Official: Alfa Romeo Giulia
06-27-15, 11:09 AM
#47
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Just a little bit of fact checking.
1. 4x sales of Jaguar in 2014 (3 models)
2. FCA's plans for Alfa is 400k sales in 2018 across 8 models
So, 8 Alfas are much smaller amount of models than 3 Jaguars or 6 Volvos? What?
400k sales world-wide across 8 models, including two CUV's. It's not just Giulia.
Jaguar, Volvo, Acura, Infiniti, Cadillac,...they are all damaged brands.
Increase from 67k to 400k is 500%, not 700%.
European sales:
2014 sales - 59k
2018 plan - 150k
That's increase of 150%, not 400%. But it's a 300% increase of Alfa models, 2 --> 8. (4c not included)
Very strong Italian market, you say?
Italian market sales:
2001 - 2.4 million
2014 - 1.35 million
1. 4x sales of Jaguar in 2014 (3 models)
2. FCA's plans for Alfa is 400k sales in 2018 across 8 models
So, 8 Alfas are much smaller amount of models than 3 Jaguars or 6 Volvos? What?
400k sales world-wide across 8 models, including two CUV's. It's not just Giulia.
Jaguar, Volvo, Acura, Infiniti, Cadillac,...they are all damaged brands.
Increase from 67k to 400k is 500%, not 700%.
European sales:
2014 sales - 59k
2018 plan - 150k
That's increase of 150%, not 400%. But it's a 300% increase of Alfa models, 2 --> 8. (4c not included)
Very strong Italian market, you say?
Italian market sales:
2001 - 2.4 million
2014 - 1.35 million
06-27-15, 11:34 AM
#48
Just a little bit of fact checking.
1. 4x sales of Jaguar in 2014 (3 models)
2. FCA's plans for Alfa is 400k sales in 2018 across 8 models
So, 8 Alfas are much smaller amount of models than 3 Jaguars or 6 Volvos? What?
400k sales world-wide across 8 models, including two CUV's. It's not just Giulia.
Jaguar, Volvo, Acura, Infiniti, Cadillac,...they are all damaged brands.
Increase from 67k to 400k is 500%, not 700%.
European sales:
2014 sales - 59k
2018 plan - 150k
That's increase of 150%, not 400%. But it's a 300% increase of Alfa models, 2 --> 8. (4c not included)
Very strong Italian market, you say?
Italian market sales:
2001 - 2.4 million
2014 - 1.35 million
1. 4x sales of Jaguar in 2014 (3 models)
2. FCA's plans for Alfa is 400k sales in 2018 across 8 models
So, 8 Alfas are much smaller amount of models than 3 Jaguars or 6 Volvos? What?
400k sales world-wide across 8 models, including two CUV's. It's not just Giulia.
Jaguar, Volvo, Acura, Infiniti, Cadillac,...they are all damaged brands.
Increase from 67k to 400k is 500%, not 700%.
European sales:
2014 sales - 59k
2018 plan - 150k
That's increase of 150%, not 400%. But it's a 300% increase of Alfa models, 2 --> 8. (4c not included)
Very strong Italian market, you say?
Italian market sales:
2001 - 2.4 million
2014 - 1.35 million
8 models, I love to see them introducing 7 models in 2016 and 2017... where is the marketing money for this, production money? They delayed GC due to Giulia.
Jaguar, Volvo, Acura and Infiniti are brands that sell today, have dealerships and never collapsed completely like Alfa. They are all rebuilding but the process is methodical, not PR.
To my knowledge, Alfa currently sells decently only in Italy, hence "strong" comment.. rest of the Europe collapsed and dealer network has to be rebuilt.
06-28-15, 04:34 AM
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Dealers should be no problem at all. European law lets everybody open a dealership as long as the they follow all warranty and serivce requirements. My local dealer sells Mercedes, Alfa and Nissan under the same roof. It should not take Alfa more than a few months to find and prepare already existing delarships around big cities to sell their products.
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06-28-15, 03:52 PM
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I don't care as much for the new logo as I did the old one. Though you couldn't call me an "Alfisti" (Italian for Alfa Romeo enthusiast) by any means, I thought the old logo definitely looked better. Here's the old one:
07-01-15, 02:06 AM
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Except that it serves no purpose on cars like this as well as on RS7, RC-F, etc that has already been proven by 3000GT twenty years ago. Popping spoilers and dropping skirts are just for the show. The only class of cars where active aero could have some impact is LaFerrari
07-01-15, 10:52 AM
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Except that it serves no purpose on cars like this as well as on RS7, RC-F, etc that has already been proven by 3000GT twenty years ago. Popping spoilers and dropping skirts are just for the show. The only class of cars where active aero could have some impact is LaFerrari
07-09-15, 10:06 PM
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The first day of a new Alfa Romeo era.
Watch the video of Giulia World preview from Arese with the speech of #SergioMarchionne CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the performance of the italian singer #AndreaBocelli.
Watch the video of Giulia World preview from Arese with the speech of #SergioMarchionne CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the performance of the italian singer #AndreaBocelli.