Look at the state of that!

 

That Mini looks horrendous.

But it isn't any worse than 90% of other EVs being sold pre-registered in huge numbers now.

 

''Fun'' and ''EV'' in the same sentence? I don't follow.

 

The jag is fun to drive.. always wondering if it will make it to the destination either due to charger availability or legendary JLR reliability....

 

Have you tried an EV?
I drove a Prius once. It was an appliance, but these cars have a bit more potential .

 

I intend to avoid EVs for as long as is humanly possible.

 

EVs are a bit like Dyson - filled with tech, most of which is pointless, crappily built from cheap nasty plastic and vastly over-priced

 

Whereas the Mini and Alpine’s cabins feel bespoke and upmarket, the Alfa can’t hide its Jeep Avenger door cards, hard plastic dash and long-arm, short-leg driving position.

 

Whereas the Mini and Alpine’s cabins feel bespoke and upmarket, the Alfa can’t hide its Jeep Avenger door cards, hard plastic dash and long-arm, short-leg driving position.

Why do motoring "journalists" keep banging on about such trivial details?

"Mostly, though, the Alfa suffers from having to share with its Stellantis brothers and sisters. " So Alfa should spend money they don't have developing & tooling up for small-scale productiom of alternatives to components which are already available in large quantities?

As for the "long-arm, short-leg driving position", how come nobody else has noticed that? Sounds like they are just trotting out the old clichés.

No mention of price - for those of us who pay for our own cars that's more important than how soft the dash trim bits are.

. . .and the Alpine's just a tarted-up Rino!

 

A long-arm, short-leg driving position is a traditional French thing…

 

Funny I've had a number of French cars (405, 406, 407, C5, Megane Coupe) and I dont remember any of them having long arm, short leg driving position.

 

I first heard of car journalists using " long arm short legs " in the 1980s when talking about the Alfas of the time, that and the pedals were slim and too close together.

 

Exactly.

 

A long-arm, short-leg driving position is a traditional French thing…

I first heard of car journalists using " long arm short legs " in the 1980s when talking about the Alfas of the time, that and the pedals were slim and too close together.

Exactly.

This is starting to sound like a Trump press conferenice.

 

My wife had a couple of Pugs in her early driving life, a 205 and a 306 .. she has long legs and complained a lot about the driving position and the steering wheel angle... she had similar complaints when I had a G ...

Only car I ever could not get along with for driving position, source of constant back and ball ache, was a rented 2007/8 Golf GTI I had for 6 months while working in Greece .. it gave me terrible sciatic nerve pain and a an added gift also gave me "Golf Ball"... as Hugh Grant called it.. hard seat base...