There are some automakers that just can’t escape their reputations for poor reliability. Most enthusiasts won’t expect Toyota reliability from a Land Rover and even GM has been having problems making V8s lately, and that was the thing GM did best! Now Alfa Romeo is back in the news.
As Brian reported, Alfa Romeo is essentially starting over the next generation Stelvio platform to accommodate gas engines. One reader was savage. Sklooner:
Great, this will give them time to get the reliability all sorted out.
Thomas wrote about the prices of cars on a per seat basis. Ash78:
Awesome, this is top-notch obscure, offbeat auto journalism.
Vaguely reminds me of a time we loaded up the minivan and visited a museum in Atlanta with these obscure “green car parking only” parking spots. It was a pretty empty lot, so I took one for a couple hours.
The lady at the desk noticed and asked us if we knew about the parking spot guidelines. I pointed out that we had just done 100mpg per person (25mpg with 4 people) which is technically WAY more efficient than a Prius with one person in it, which was the gold standard for green cars at the time.
She chuckled and was very gracious about it.
Adrian wrote about the new Singer’s design. PlatinumZJ:
They put a Habsburg jaw on the car? :/
The paint does look really nice though.
Finally, the feds have decided to mostly look the other way after someone tampers with emissions devices. Jay Vette:
What they do with their property shouldn’t be anyone’s business but their own. If they want to add things like wider tires, aftermarket intakes, shorter gearing, or different software after the truck has left the factory, they should be able to.
This statement only has merit when what you want to do does not unduly affect someone else. And spewing pollution into the air and making the air worse for everyone else is the very definition of affecting someone else. This is no different fundamentally than smoking cigarettes indoors and making your habit everyone else’s problem.
As the Autopian‘s resident diesel-afflicted staffer, I agree. Diesel power is awesome, but so is cleaner air, so I keep my diesels stock, emissions equipment and all.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Topshot image graphic: Alfa Romeo.
It would be nice if Singer moved on to other makes and models.
“The Mazda GLC reimagined by Singer” has a nice ring to it.
So they can make multi-million-dollar versions of other cars too?
If I had enough money, I’d ask them about a Crown Vic.
Although, ICON might be a better choice given what they did to that Chevy Caprice a while back.