Talk:Alfa Romeo Sprint

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It s just a hell of a car. I had the 1.5 105HP version and it has a mixture of lotus feeling behind the steering wheel and old giulietta emotion when you see it. Best looks in traditional red alfa colour and 195/45 15-inch boots on /hard ones to find/. However, it is now rusty down there in my garage, waiting for the next, better sprint to appear. The new brera may look nice, but it s just too heavy, and it just isn t that kind of a car, or creature, to be precise.

[edit] Russian steel claims

So far, I have NOT seen the slightest evidence that the Fiat group was indeed using russian steel during the '70s. I have challenged and contested this claim on numerous occasions and NO ONE has ever provided ANY proof of this. Furthermore, even if Fiat was INDEED using russian steel in the '70s, Alfa Romeo would be entirely unaffected by this deal, as it was not part of the Fiat Group during that time. On another note, the entirety of the whole "italian rust scandal" affair was a malicious libel campaign by tabloid Daily Mirror, a campaign riddled with false claims regarding the Lancia Beta. So, since Wikipedia's guidelines demand verifiability and the russian steel claims cannot be verified, I am deleting any reference to them.Elp gr (talk) 11:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I found something which I believe could be right? on Alfasud page added reference to alfasud page--— Typ932^{T | C}  11:41, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Still, the owner of that webpage does not provide EVIDENCE. Just because something is said by numerous people does not make it true. Can ANYONE verify the russian steel claims? If we are to verify them, we need to see contracts, press releases etc. So far, NONE of the numerous persons I've asked to procure such evidence has been able to do so. So, since the verifiability of this rumour (however widespread it may be) is zero (if not below zero) and since it CAN be verified (and HAS BEEN verified) that most, if not all, of this rust scandal has been fabricated, we must NOT continue to propagate such false, unverifiable and libelous claims.Elp gr (talk) 11:54, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

You are probabably right, would need reliable source for this.Myabe those could be removed until someone proves such source.--— Typ932^{T | C}  12:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I have already removed the soviet steel claims and, where appropriate, point to the proof we have regarding the libel campaign of the Daily Mirror tabloid. We deserve solid, verifiable information, not libel and urban legends.Elp gr (talk) 13:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)