No sightings in SF for any Guilia. Every M3 tries to race you, even in parking lot Why does the volume go to 38? Lots of thumbs up when driving around
2017 USA Alfa Romeo Giulia Sales:- Jan - 70 Feb - 412 Mar - 484 Apr - 634 May - 883 Jun - 992 Total - 3475
2017 Italy Alfa Romeo Giulia sales:- Jan - 766 Feb - 755 Mar - 887 Apr - 708 May - 1339 Jun - 1466 Total - 5921
Just having some fun the other night with a couple of QVs. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Good, so heading towards a 9000 car year. That is better than they ever did with the Milano and 164. I think the best year was in 1987 with just over 6000 Milano's combined with Spiders and left over GTV6's.
It's not worth the $7 million ad campaign they are running starting with 4 30 second spots on the Super Bowl plus the halftime sponsorship. That was $4m right there. There are already incentives on it in many places. While the auto market is slow, it's not a great sign given all the investment. Perhaps word of mouth will keep it going but they cannot continue to spend at this rate forever. Look for heavy incentives this fall. Alfa's hope now falls on the Stelvio.
I agree with that 100%...Fall should bring some great 4C Turbo Giulia deals, but most likely the QV will be harder to get a deal on. If they bring out the hybrid Giulia 4C turbo with 350hp the older 4C Giulia's will get real cheap.
Yes, but if the brand does not pick up more sales it will die a slow death. My feeling is Fiat is already in that mode unless they come up with something really cool to replace the 500.
I think the Alfa brand was supposed to be the life-line for the/some Fiat dealers. A Fiat/Maserati dealer (brand new building constructed for it) opened a few miles from me a few years ago. They expected to be awarded the Alfa brand when the 4c was coming, but they weren't and are now closed...
I am half expected that will happen. Until then, I plan to enjoy every minute. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Right now the money cars for Alfa are the TI and soon the Stelvio, not the QV. How many M3s do you think BMW sells relative to the regular 3 series cars? Give 'em a brake guys they came out of the shoot with the best sport sedan (and that includes to TI) and soon to be the best SUV and nobody, including everyone on here or alfabb or BMW or Mecedes or etc., saw it coming. It takes time after 20some odd years to get things going again. I drove many competitive cars before buying my TI, some new some that friends owned, and came away assured that I got the best sport sedan (in its price range) out there. People are taking notice.
Realistically Alfa will be selling approx 3k units per month in the US, similar to what Jaguar is doing. Considering their lineup and dealer network so far, I'd say that's not bad. It took Audi over 20 years to bring their cars from the ugly and unreliable 90's junk to who they are today. Theyre about to outsell BMW at this rate! At least Alfa has styling and dynamics nailed down tight, they just need market penetration, customer retention and continuous product launches.
Fabulous machines and a passable dealer network would work. They're finally back to doing the first. But getting the second has always been a weak point for Fiat. Buying Chrysler should give them some hints on running a dealer network in the US, if they can figure out how to leverage that. I mean, it's not like they bought Chrysler for the cars. (Especially after Daimler raided the Mopar engineering talent.)
ROFLMAO! The Hemi (spherical combustion) was outdated when Chrysler made their first, and yes my beloved Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV still embarrassingly has a hemispherical combustion chamber, and the heavy pistons that go with it ... but yes hemi engines, all of them not just Chrysler, turbo or super-charge well (witness the Alfa P3, 158/159, etc.). The Cosworth DFV of 1968 proved beyond any doubt that the flattest possible combustion chamber is the best, ie. ensures the most possible pressure is pushing the piston down, not sideways. Pete
Well not so fast there. Chrysler management did quite a bit in the late 1980s to kill off Maserati here with gross corporate over expenditures and a K car/Cordoba approach to marketing Italian luxury automobiles. This was after Maserati brought out their phase two Biturbos with FI. They may be doing the same thing again from what I hear. The last time Chrysler USA had a luxury car line that succeeded here was with the Imperial.
That is really an unfair comparison. Chrysler today is not the same Chrysler of the 80's and Alfa today is not Maserati under Detomaso. Detomaso was desperate for cash. I don't see anything that makes these two events relate. The problem is selling Alfa's in Fiat dealers. Some are sold in Maserati dealers which are more upscale. It's going to take some time for the change over.
