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#8 of 37 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jun 03, 2001 (3:15 pm)
You have the Northstar V8? MUCH better car than the older ones. As an appraiser, I award considerably more value to a Northstar Allante.
#9 of 37 And by im_brentwood Jun 04, 2001 (12:47 am)
The Northstar is the one that's going to be a collectible IMO.   You guys also forgot another thing... Staggering depreciation (93s Excepted). Allantes often were advertised for $15K or so off original list when they were a year old.   As a dealer, I can't think of a nice thing to say about 87-89s... By the time they fixed the car it was too late.   Bill
#10 of 37 Neighbor's Allante by andre1969 Jun 04, 2001 (7:37 am)
Our neighbor's "boyfriend" (I feel weird using the term "boy", because he's gotta be in his 80's!) had an Allante. I remember he said that he got it new for something like $10,000 off the advertised price. I forget what year it was...but it was late 80's (definitely pre-Northstar)   He didn't keep it long though, I guess because it was too hard for him to get in and out of it.   -Andre
#11 of 37 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jun 04, 2001 (12:08 pm)
I remeber one issue with the earlier cars was waterleaks at the car wash. Never heard the end of that.
#12 of 37 Yep... by isellhondas Jun 05, 2001 (11:24 am)
Heard the same thing, they leaked like an old MG.   The dealers advised against car washes for that reason.
#13 of 37 by dgraves1 Jun 05, 2001 (11:38 am)
Do any soft top convertibles keep the water out in a car wash? I thought car washes were generally not recommended for soft tops.
#14 of 37 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jun 05, 2001 (12:00 pm)
I think this was with the hardtop installed that the leaks were the worst. That really shouldn't happen.
#15 of 37 by dgraves1 Jun 05, 2001 (12:14 pm)
Ah, forgot about the hardtop.
#16 of 37 The Allanté is a great car by smumfor Jun 14, 2001 (12:27 pm)
First of all get your facts straight http://allante.com/images/COMP.jpg And the water leaks you are talking about were on the early 87 models. I own an 89 Allanté and only during a hard driving rain here in Florida have I had any water leak in, and this is an 12 year old car. http://sys105.cebsbiller.com/aag/Allante1/89/sk.jpg The cars were built by Pininfarina in Turn and there were no GM quality issues. They were brought over without engine/transmissions. The 4.5 litre engine in mine is as fast as the northstar up to about 60 miles an hour. The Speed Dependent Damping suspension is wonderful but was not on the 87-88 years. When I wear this one out I will get another one because it is a great car that most people know nothing about. I would say that the only thing I would like to have is a Power Top, But that's not a real problem as I can put it up and down in seconds Scott http://sys105.cebsbiller.com/allante/
#17 of 37 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jun 14, 2001 (1:27 pm)
Well, I'm glad you enjoy your car. I think calling the Allante "great" is at odds with the car's patchy history and ultimate withdrawal from the market. This is not to say it wasn't a nice car in many ways...but it suffered from poor marketing, too high a price tag, being rushed to market before it was ready, and of course the old "Italian-American Car Curse" that has bedeviled every US-Italy hybrid effort (Pantera, Iso, Chrysler TC, etc.). If the 1993 Allante had come out in 1987, who knows, things might have been different. The list of both owner praises and laments is well-known to most of us I think.

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