Most Improved Car Manufacturer..........

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[quote=The83man]No votes for Alfa Romeo? The styling has always been fine and now much better built?

Just a thought… [/quote]

Best looking cars on the road I’d say…if only they had a better engine line up (nice I know but generally naff). Here’s to the future…which is looking good :wink:

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[quote=Mr Pesky][quote=FlyingDutchman] Or Hyundai-Kia who went from hideous cars to pretty nice looking and driving ones.

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Yes, indeed :wink: [/quote]

Have to agree. I have been without a decent car since I sold the Exige, just bought this two weeks ago (link below). OK it’s no Exige but I am loving it!!

Hyundai Genesis Coupe

:smiley:

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WOW, yeah forgot oabout Toyota, for most unimproved!!

HAHAHA

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[quote=The83man]No votes for Alfa Romeo? The styling has always been fine and now much better built?

Just a thought… [/quote]

Must be joking. I’ve got an 18 month old 159 3.2 ti Q4 that I’ve had from new. Its been back to the garage 14 times in that 18 months !!!

  1. Reversing sensor fell into bumper
  2. Aircon breather pipe not fitted correctly (filled interior with water)
  3. Faulty lambda sensor (3 visits to fix)
  4. Loose passenger seat (bolts only finger tight !)
  5. Very poor wheel geometry settings from factory (first set of front tyres lasted 8k miles)
  6. Power Steering reservoir replaced
  7. Windscreen wiper motor replaced
  8. Aerial cable replaced as damaged when car built
  9. Misfire on cylinder 1 (coil pack failure)
  10. Stereo turning its self on and off all the time

I still love the way it looks but would never buy an alfa again

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Have to agree ref Alfa’s, I brought one of the first 147GTA’s n 2003, it looked beautiful and the interior was pure mini Ferrari, but it had no road manners what so ever in fact near disaster.

The failure was the diff, AR quickly realised this and launched the Q2 diff to fix the issue, and the larger one (beyond handling) that the standard diff was substandard and the cars were prone to having gearboxes/diffs exploding without warning.

That in my book is a design fault and recall. In AR’s its a �2500 optional retrofit!

still loved the car though :sunglasses: