An Italian wins Car Of The Year, amazing!

[twowheeladdict]

Clarification- built identical except the engines, I should have said built for track use, a lot of factory parts were replaced on both cars, but the builds were spec'ed to match each other so the test could allow the engines to be differentiated.

Anyway, back to street use... you wondered about lumbar support on the seat.  Look at this article, it may offer some assistance if you are into DIY work.  Written for the 124, but may also apply for the ND MX5.  https://21stcenturyfiat124spider.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/adding-lumbar-support/

Steve.

Thanks for that link.  Ain't much to those seats like I suspected. 

[twowings]

This week's Alfa movie:





https://petrolicious.com/films/alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrifoglio-a-study-in-racing-genetics

[taz]

I picked up the Giulia Q4 Ti in July, car is a joy to drive.  No visits to the dealer and pretty reliable.  the 2.0 Turbo is very impressive 0-60 5.1 seconds.  I went from a fantastic, but uninspiring MB S550 that was an excellent drive, but was not fun.  The Alfa is a pure grin machine. 

It did win COTY at Motor Trend
10 Best Cars from Car & Driver
Made top 10 in Robb Report

Early builds had software issues, post May 17 builds seem to be well sorted. 

[ohiorider]

This goes back years.  Probably 1988.

My company had sold a plant-wide broadband networking system to one of the major US auto manufacturers.  We'd originally negotiated with their plant engineers, but in the interim, a company owned by Ross Perot had been hired to manage plant networking.

We did have a problem with one model of our RF networking devices.  The plant had nearly 30 of our Network Interface Units  that needed retrofitted, however, they were several months out of warranty.

I went to bat for the customer.  Got them a price of $50 a unit to upgrade their out-of-warranty products, instead of the initial $400.

When I approached them with the $50 offer,  their response was (as they stared me down) 'what would YOU think of a company that would want to charge you to repair an obviously defective product?'

My response wasn't corporately responsible, but I just couldn't help myself.  My response was simply "I owned a Vega."

[Gramps_Guzzi]

The Chevrolet Vega won Car of the Year in '71, so I don't find that award all that impressive. 

Yep I owned a 71 Vega wagon "Camback GT" from new in 71 till I finally sold it in 73.
What a POS it was.
I don't think any of the body parts fit together properly, it leaked water and rattled from new.
Luckily though I did not experience any of the notorious engine problems.

I recall that at the time it was GM's answer to the Japanese auto onslaught.
So much for automobile patriotism, Live and Learn.

[twowheeladdict]

I picked up the Giulia Q4 Ti in July, car is a joy to drive.  No visits to the dealer and pretty reliable.  the 2.0 Turbo is very impressive 0-60 5.1 seconds.  I went from a fantastic, but uninspiring MB S550 that was an excellent drive, but was not fun.  The Alfa is a pure grin machine. 

It did win COTY at Motor Trend
10 Best Cars from Car & Driver
Made top 10 in Robb Report

Early builds had software issues, post May 17 builds seem to be well sorted. 

I stopped in the fiat / Alfa dealer to see the recaro seats in the 124 spider.  Saw your car but what really drew me in was the Stelvio.  I'm not paying over $50k for a car though.  The seats in both Alfas looked amazing though.

[Moto]

I stopped in the fiat / Alfa dealer to see the recaro seats in the 124 spider.  Saw your car but what really drew me in was the Stelvio.  I'm not paying over $50k for a car though.  The seats in both Alfas looked amazing though.

The driver's seats on the city buses I take to my office are Recaros. 

[JJ]

Never owned or drove an Alfa Romeo, but always admired these:  1975 GTV Rally car. :1:

[Tom]

The driver's seats on the city buses I take to my office are Recaros. 

Same thing for the Honolulu buses.

[twowings]

All-Alfa, all the time:

https://petrolicious.com/films/corsa-spec-alfa-romeo-gta-sparks-its-pilots-passion


https://petrolicious.com/films/this-alfa-romeo-spider-is-a-well-oiled-multitool

[JJ]

All-Alfa, all the time:

https://petrolicious.com/films/corsa-spec-alfa-romeo-gta-sparks-its-pilots-passion


https://petrolicious.com/films/this-alfa-romeo-spider-is-a-well-oiled-multitool

Well, along with a red Alfa Romeo Spider...I guess I would drive one of these gemstones!!






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