Re: GM and Alfa

[C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>]

Folks, GM can build really good cars. It ain't their fault not many 
Americans will buy them.

The C5 Corvette is delicious. With the Northstar engine it would be 
absolutely world class (well they need to work on the goofy seats). GM 
keeps tuning that small block V8 derivative because NOTHING runs like a 
small block. I can tell you the engine feels a lot more sophisticated than 
its design indicates. You just get a silly grin on your face when you push 
the gas pedal. And she wheels around town like a compact car.

Those humongous Goodyear runflats, the traction control that allows those 
meaty boots to chirp their appreciation then hook up and slingshot you 
wherever, and you can tootle to the grocery store no problem. The visceral 
experience of a real American gut wrencher connected to a real road car 
just has to be experienced to be appreciated. This is no fiberglass 
rattletrap with no suspension, this is a real seriously fast car with 
steering and brakes to more than match the prodigious engine. Just plain fun.

Cadillac has a brilliant engine in the Northstar. The STS is a great car 
with too much Cadillac left in. The Olds Aurora was more like it, a truly 
lovely machine, nobody wanted it ,when an Intrigue with the dullsville 
pushrod v6 was half the price.

SIGH

Make no mistake, the boys at GM love cars and know how to build them, 
they're just crazy, they think they're in business to make money selling 
vehicles john q public thinks he wants to buy.

SIGH

Imagine the Northstar in an Alfa chassis...drool...


Michael Smith
Calgary, Alberta,Canada
91 Alfa 164L
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