by steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(SteveH)
Nov 19, 2007 at 02:31 PM
Catman <catman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Halmyre wrote:
> > James May was driving the Alfa 159 on Top Gear last night. Sadly, I
just
> > can't warm to it - there are some nice ideas round the front end, but
> > overall it's too...Germanic?
> >
>
> In the current pricing I'd probably buy a Maserati 3200 and home that it
> didn't break.
There are 2 ways to look at the pricing of a new 159:
1. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than an equivalent BMW / Mercedes or
Audi.
2. It's very expensive for a Mondeo / Vectra / Passat competitor.
It sits somewhere between the two, in my opinion. However, Alfa really
need to do something to bolster the lease rates - even a base model 147
JTD comes out at more per month than my current company hack.
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