The same thing was happening here in the USA before the Japanese Management's bias and the US management's incompetence killed Suzuki Cars USA (Suzuki Cars Canada still exists)

Suzuki.

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Not only are they subject to the same standards, they perform WELL in testing. The Agera R is rated at 16 MPG combined for fuck sake.

JEEP, STAHP. STAHP MAKING THINGS WE WANT BUT CAN’T HAVE.

I wouldn’t try to daily one any more, parts availability is getting... well, slow... you can still get all the parts you need, but you might have to wait for them to come from Italy... But it was one of my favourite cars ever. The FieSTa beats it to the top of my list, but not by as much you might think.

0-60 was never the 164's forte. It’s a long legged highway cruiser with excellent aerodynamics. I had mine to a GPS verified 152MPH, and it had some left... I was out of road.

rust was what finally killed it... regular timing belt and tensioner changes (really, Alfa made it easy, it’s a quick job once you know the tricks; maybe 45 minutes to an hour in the driveway, 30 minutes on a lift) good oil and regular changes, drive it regularly (sitting kills them!) It never left me stranded and…

I owned a ‘92 US-market S for almost 400K miles. It was a GREAT car. Comfortable, fast, surprisingly reliable.

Actually the Q is *NOT* the one you want. You really want a Q4, but barring the near impossibility of finding (let alone buying, driving, and SERVICING) a Q4, the one you really want is a 12-valve S. It’s the best handling of the FWD 164s and has the most characterful engine (also oil squirters in the block,…

This is so much crack it hurts my soul. At first I thought it was a Q4. which has a 6-speed, computer-controlled torque-vectoring AWD and was rumoured to LOOSE Alfa over $50k on every one sold due to the complexity and cost of the AWD and the fact that the chassis were hand-rebuilt to accept the revised suspension and…

Hey Ford USA! They can have this in the UK market FieSTa... (fully heated windshield)

yeah, it won’t satisfy for my ironbutt trips to the Maine coast for fresh lobster lunch, but the local fun could be most entertaining.

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Tuned pipe, not “fart can” the difference is extremely important when talking 2-stroke. ;)

“lively” hah.

much rubber. so tire. wow!

The fact that scoot had such amazing brakes is probably the only reason I’m still alive after riding it... that and the fact that he had Heidenau slicks on it. (his was an early (1995?) one with the adorable tiny little four-piston brembo front calipers...)

I can tell you from experience that the riding a hot scooter like that is TERRIFYING.

If he hated it we’d all know...