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What is occuring is the mounting points are corroding ,rust corrode all the same to me.
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Aluminium doesn't rust. But when it comes into contact with steel in the presence of an electrolyte (salty water, such as spray from a road treated with road salt will do nicely!) that creates a galvanic cell - a battery, effectively - in which the aluminium corrodes away.
The same thing happens in Land Rover Defenders when the rubber boots on the suspension fail - the steel suspension components and aluminium body come into contact, then the aluminium corrodes until the body collapses onto the suspension turrets.
I'd dearly like to believe this Alfa (and the 159 and 149) will be more reliable than their predecessors because I'd really, really, like one. But I can' t quite convince myself that this time it'll be different. No, really, it will :-)
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I read last week that Lancia are to re-enter the UK market. I hope for their sake that people have short memories. Mind you, Skoda have more or less buried their erstwhile poor reputation now, so if Lancia's current line-up is genuinely improved, why not?.
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.....if Lancia's current line-up is genuinely improved, why not?. .....
Problem is, the current line up is a bit of a triumph of style over substance.
They make a nice city car, the Ypsilon, comes in two-tone paint and looks the better for it (honest)
Their mini Mpv the Musa is a reskinned Fiat Idea, and that hasn´t exactly set the world on fire.
They make a luxo-barge, the Thesis - think italian Pug 607, styled by Ray Charles.
The other model is a full size MPV, a reskinned Ulysses/807/C8.
Not great. And I´m a fan - I love ´em.
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Not great. And I´m a fan - I love ´em.
Hmmm - seems to me that our oversupplied market may not exactly be gagging for them then.
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