I know here are people who know a lot more about cars than I do so I will post these here. Upper one will be mine regardless, but looking for opinions on the bottom one. (How much is it worth, is it any good, worth saving?) Upper photos: Messerscmitt kr200 3 wheeled bubble car. Not sure on the model year. It is my grandma's and it will be mine one day. Parked approximately 20 years ago. Subaru L series Wagon, diesel according to badges, 300 000km on gauge. 4wd. Manual Has sat in a field for ages.
Im really interrested in the future of alfa romeo as next year they will bring out the nee giulietta with rwd a new alfetta as a 5 series competitor and a new mito with front wheel drive on the base of the new punto
I'm not 100% on the design of the centre screen or the relationship between the guage cluster and air vents, but overall I like the interior. It's up-to-date while still maintaining Jeep design cues like the grab handle and circular air vents, with the painted dash taking inspiration from the metal dashes of the CJ. I must say though, the shift lever and range selector both look a little... phallic. On a slightly unrelated note, they appear to have moved reverse over to the left and added a squeezy thing. This is a vast improvement over the JK, where you had to just position the lever vaguely between 5th and 6th and shove it to the right.
The normal Pentastar V6 will be the base engine instead of the EGH V6. No manual with the diesel, just an 8-speed auto.
I have a personal interest in old Subaru wagons and would love to see that one back on the road, but it looks pretty far gone. Probably won't be worth it, but it looks like it's all there and could be put back on the road if you were willing to sink a few grand into it. In other news, I've just been browsing the classifieds for newer cars to see if there's anything around that would be worth breaking my streak of never having owned a car newer than any of my previous ones. There are a bunch I could definitely see myself owning (mostly early-2000's Subaru, VW, and Volvo wagons), but honestly, nothing jumps out at me. Looks like it'll be classic cars for me for the foreseeable future.
When I have money, I will track down the owner and try to buy it. If the papers are ok, I will get it. And everything is there (for what I can see)
My dad managed to buy a whole ute for the price of a few parts required to fix the cooling system in his Courier. Dad's Courier is still roadworthy but it has a tendency to overheat from time to time in the summer months especially when towing.
A RWD Giulietta could be possibly the most interesting thing in recent automotive history, it's gonna be the only competitor for the BMW 1 series. With the Giulia competing with the 3 series and the Alfetta going up against the 5 series, we're gonna have a nice selection of new sedans here in Europe after something like 20 years. As long as Fiat changes their lineup of engines, so far they've been rather dreadful.
the Alfa giulietta is gojng to be the only rwd compact car then as far as i know because the 1 series is going rwd and enginewise im really interrested too as fiats engines arent bad but not as good on fuel and power as vws and bmws engines
Giulia and Stevio use new engines, completely unrelated to any previous powertrain offered by the FCA group. Next Giulietta will likely share its engines with its larger siblings.
That'd be neat, but most of the ones I've seen are a good bit more expensive than Crown Vics, I guess because most of them are newer.
It probably will share some engine with the new punto for the smaller engines also the mito will probably be a whole new engine
Neither of them are likely being replaced. If FCA ever reenters the "B" segment, their new offering will be likely powered by the new "Firefly" engines. These are probably not suitable for longitudinal installation.
Auto bild said that alfa romeo is going to replace the giulietta and the mito the mito will be punto based and the giulietta giulia based
