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2009 Alfa Romeo MiTo

post #1 of 18
10/15/08 at 11:57pm
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post #2 of 18
10/16/08 at 2:40am
Please tell me that's coming Stateside.
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post #3 of 18
10/16/08 at 8:04am
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Originally Posted by Sprezzatura2010 View Post
Please tell me that's coming Stateside.

It's not. The current model doesn't meet US crash safety standards.

They do say they are looking at the next version for over here- a few years off. The estimates I've seen would put this in the mid-$30's.
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post #4 of 18
10/16/08 at 8:28am
Nice interior, but I'm not a fan of the exterior.
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post #5 of 18
10/16/08 at 1:30pm
Interior is great but the exterior is completely hideous
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post #6 of 18
10/16/08 at 5:46pm
This was on display this week at a FIAT subsidiary co. in which I work: exterior looks great; interior looks cheap up close.
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post #7 of 18
10/16/08 at 6:10pm
looks very Italian but not neccesarily in a good way.
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post #8 of 18
10/17/08 at 12:26am
I like it, but if it's really mid $30k price range, there's probably at least a half-dozen cars I would rather spend my own money on.
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post #9 of 18
10/17/08 at 3:11pm
The FIAT group employees' discount car purchase scheme. They typically get between 10% and 20% off.[url="http://www.centrovenditedipendenti.it[/URL]
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post #10 of 18
10/17/08 at 3:19pm
I really prefer the GT & Brera they both have more flair imho. GT Brera To bad they both now have a GM sourced v6. And no longer use inhouse engines
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post #11 of 18
10/17/08 at 3:38pm
The grille designs for all of these are hideous.
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post #12 of 18
10/17/08 at 3:41pm
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The grille designs for all of these are hideous.

Really?!?!?! I kind of like the grille.
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post #13 of 18
10/17/08 at 3:49pm
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Really?!?!?! I kind of like the grille.

+1 Just about every other car out there looks the same these days. I applaud Alfa for evolving their classic image.
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post #14 of 18
10/17/08 at 3:57pm
+1 on grill. Quite distinctive in today's market.
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post #15 of 18
10/17/08 at 4:37pm
That grille IS alpha. it just wouldn't be an alpha without it. I love the MiTo and if they bring the next one here I'll buy it.

When I first started reading about it, they were talking about bringing it stateside and its target was said to be squarely set on the Mini Cooper S.

I would say it'd have to be in the high 20k range to make a real dent, though a case could certainly be made for it in the 30k+ market as well. It would be selling against cars like the R32 and the A3 and the Aplha has them on style hands down. performance will be the hard sell.
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