[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #422

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't hold your breath. People at FIAT tell me that returning to the US 
market, while something that the company would LIKE to do, is a very 
low priority project. There is no staff nor even an "on-paper" 
department set-up to facilitate such a return. There is a vague notion 
in the company that yes, someday Alfa will come back to the US market, 
but it keeps getting pushed back. The new Brera coupe and roadster, for 
instance, are being designed with US DOT regulations in mind, as have 
the new 158 and 168 sedans, but the cars are just designed so that they 
CAN be made to comply, not so that they actually DO comply. The only 
thing that "might" change this is if Fiat & Ferrari boss Luca Di 
Montezemolo decides to take Alfa out from under the auspices of the 
Fiat Auto Group and puts it under the Ferrari/Maserati group (Bingo! 
instant dealer network). This is something that Di Montezemolo has 
talked about when he was just Ferrari's head, but he's been the top dog 
at Fiat Corporate for several months, now and has yet to move on that 
proposal.

  George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'



On Nov 16, 2004, at 9:38 AM, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:10:24 -0500
> From: "Chris Sasso" <Chris.Sasso@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] 2006 return?
>
> The current issue of Popular Mechanics (December 2004) has a note on
> page 62 that Alfa will return to the US in 2006 with the GTV and Spyder
> (their spelling).  Can anyone here confirm Alfa is indeed returning?
>
> Chris
> Miami, FL
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