Yes sir Larchmont, I should take a ride there just to ck them out and bs with the guys, but with 4C last summer and college grad this summer thoughts of a Quad at this time just ain't happening. Closest I'll get short term is a TI next summer for my wife when her current lease is up.
John sold me my Quad, he was a pleasure to deal with....Mr. Alfredo was true to his word and I paid MSRP for one of the initial cars to arrive...
It seems the Giulia has already outsold the Jaguar XE in May. The A4 sold approx. 3000 units. Not bad.
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Great footage of the Ring. All that slow traffic would drive me CRAZY. One of those M3s was dangerously blocking faster traffic. I'd try to have him banned. But that's just me. Greg
I don't think BMW is too worried yet. The 3 series averages over 5000 cars a month Image Unavailable, Please Login
True, but the Giulia has already outsold the Jaguar XE in May and April. That says something, considering JLR has been active in North America for years and has a well established dealer network.
Yes, but a lot of Bimmers are sold in cities, where they don't need performance, and to yuppies who wouldn't know how to use it, anyway. Alfa produced a fabulous car, in the Giulia. Now we have to see if they can support it with a dealer network.
For Fiat dealers ---the Giulia is a godsend. Instead of selling $99 a month leases on Fiat 500's they are selling $600 a month leases on Giulias. Every one they sell probably brings in 4 times the profit over their typical product line. But it will take a long time before they eat into BMW and Audi sales.
yeah well that is also a curse for some FIAT dealers...as they now have to service a Giulia & a Quadrifoglio and it is here that they are woefully lacking...and I'm not talking about the coffee and bagels in the waiting area
Impressive, the guy in the Alfa seems to know what he's doing. Being pretty relaxed as he's casually judges the corners, his steering input and traffic while staying on the Porsche's tail. And he's a bit better on the brakes as the Porsche driver. The Gt3 RS is probably on Cup2's as well, while the Alfa probably isn't....
You can call it a curse but I call it --- LONG OVER DUE The dealers are now forced to upgrade, as they should I should say that the Alfa/ Maserati/ Fiat dealer in the South bay of LA is first rate -- as good as the BMW dealer just down the street. But its the exception, not the rule. Still, there is hope.
exactly...the exception....I find that the Ferrari/Maser/Alfa dealers are better equipped to handle the Giulia, especially the Quad from a technical standpoint...the local FIAT dealer here is just over his head right now from a service perspective
I heard the same thing in Las Vegas.... IMO, I'm waiting for the 2dr coupe Veloce model coming probably late next year. By then the bugs of both the car and the dealerships should be worked out. I would like to say though that my dealer experience as far as quality and attentiveness for my 4c has been great. They try hard, but are overwhelmed. And the facilities and dealer experience (aka ambiance) are lacking compared to the competition.
Your right, but in all fairness Merc & BMW move a lot more cars...and Corporate required dealers to put big money into the service/sales dept. of dealerships...I believe Merc calls their "stores" autohaus 's now...and my local BMW service area is just a monster with all the bells & whistles... I bring my Quad to Miller and they are very good in all respects...
In Feb, most of the car mags expected the coupe "Sprint" to appear at Geneva, but it didn't. Anyone know what happened to it? I mean, deleting two doors, moving the "B" pillar back ... ... "How hard can it be?" Did they get hung up trying to make seats tilt without setting off the side airbags?
You know, back in 2007, I thought, "Every car magazine I've read for the past 20 years has compared the top sport sedans against the BMW 3-series. Why don't I just buy a BMW 3-series?" I did, and I was delighted. Now, a decade later, the BMW 3-series remains the standard bearer. Of course, if I were in this particular niche market, I'd look long and hard at the Guilia, and probably buy/lease one, because that's the kind of car guy I am...gotta try everything at least once. But it is interesting that no ones use the Mercedes C class or the Infiniti G class, etc, as the benchmark. It is, has been, and seemingly always will be the BMW 3 series that all others try to meet in as many checkmarks as they can, and where they fall short in some performance area, they make up for in discounted prices. It reminds me of the way individual investors work day in, day out, to manage enough day trading to replicate the returns of a passive S&P 500 index fund.
