Comments on: Alfa MiTo Wigs Out http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:29:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: chuckgoolsbee http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-493711 chuckgoolsbee Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:05:44 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-493711 <em>Qwerty: Roadsters should be low slung and sexy. That thing is fat. It’s reminiscent of a VW Beetle convertible.</em> Thank the safety nazis for that. All roadsters nowadays are fat and look like Beetles. I love the Alfa Spider, and would buy one in a heartbeat if I could. But this MiTo is is not exactly living up to the Alfa lineage. --chuck http://chuck.goolsbee.org Qwerty: Roadsters should be low slung and sexy. That thing is fat. It’s reminiscent of a VW Beetle convertible.

Thank the safety nazis for that. All roadsters nowadays are fat and look like Beetles.

I love the Alfa Spider, and would buy one in a heartbeat if I could. But this MiTo is is not exactly living up to the Alfa lineage.

–chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org

]]> By: hwyhobo http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-492951 hwyhobo Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:32:11 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-492951 Now, that is very pretty. Very cat-like. Now, that is very pretty. Very cat-like.

]]> By: willbodine http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491922 willbodine Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:32:56 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491922 I'm guessing Milano Torino? I’m guessing Milano Torino?

]]> By: Paul Niedermeyer http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491901 Paul Niedermeyer Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:24:40 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491901 Take a good look at that front overhang: WAY too long. It's got a protruding chin only Mrs. Leno could love. Take a good look at that front overhang: WAY too long. It’s got a protruding chin only Mrs. Leno could love.

]]> By: Robert Farago http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491741 Robert Farago Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:57:29 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491741 Yes, me too. Yes, me too.

]]> By: nathaniel http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491731 nathaniel Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:57:04 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491731 Anyone else reading the name MiTo as, Me Too? Anyone else reading the name MiTo as, Me Too?

]]> By: sean362880 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491681 sean362880 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:50:03 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491681 I'm not sure this is a great idea for Alfa. Yes, the MiTo looks better, but that's it. MINI sales have stayed flat (hardtop) or declined (convertible) over the last few years, and it's got numerous advantages over a new Alfa import. These include reliability, availability of service, name recognition, and likely performance. If they do ship the MiTo to the land of the free, it's going to be a very small player at best. I’m not sure this is a great idea for Alfa. Yes, the MiTo looks better, but that’s it.

MINI sales have stayed flat (hardtop) or declined (convertible) over the last few years, and it’s got numerous advantages over a new Alfa import. These include reliability, availability of service, name recognition, and likely performance.

If they do ship the MiTo to the land of the free, it’s going to be a very small player at best.

]]> By: Justin Berkowitz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491611 Justin Berkowitz Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:32:06 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491611 @AKM: The interior of the MiTo might not be as LSD hallucinogenic as the MINI's interior is. But it is also really boring (and close up shots show it to be fairly low quality). http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1558/mitodef18da3.jpg @AKM:

The interior of the MiTo might not be as LSD hallucinogenic as the MINI’s interior is. But it is also really boring (and close up shots show it to be fairly low quality).

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1558/mitodef18da3.jpg

]]> By: Qwerty http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491592 Qwerty Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:23:35 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491592 Roadsters should be low slung and sexy. That thing is fat. It's reminiscent of a VW Beetle convertible. Roadsters should be low slung and sexy. That thing is fat. It’s reminiscent of a VW Beetle convertible.

]]> By: shaker http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491581 shaker Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:21:21 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491581 That's pretty sweet, but I think that the Brera is the shit (and hope it comes here). That’s pretty sweet, but I think that the Brera is the shit (and hope it comes here).

]]> By: AKM http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-491562 AKM Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:17:38 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/alfa-mito-wigs-out/#comment-491562 [and far less cute than the] But much better looking, not to mention that I have high hopes the interior dash won't send me into epileptic fits like the MINI does (and I'm not even epileptic). Agreed for the rest of the analysis. I though I read that Alfa was working on a light RDW platform (their current cars are ridiculously heavy). [and far less cute than the]

But much better looking, not to mention that I have high hopes the interior dash won’t send me into epileptic fits like the MINI does (and I’m not even epileptic).

Agreed for the rest of the analysis. I though I read that Alfa was working on a light RDW platform (their current cars are ridiculously heavy).

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