! That way you get the looks and engine that the Alfa would get but at a much cheaper price...

Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds > hethoughtofcars 04/09/2014 at 18:07

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Why not Alfiata Spyder MX-5?

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/09/2014 at 19:17

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Sorce.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 04/09/2014 at 19:24

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Sod's law I can't find it now. Not sure where that came from either, so feel free to disregard it as internet twaddle if you wish.