I think Fiat is marketing Alfa very well and they appear to be selling well and whilst they are doing this they are letting Lancia die a slow painful death. The new Alfas are very nice, shame i cant afford one :)
In 1990 Alfa pulled out of Australia and a Fiat a few years before. Alfa returned in 1998 (i think it was 1998) when they released the 156 and they been exceptionaly well ever since. I think there is also plans to reintroduce Fiats. In Australia Alfa earned itself a very poor name, by making some pretty mechanicaly troublesom cars with quite poor build quality and prone to rust. Mainly 33s, Sud and others. The 164 sold exceptionaly poorly too, i dont think the styling was a big hit here. Lancias were better before Fiat took control of them, i think the Fulvia and 2000 Berlina were that last great Lancias. The Beta was a different car to any prior Lancia and was more like a Fiat, but with better build quality. Regards, Paul Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gianfranco Irlanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:27 AM Subject: RE: Lancia (was: Re: MZ-S Cost...Hey Pentax.) > Lewis, Gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well Gianfrance, I do not have a Lancia..but I do have a 93 > Alfa Romeo 164L > > and a 1983 Alfa GTV-6. > > > > The GTV-6 is a very good car that didn't sell very well in > Italy, because all the cars over 2000 cm� at that time were > charged of a huge tax. > Now Alfa and Lancia belong to the same group (for a short period > they were together as "Alfa-Lancia Industriale". I don't know > how Fiat, owner of the two brands, is managing the different > companies now). > > Gianfranco > NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
