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04-07-2020, 02:24 PM
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04-07-2020, 04:45 PM
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I would take the Lotus Carlton, very rare and cool. I believe that the best modern sports sedan is the Alfa Romeo Giulia with the 2L engine and a limited slip differential, too bad it's $52,000 Canadian.
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04-07-2020, 07:51 PM
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Yes, the Lotus is very tempting also but I figured the E28 was more maintainable for a fairly regular driver.
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04-07-2020, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by luv2spd
I would take the Lotus Carlton, very rare and cool. I believe that the best modern sports sedan is the Alfa Romeo Giulia with the 2L engine and a limited slip differential, too bad it's $52,000 Canadian.
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Is the cloverleaf version not available with the 2.9 engine and supercar like performance? That thing is a machine.
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04-08-2020, 12:39 AM
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Alfas are lovely cars but so unreliable. Their electrics seem to be composed of bits of wet string.
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04-08-2020, 03:25 AM
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The cloverleaf version is available, but it's $90,000 Canadian and according to car magazines that's the one that keeps breaking down. The 2L 4 cylinder turbo seems to be reliable and reasonably priced compared to the competition. It's too bad not many people buy these, there are barely any used ones on the market.
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04-08-2020, 01:15 PM
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Yea I'm put off by thier poor build, paint quality and as mentioned, general reliability. I remember taking an old car of mine, also an Italian make, to have warranty work done, and there was a Giulietta on the forecourt just a few months old. The stone chips on the bonnet were so extreme I initially thought it was a custom large metal flake paint job. Must have been going back for a respray.
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