Weird off brand cars.

[Chris142]

Just thinking out loud.

I used to think bmw,jag and Benz were odd. Today I am working on an Alfa Romeo. Honestly I had no clue that brand was still a thing.

Do people wake up and say that they are going to go buy an Alfa Romeo today? I don't even know where I would buy a new one. I guess there may be a dealer in Beverly hills lol.

What happens when a weird off brand cars breaks down in road narrows Montana? No AutoZone is going to have parts for it. You end up in a Kia rental for weeks waiting on parts?

Then no shops want to work on it so you end up at a very expensive specialty shop or a stealer if you can find one.

Seriously I didn't know alfa Romeo was still in business.

 

[reemoeMO]

I always confuse Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin: two words, starts with A. Both make cars I will never drive.

 

[JohnnyG]

13 dealerships in Florida!
Like you, I would have never expected that.

 

[Pew]

There's a few Giulia and Stelvios around me but not much. Their dealership network is very sparce but there are a bunch of dealers around me that sell higher end Euro cars.

 

[Nukeman7]

Then no shops want to work on it so you end up at a very expensive specialty shop or a stealer if you can find one.

Seriously I didn't know alfa Romeo was still in business.

They are now part of the Stellantis family...along with a slew of other (mostly) unreliable products.

 

[Chris142]

They are now part of the Stellantis family...along with a slew of other (mostly) unreliable products.

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I see a lot of junk in that list!

 

[74DartSport]

Mitsubishi is going that way imho.

 

[mrsilv04]

And I'm not shocked at all where the Alfa dealers are in my area.... Chicagoland, St. Louis, Indy, Louisville, Milwaukee...

Only in the biggest cities.

 

[drtyler]

So a Jaguar and Alfa won't be replacing the Jeep and FJ anytime soon??

 

[cptbarkey]

Today I went to the John Deere dealer to pick up some fuel filters, I was putting the hammer down on the minivan yet I was passed up by a Fisker Ocean. It looks expensive and not much bigger then a Ford Escape. Maybe he was angry for paying so much for so little.

 

[Chris142]

So a Jaguar and Alfa won't be replacing the Jeep and FJ anytime soon??

Heck no. At least I can get most parts locally in a reasonable amount of time

 

[Jdeere562]

They are now part of the Stellantis family...along with a slew of other (mostly) unreliable products.

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Funny to see Ram Trucks on that list!

 

[Propflux01]

Guess I could take a Giulia to m6 local dodge dealer then!

 

[wings&wheels]

I see a lot of junk in that list!

I see a lot I'd like to own on that list! Abarth, Lancia, Alfa and of course the oddball Citroen and Peugeot are all in my oil and coolant slicked dream garage!

 

[KGMtech]

I think the people who would purchase Alfa Romeo have been to Italy or can remember the brand from 1960's and saw them as something not boring and sort of sexy. So many buy cars with an emotional reason, practicality doesn't enter their decision process.

ME on the other hand would be saying: ARE YOU CRAZY ??

 

[wings&wheels]

So many buy cars with an emotional reason, practicality doesn't enter their decision process.

One of the reasons why I work hard and deal w/ the cr@p I do.... Needy, impractical cars...

 

[PF52]

I still remember something I heard my Grandma say back when I was about 12 years old.... "Why would anyone buy a Plymouth!"

 

[Jetronic]

Just thinking out loud.

I used to think bmw,jag and Benz were odd. Today I am working on an Alfa Romeo. Honestly I had no clue that brand was still a thing.

Do people wake up and say that they are going to go buy an Alfa Romeo today? I don't even know where I would buy a new one. I guess there may be a dealer in Beverly hills lol.

What happens when a weird off brand cars breaks down in road narrows Montana? No AutoZone is going to have parts for it. You end up in a Kia rental for weeks waiting on parts?

Then no shops want to work on it so you end up at a very expensive specialty shop or a stealer if you can find one.

Seriously I didn't know alfa Romeo was still in business.

Part of stellantis, so stellantis dealers should be able to get parts

 

[Jetronic]

Just thinking out loud.

I used to think bmw,jag and Benz were odd. Today I am working on an Alfa Romeo. Honestly I had no clue that brand was still a thing.

Do people wake up and say that they are going to go buy an Alfa Romeo today? I don't even know where I would buy a new one. I guess there may be a dealer in Beverly hills lol.

What happens when a weird off brand cars breaks down in road narrows Montana? No AutoZone is going to have parts for it. You end up in a Kia rental for weeks waiting on parts?

Then no shops want to work on it so you end up at a very expensive specialty shop or a stealer if you can find one.

Seriously I didn't know alfa Romeo was still in business.

Every other car here is a BMW, merc or VW. I see maybe 1 USA car a week, usually a RAM truck (oh and some smaller fords, not sure they count as US car: fiesta, puma, odd kuga). Toyotas are rare too since the dealer stopped

 

[earlyre]

yeah, they were a part of Fiat, then Fiat Chrysler, which is now Stellantis...
the Dodge Dart they made for a few years, was Largely a derivative of the Alfa Romeo Guilietta ( And Sold as a Fiat in some Markets )
They really only Re-entered the US market in the last 5-10 years... officially in 2008, they had a limited Run of 8C Competizione's Imported and Sold by Chrysler, but not in earnest until 2014 with the 4C..
Alfa and Fiat have basically been add on brands for local Dodge Dealers since the Fiat Merger.

The new Doge Hornet CUV is Really just a badge engineered Alfa Romeo Tonale, they're even built on the same line in Italy.
so ...parts might not be as hard to find as you might think...they might be at your local Dodge dealer.