RE: New Alfa Romeo 'Nurburgring' special editions

[CaptainRAVE]

Why do Alfa, Mercedes and BMW share such a similar front bumper now?

[thegreenhell]

Matt paint looks awful.

[Helicopter123]

Love the idea of an Alfa, but terrified of

1) Reliability - can it really be that bad?
2) Dealer network - is it still that bad?

[V6Alfisti]

Helicopter123 said:

Love the idea of an Alfa, but terrified of

1) Reliability - can it really be that bad?
2) Dealer network - is it still that bad?

1) No they are really quite good (from what I have seen on the normally VERY critical Alfa forums), the early ones had issues with engine management and resulting bugs that popped up but they were resolved via firmware updates. Alfa also updated the scuttle panels to stop water dripping onto the ECU . Nothing I have read is any worse than it's German counterparts. All manufacturers have a few lemons, but unfortunately Alfa haven't been smart enough to take that one off TG by the looks of it.

2) Variable - Some good, some bad. There is one of the standard franchises that cause issues across it's entire brand portfolio...I will say no names.

[Ares]

Helicopter123 said:

Love the idea of an Alfa, but terrified of

1) Reliability - can it really be that bad?
2) Dealer network - is it still that bad?

1) 12,000. No faults.
2) Mostly. But most dealers of all brands a st. But you visit once a year.

[ecain63]

Anyone else driving these at the FoS? Got my invite today.

Excited muchly!

[Matt Bird]

Hi all,

Just to add that Alfa UK has confirmed UK pricing for the Nring cars:

Giulia - £82,500
Stelvio - £89,500

And available to order from this weekend, with the moving debut at Goodwood.

Cheers!


Matt