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    180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap

    Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    Glad to see someone's selling cars, especially ones that might be fun to drive.
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    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    Finally! I can't buy the base because it's too boring, I can't buy a GTA because it's too expensive, but this one: I can't buy it because we don't get it here.
    It's like Goldilocks and the Three Bears that she read about but never met.
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    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    I keep hoping and praying that Americans finally realize how cool hot hatches are and buy them. I've seen glimmers of hope in the Focus sales figures, and the fact that VW seems to think we're finally catching on. Let's hope there is enough demand that we can get some more offerings from Europe like this and the Fiat 500 (especially the Abarth).
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    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    Bridge GTA Gap


    Able to go from Oshawa to Missasauga in a single bound?
    Improve the overall theft stats for the MiTo in general?

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    Image of .357 .357
    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    It's an Alfa. What more can I say?
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    03/23/09

    @.357:


    Not all Alfas are born equal.

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    03/23/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: She's not a looker, but she's got character.
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    03/23/09

    @.357: An Arna? She's got the character of a run-of-the-mill 50 year old Japanese housewife with a hip problem from what I can tell.
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    03/23/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity:Ok, but she's got 4 wheels!
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    03/23/09

    @.357: So does a Corolla.
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    03/23/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: It's really a Nissan Cherry. first time i hear of this Alfa, but i know the cherry very well..UGLY ASS CAR..
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    03/23/09

    @c0de: That's why I put it there.
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    03/23/09

    @Pessimippopotamus is at 0% productivity: Wait, do Tesla's vaporwheels count as real wheels?
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    03/23/09

    @.357: Well, actually it isn't an Alfa, underneath it is an Opel Corsa (Or Fiat Punto).
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    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    .


    HI (part III)

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    03/23/09

    In reply to 180 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce To Bridge GTA Gap
    It's still ugly as hell.
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    12/31/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    How about the Mercedes C111?


    [karakullake.blogspot.com]

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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    Oh, and no discussion of the BMW M1 is complete without mentioning the Andy Warhol Art Car version.


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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    That Mazda reminds me of something.


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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    One more Vector W8 Fun Fact: Andre Agassi owned an example in the '80s. That is until the factory bought it back from him (too many quality issues).
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    12/30/08

    @SundaySunday: Yes Agassi had one and it had issues, but what supercar of the era didn't?. Wiegert maintains that Agassi pulled a spoiled celeb and demanded delivery before the car was done, and ignored warnings not to try to hoon it until the technicians got all of the proper equipment installed (apparently it was short a radiator or two) and the final bugs worked out. Personally I think he should have told Andre to keep his shorts on and wait for the car to be finished, but money was always an issue, and I'm sure he needed Agassi's money to build more cars and do further development work.
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    12/30/08

    @Mike the Dog: Thanks for the detail on that. Very interesting.


    Yes, I loved me some Vector back in the day. The Agassi connection was something I remember reading in a car mag back then, but the article didn't go into any more detail than "he had one & they took it back".

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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    That Vector doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as the other cars on this list.


    That Alfa is an absolute design tour de force of the era. The Vector is just novelty.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/30/08

    @Almostbanned: I think you've got it backwards. Although it wasn't produced in great numbers (supercars generally aren't), it was a production car. All of the other cars here are one-off prototypes or concept cars. Yes, I know that the Esprit, Countach, Stratos and E25 Turbo did, either directly or indirectly, lead to production models. The fact remains, though that the ones presented here are prototypes and show cars. And as I noted above, I've actually seen a W8 in the wild. Have you seen any of the others (not the production models that came later) outside of a museum?
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    12/30/08

    @Mike the Dog: No, you're right. But they didn't specify production or non production. Purely from a design standpoint, the Vector is horsey and unremarkable.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/30/08

    @Almostbanned: That is your opinion and as such I respect it. I disagree, however. In person it is anything but unremarkable. I'm not quite sure what you meant by "horsey".
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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    "Add Bookmark". Thanks for the great list, guys. Many of my favorite designs are captured on this page.


    I spent lots of time back in middle-school drawing wedge shaped cars in the margins of my notebooks (esp. during geometry class. Thanks, straight-edge & compass.)


    As I've stated in earlier posts on the subject, I've owned a TR7 and Australian Capri, so my love for the wedge-car is well known. (If you squint, you could probably lump my Charger 2.2 in there as well.)

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    Image of b.borrman b.borrman
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    No Aston Bulldog? No Lagonda? Where's your sense of Jalopnik history?
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    12/30/08

    @b.borrman: Bulldog, yeah!


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    Image of SubyDrew SubyDrew
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    Are the 1st gen MR2, and X1/9 not door stoppy enough?
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    12/30/08

    @SubyDrew: I second the first gen Mister Two!
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