These Stellantis-based Alfas have basically nothing in-common mechanically with classic (pre-1986 design) Alfas. The Giulia/Stelvio/4C were part of the FCA Alfa Revival campaign of the early 2010s, and suffered some first-year teething issues (mostly the Quad models). Post-refresh FCA Alfas have pretty average…

I think the idea is that you aren’t ever supposed to use gas for city driving, so gas fuel economy shouldn’t be a big factor. The gas motor is really just for a bit of extra performance kick and road tripping (where hybridization doesn’t help much).

First find me a risk-free investment that pays better than 7% after tax, then I might consider borrowing more than necessary.

It may be the most expensive hot hatch in nominal dollars, but the group B homologation specials of the 80s like the Lancia Delta S4 went for contemporary Ferrari money (and outperformed them by a substantial margin unless you count the F40). 

“Faraday Future says the cars will come with 1420kWh battery packs that should be good for 381 miles of range.”

Yes. The article gets into that. They lose a lot of revenue from the backend with EVs. Fewer touch points with the customer through maintenance is also an issue because it’s fewer opportunities to sell you.

Absolutely not. My hate grows a little every time I see one of their beaver nosed monstrosities. 

Maybe people in Michigan do it, but not a bunch of gazillionaires on yachts who have a private jet ready to take them anywhere in the world. 

That’s the M3/4 to me.

I’d rather have a Miata for the same coin, but this one seems to be fairly priced for the model. 

The attempt to share an EV and a gas platform hamstrings the range and EV performance I think. At least it’s not hideous. 

Climate would make a December season wonder race in Monaco less than ideal. Average highs are  in the 50s (Fahrenheit), which isn’t exactly hang out on the beach weather. You’d have a risk of near freezing temps which wouldn’t work at all with F1 cars. 

You could actually get them new in late 2016 for $37k.

Yeah, what is with Jalopnik’s shilling for dealers lately?

I’m imagining the ending of Ferris Bueller’s day off, but with a much more dramatic fall someday. 

It’s fundamentally a Stellantis project. 

Good. This car is nothing but a badge engineered stop gap until the EVs come out. It’s already diluting the Alfa brand. No need to dilute the Quad brand too. 

It’s not just a matter of building transit. The whole city has to be rebuilt denser to make transit work well. 

It would be nice if we instead twist the knife and kill franchise laws altogether. 

How many US cities actually have a comprehensive subway system (I.e. one that serves most of the metro area)? NYC and DC are basically it. I don’t see Houston or Phoenix lining up to build a subway because cars are too expensive now.