So is it the engine or the bodywork that is the deciding factor? Many Alfas have been nothing more than an Alfa engine in someone else's bodywprk, both by design and manufacture. Does this relegate Alfa to being merely a powerplant supplier?
If Alfa Romeo is going to claim a sale on their annual tally sheet.....it's an Alfa. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard C. Wagner Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2011 4:50 PM To: Alfa Digest Cc: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] Re: Is this an Alfa? Ben wrote: > Alfa has built motors to various formulae over the decades. To various formulae, yes. But never with inelegant designs and NEVER with unbalanced dynamics. No engine designer in his right mind considers a pushrod V-10 layout to be worthwhile. Would Merosi, Jano or Chiti have designed an engine like this? I think not. And I would think that anyone with an understanding of Alfa's engine design history would look at this engine and immediately say that it wasn't from the Cross and Serpent. 'Nuff said? > So, do the Alfa badges make it an Alfa? Nope. Rich Wagner Montrose, CO Mojave, CA Tehachapi, CA and points elsewhere... '82 GTV6 -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
