Drools Lustfully

[fritz katzenjammer]

Gee… we’ve nothing properly useful or reliable in the lineup, let’s make a replica of one of our old show cars and see if we can drum up some business.

I once worked on the development of a component for a new six speed transmission for Fiat. After a couple of years of hard work by everyone involved Fiat deemed the complete unit ready for production. Twenty thousand transmissions were manufactured and far too many didn’t work so the new unit was deemed too unreliable to be used in a Fiat.


Let that soak in for a moment.


The unit was used in the next new Alfa platform.

 

[icowden]

Good to see that they are doing a BEV version of it.

 

[cyberknight]

Roof rack and / or trailer surely

how does it cope with speed bumps ?

 

[fossyant]

Now that is nice.

 

[fossyant]

Good to see that they are doing a BEV version of it.

Good god no - replace the roar with a washing machine spin noise !

 

[biggs682]

It's an Alfa Romeo so one thing's for certain it will do much mileage as it will always being worked upon

 

[presta]

I bet there's not enough headroom in it.

 

[Drago]

It's an Alfa Romeo so one thing's for certain it will do much mileage as it will always being worked upon

Alfa engineers train at Land Rover

 

[fossyant]

Alfa engineers train at Land Rover

Aye, but they still mess it up using Bosch electrial components. The 147 Selespeed I had as a co car was lovely, but loads of electrical issues and everything was Bosch !

 

[Gunk]

Alfa engineers train at Land Rover

They let the customers carry out the final development?

 

[Drago]

Aye, but they still mess it up using Bosch electrial components. The 147 Selespeed I had as a co car was lovely, but loads of electrical issues and everything was Bosch !

Aye, people still get misty eyed over the Bosch name, but the modern far Eastern manufacturered product isn't the automatic guarantee of quality it was 40 years ago.

 

[cookiemonster]

It's an Alfa Romeo so one thing's for certain it will do much mileage as it will always being worked upon

You're getting Alfa Romeo mixed up with Lancia.

 

[biggs682]

You're getting Alfa Romeo mixed up with Lancia.

No I am not, talking from experience

 

[Beebo]

I think the original is nicer.

And would be more expensive if you could find one for sale.
Although the new one is sold out too.

 

[Drago]

As much as I admire the engineering prowess and all that, I can't help thinking that such a frivolous waste of resources shows how car manufacturers are remaining tone deaf as regards the slowly growing environmental concerns.