would german or american cars ever replace italian cars?

[Tifoso Scuderia]

yes exactly dave_fonz_164, Alfa are definetly improving- and what about the Maserati Quattroporte !!!?? its much better than any MBW or Mercedes saloon in my opinion (its very very beautiful, sporty, elegant but at the same time very practical and very luxurious).

But as I said, although Alfa, Maserati and and to a certan extent lancia are improving tremendously and penetrating the saloon market slowly, it is only a question of specialistation. Italians specialise in the super sports cars and they have more experince than any one else when it comes to handling, stytling, etc, and Germans specialsie on the saloon market. This does not mean that German sports cars or Italian saloons are not good, far from it, both of them are good, it s just that it is not their "forte" as we say in Italy


btw....the new Alfa 159 is going to be a true genuine contender to the BMW and other German cars, last time I read an article which said that its chassis rigidity is of such a high level that no saloon car in the world can match it, except the VW Phaeton, which exceeds it slightly.


Moreover its engines are going to be its usual strong point .......and then there is that Alfa Brera coming out soon Alfa is definetly on the right track- just look at this article on the 159:

http://www.autoindex.org/news.plt?no=1091#

It even quotes the torsional rigidity of the bodyshell to be the best in its class,

"The result is the excellent torsional rigidity of the bodyshell, the best in its segment: over 180,000 daNm/rad."

[clutch-monkey]

come on Fiat is the only entry level car manufacturer in Italy, it produces cheap cars. With your same reasoning clutch-monkey, no British cars are cool because there is Ford.

I am of the opinion and there are many out there that in terms of super cars Italy is the best producer, it may not be the best in the saloon sgement but the super cars which are most glamorous, beautiful, best performance and that noise the engine makes makes Italy the number one supercar producer for me. Do not forget what marques have came out of Italy: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and others over the years produced stunning super cars such as Alfa Romeo and Lancia

For me a good car to go around during the week, to work etc, would definetly be a German saloon (BMW or Mercedes or Audi) due to their solid build, safety, quality and comfort, but after having various rides in a number of Ferraris and Maseratis, I would (if there is the cash )definetly try to buy an Italian supercar to have fun in the weekends !!!!!!

in my opinion the best car manufactures are in Italy and Germany, but they cannot be compared, most of the German cars are built for a difficult purpose than the Italians are.

Italians show a degree of flair in nearly everything they do, food, clothes,the way they live, architecture, cars, and any design, whilst the Germans are renowned for stability in all they do, so it depends what you are after really

you clearly missed my point. my post was a response to ferarri-mads all sweeping statement that "all italian cars rock"

[kennyknoxville]

america will replace both italian AND german automobiles once ferrari and bmw begin developing hovercrafts.

[FITZY]

Would German or American cars ever replace Italian cars?

in a word NO