[alfa] Stupid looking Alfas

[C M Smith <cmsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well now maybe the Disco Volante is your cup of tea but I say there goes a 
stupid looking car that might grow on you, maybe if you take the right 
drugs often enough and I don't mean prescription drugs. Even worse is that 
postwar GT coupe (can't remember the designation, but Alan de Cadenet 
drives one on the Victory by Design series and loves it but only from the 
inside surely, oh and I mean post WW II not the original WW now referred to 
as WWI). I can safely opine that BMW does not have a monopoly on ugly 
design briefs.

The prettiest mass production car ever made has to be the Bertone GTV from 
the late 60's to the inception of the Alfetta GT. There are certainly more 
interesting designs but has the pure perfection of size, line and stance 
ever been equalled by anyone anywhere for under multi $$$?

 I mean even the late 60's early 70's BMW 3.0 coupe is not as tight and 
complete a design, though pretty good looking for a German car (as an aside 
has anyone seen what appallingly ugly cars the Germans are trying to pass 
off as stylish these days? I mean the Bangle Beemers are breathtakingly 
ugly, even a Pontiac Aztec has some intellectual honesty about it by 
comparison, but the newest Mercedes coupe/sedan and the newer Audis are 
just butt ugly and make even Bangle designs look halfway reasonable)

Cheers (and too bad I'm  long in the torso 6 footer or I might look for one 
of those Bertone GTV gems, even though I prefer the feel of the GTV6).

Michael


Michael Smith
White 1991 164L
Original owner
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