Most Americans are idiots that have a failing knowledge of most subjects. They always criticize what they don’t know or can’t understand.

I’m failing to miss what the problem or the humor is here.

Spoken like a guy who has never owned an Alfa Romeo in his life let alone seen one aka

I don’t get the F-35 hate, people love to point out descrepancies in very particular vacuums of discussion but always fail to note that this thing has an electronics suite that rivals the computational power of some 1st world armies.

It’s better than a cvt.

There aren’t any. Both JD and CR seem to be obsessed with trivial problems like infotainment and bluetooth connectivity, items I could give a fuck about when weighing the dependability of automotive brands.

No but you are missing the good old “unknown dusturbance” term i.e. the bane of every engineer.

JD Power is a farce beyond farces.

Yeah but it will be an unreliable piece of shit.

Meh. I’ve always admired Ferrari’s “we do whatever the fucks we wants” attitude. Consequently, I enjoy articles like these when people complain about it because it only brings publicity to the brand and works in their favor.

maybe grab a few grommets?

Which JD Power are you choosing to use, the U.S. one or the U.K. one? because they tell two different stories. As for CR, if you dig in a bit you’ll find that their ratings for reliability on the most recent FIAT models is quite good. The only fucking moron in this discussion is you.

Furthermore I would question the FMEA process at TM if it even exists.

The only people being retarded about Italian cars are the ones that are quick to bash them using anecdotes and legends that are nearly 3 decades old.

Better tech? That’s debatable. Plus tech isn’t everything, often times it just a failure point re: mid-2000s BMWs.

The Giulia is more interesting to look at and offers a engaging drive, those a reason enough.

The C-class comparison is a joke. Those cars depreciate at rate that is down right embarrassing even for…

Italians are fucking stupid

In the words of Jeremy Clarkson:

My wagon does that better though.

No but they do know that because the car is from a new platform they know the likelihood of having first year teething issues is high. They also love to correlate teething issues with long-term reliability even though the two have nothing to do with one another. They’re jumping on the journalistic bandwagon. Will they…

Yes, because dealer network has nothing to do with this nor does the fact that the XE has been out for 8 months longer...