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#41 of 17960 by magnetophone Aug 06, 2002 (7:27 pm)
Alfa Romeo Spiders were very popular... I see them around occasionally. I saw a Fiat X1/9 recently and remembered that my grandfather owned an orange one around the time I was born.
#42 of 17960 by magnetophone Aug 06, 2002 (7:29 pm)
Vero, unless it's one of the really really old Alfas (pre-1976 or so), and it's about the size of a Mazda Miata, it's just an Alfa Romeo Spider.   It may be an Alfa Romeo Spider veloce...they made them until 1995 or so and was the last car sold here. In fact, you could say it was Italy's only fairly reliable car sold in America...
#43 of 17960 A classic Oldsmobile Riviera, late 60's early 70's????? by g1994sts Aug 06, 2002 (7:35 pm)
Saw an older couple driving It today. The car was in like new condition. From the back bumper to where the door ends, It had that upside down Nike swosh shape, hidden headlights, no grille? and overall a very handsome and with design details that seemed to be ahead of It's time. Were these cars forgotten and junked or are they collectable today?
#44 of 17960 by verozahl Aug 06, 2002 (7:39 pm)
magneto, that Alfa, it's pre-1980s.
#45 of 17960 by wishnhigh1 Aug 06, 2002 (8:27 pm)
g1994sts...sounds like a 65, but that description could also fit up to the 1970 model. My favorite Riviera is the 65. Hell...my favorite American car of all time is the 1965 Riviera.
#46 of 17960 whoa by ghulet Aug 06, 2002 (9:31 pm)
G1994sts, I think you saw an Oldsmobile Toronado. The Buick Riviera was kind of similar in size, price and likely buyers at the time (late '60s) but was rear-wheel drive. The Toronado was front-wheel drive (the first mass-produced FWD car built in the U.S., I think).
#47 of 17960 by jrosasmc Aug 07, 2002 (4:06 am)
I also see a few Alfa Spiders on occasion, as well as a few MGBs. Would it be safe to say that the MGB was Britain's only reliable car sold in the States?
#48 of 17960 Seen'em all (and then some) by dinu01 Aug 07, 2002 (4:56 am)
All those cross-border, cross-branded, cross-plated vehicles you mention.   We have the Corsica/Tempest. Firefly/Geo Metro/Suzuki Swift < All 3 the same. But question is: Have you ever seen an old-school: Skoda Lada (not just the Niva "SUV", but the cars too) Dacia (Romania's fame on middle-eastern roads) Oltcit (same as a Renault Axel 11R, but made in Romania - we actually bought one in 1989 and it drove remarkably well - by Eastern Euro Standards) Aro (Again, a Romanian-made SUV) Seen the Fuego, the Merkur, the 2CV. Dinu
#49 of 17960 Saw not a car... by lemko Aug 07, 2002 (5:40 am)
...but a cardboard showroom advertisement for an obscure car - the Plymouth Cricket - at a flea market this weekend. It was a 6' tall cartoon cricket wearing a jacket and bowtie and a text balloon that read "Chirp Chirp! Introducing the new Cricket - the little car from Plymouth that can!" Mr. Cricket's face had several large dents, probably from being slugged by some disgruntled customer who purchased a Cricket.
#50 of 17960 The Cricket was a small British-made by andys120 Aug 07, 2002 (7:09 am)
RWD sedan/hatchback. I think it was sourced from Talbot which Chrysler got when it bought Talbot-Simca in the 70s.   It was succeeded by the Omnirizon twins.

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