Allistar Weaver Gives Alfa Romeo Green Light For Return to US in 09
As someone who caught the car bug late in life, I am really enjoying searching for articles to blog about. I know Alfas aren’t true exotics, but I’ve always had a weakness for good styling and great writing. Allistair Weaver, a contributing writer at Edmunds Inside Line, is one Englishman who can write.
Here’s how he started his review of the return of the Alfa Romeo to America:
“Alfa Romeo is the Quentin Tarantino of the automotive world. It’s been years since either one made something really great, but their fans keep believing that another blockbuster hit is just around the corner.
Just as every Tarantino movie is greeted as the rightful heir to Pulp Fiction, so, too, every new Alfa Romeo Spider is expected to rekindle the spirit of the original Spider of the 1960s, which Dustin Hoffman made famous in The Graduate. There is something evocative about that famous badge and triangular grille that lifts even mediocre cars above the mainstream. Here in Europe, people really want Alfa Romeo to succeed.”
I have to admit I’ve always had a secret desire to own an Alfa Romeo from the time I noticed older ones on the road in the late 1980s. And I can’t tell you why I want Alfa Romeo to succeed, but I do.
How could you not want to read the rest of Allistair’s review after a start like that…
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=121303
Eric on June 24th 2007 in Exotic Car Rental