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Originally Posted by ChopsZ
One of many reasons I still shy away from buying anything American.
Me too!
I don't know as I've never the need to research them. For your sake, I hope you never have problems with yours.
Exactly. I have nothing against Hyundai, Kia or Alfa. Hell, my other car is a Fiat 500L Trekking, and I love driving that thing!
And an update!!!
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There was a time a few years back I would've not driven anything American. Just like there was a time I would've never bought a Hyundai. But from where I sit today. Hyundai and GM have come up quite a bit. This Chevy ford transmission merger. Didn't come out as good as it should've. But I won't have that problem. My transmission is the same exact 8 in the vette as well as the engine. I know for a fact it's one of the most reliable transmissions on the market. If I had a concern it would be my MRC. But the corvette/camaro MRC is rated higher in quality and performance over Ferrari. Our MRC drastically changes the feel of the suspension with each toggle. Ferrari is more singular in feel with each change of the dial. It's crazy the car mags even decided to compare the Chevy suspension to a Ferrari n like the Chevy mire...
TC and competitive mode are insane and my Brembos are still gripping hard despite track use. It's a solid car. I don't fret. Are there improvents in build quality that can be addressed? At 44k a mid 11 second 1.1g car with every necessary and some unnecessary options in the book is gonna have some room for improvement in terms of quality? Yes...
Is it poor quality? Not at all. Its twice as good as the Camaro 5 n I actually liked the 5. But couldn't bring myself to buy it. But the performance on this one is so good! I actually traded my Z. 19,000 miles later im still impressed. In this amount of time when I had my Z. I had put 17,000 miles. And it was an amazing car... I put near 50,000 amazing miles on my Z. But this right here is honestly some next level shyt. It drives like an exotic though it may not look like one. Chevy did amazing in my book. N I had a budget stretched out to 80k when I bought my car. All I did was try to focus on the drive and not brands. It was either gonna be the Alfa the vette or Camaro. I got scared of the quadrifoglio. N rightfully so. Them things live in a shop. And though the vette had a better sitting position and look. I had more room and virtually the same driving experience in a Camaro. Just higher up.
So I took the Camaro. I'm battling with going up to a ZL1 or waiting for the GTV? Im hoping they'll get the quad issues fixed soon. I really think Alfa is striving to put out a reliable car. I have faith.