This. I had a new Boxster S over the holidays and it was truly top-notch quality, in build, refinement, and function alike. You’ve gotta get near that — just near it — to play in that market position.

When you strive to compete with Porsche but continue to feature Alfa unreliability, you aren’t actually competing with Porsche. You are competing with Jaguar.

Personally, I don’t care HOW nice a service experience anyone’s got, since simply being there is aggravating in the first place.

Part of “elevating” a brand to compete with Porsche has to be build quality. Otherwise, using Porsche-level pricing for your products isn’t really competing, it’s overcharging.

Not done packing the golden parachute yet (but also the CEO just resigned if you hadn’t heard)

They should have considered elevating Alfa up to Porsche, which they’re now going to do with Maserati. Who cares if it’s expensive and breaks if it’s ridiculously stylish, very well adorned inside, and people feel good driving one (and it’s not their only car).

I mean it’s pretty obvious:

Possibly with the support of PSA, Alfa Romeo could remain in the market long enough to become a near luxury alternative to the more established brands.

Let’s be honest here, they’re pieces of shit as well. 

“Payment history and credit utilization together make up 65% of your score”

People have mentioned this incorrect fact multiple times. No, there is no zero ‘clock and there is no year zero. Technically, a decade is ANY period of ten years but historically, decades begin with the year ending in zero and end in nine. The only example is the first decade, which technically began in the year 1 BC…

Call me a traditionalist, but I think America was founded on Ford Year End Sales Event values. 

Seeing as they no longer produce fun, sensible, long-lasting 3-door hatchbacks, maybe we’ve all forgotten the meaning of Happy Honda Days?

Toyota considered adopting the design, but quickly scuttled the idea.

hmm... do they offer a version for the mall?   i could use one this week.

I know there are so many to pick from, and this one on the whistleblower has some very serious possible repercussions, but for me, the Lie of the Year HAS to be the fake hurricane report. I mean, he said experts In the field were wrong and that he, a guy which fuckall weather predicting experience, was right, THEN…

OK, former trucker and mechanical engineer here. I just wanted to address this kluge-job, and answer a few of your questions:

I mostly find myself infuriated by the facebook post’s grammar. “Wait? What!” You’ve gone and switched the punctuation, idiots.

Under no circumstance should anyone buy a Dodge Dart

When people ask how many miles are too many miles they are clearly asking “at what point will I have to start repairing this thing”, which as you point out is a sticky question. I personally don’t own a car with less than 150,000 miles and I don’t see anything wrong with that, but Its obvious their real question is -…