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I agree on both counts. It's a great marque and deserves better. If Cadillac can do it, surely Alfa can. Besides, I want more alternatives to the 'me too' German triumvirate, especially now that Saab is gone

Have you ever owned one? Definitely not a Honda or Toyota, but as long as you do the maintenance and drive the piss out often it's quite dependable. That's kinda the secret w older Italian cars.

Things have been evolving for decades in Europe. It's only because we've had cheap gas for a long time and stubbornly adhere to dated stereotypes that we're only getting these excellent powertrains here now.

It's easy to dismiss these cars, but the Seville bustleback is now becoming an iconic classic and the Mk VII signified Lincoln really turning the corner and making a serious effort at evolving away from land yachts to a more driver focused luxury coupe. They actually drove pretty well for the time. The GM Diesel needs…

Ford didn't have any OHC V8s until '94. The famed 302 / 5.0 (actually a 4.9) of the Windsor family of engines was a conventional pushrod engine.

By 'tricks' do you mean more sophisticated technology and engineering? Yes. Although the GTV6 was never a paragon of reliability, it wasn't the nightmare so many misinformed believe it to be either. The durability of the engine was never in question, that's for sure. Callaway tried to blow one up before a tear down to…

I can't help but feel that if BMW had beat the Alfas everyone would be cawing about how superior RWD is to FWD, such is the bias. ETCC Cars are actually heavily based on production cars, unlike the more extreme DTM racers. They have to keep the same type of suspension and geometry variations are heavily restricted.

This man deserves an Oscar

FWD Alfa 156s not only kicked BWM's RWD 3 series asses constantly in the European Touring Championship in the late 90's-early 00's, but also looked extremely good doing it. (lowly FWD Chevy Cruzes have been doing the same too lately, just not looking as good). Mostly, I think beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but…

Grip is not the sole measure of handling. If it were, installing the widest, stickiest tires on any car and making the suspension rock hard would instantly make it best handler ever. Balance, feedback, predictability are just as, if not more important. Having said that, I never considered the NSX a supercar, as good…

And that's why I like modern Corvettes. But I'm still more impressed by engineers that aren't lazy, strive to develop new more efficient technology, and don't overuse their caps key.

I too love the unloved Mondial

What a silly comparison. Jesus, it would be immensely pathetic if a 6.2 liter V8 wasn't more powerful than a 2.4 L I4, although if you look at the sad history of US cars in the 70s and 80s, you could find many parallels. If you evened the displacement and the C7 had a 2.4 L pushrod I-4, it would only be making 178…

Yeah, the '95-99 previous gen was actually rather tasteful and nicely proportioned

The engine was the Monte's least offensive feature for sure.

Are you actually defending the 3.8 in the Monte? It was durable and reliable but other than that, an uninspired unimpressive forgettable worthless lump best suited for equally forgettable minivans.

Also yellow...very few cars can pull off yellow without looking douchy or like a teenage girl's car.

Horsepower to displacement ratio. Not my term; it's been used in the industry for a long time.

The point where the rear side glass comes near the rear light infuriates me and offends me as a designer