Alfa Romeo admits Giulia launch delayed by engineering issues

Car manufacturer spokes(wo)men are like politicians, do not take every word they say for granted... nothing is a carryover refers to AR only, not to the group (ask us Greeks how a politician can turn even a 'no' to a 'yes', we know...)... any way, I have criticised Giulia/AR many times and being an AR fan in the (long) past does not make it easier... BUT... yes it is an uninspiring design, a BMW 3 series clone but actually the 'normal' car looks better than I thought, still not a 'wow' and fall short of expectations... besides that.. having engineering problems just a few weeks before launch??? and no worry they will be resolved in time??? this can not be... unfortunately I am proven right when I was saying that they are in a turmoil... the car will be a compromise, this is the combination of very bad CEO and typical AR mentality - if you can not do it, hide under the carpet, the first batch will be bought by the (stupid) fans and then we shall resolve issues as time goes by (ask me, I had bought an AR 145, remember it?, right when launched with the boxer engine which theoretically was proven as it came from the previous model, well the engine itself was OK but other subsystem simply did not cooperate, they changed the model and put the new engine within a year, the AR in Italy accepted in writing to replace my car!! but the Greek representative told me that HQs had made a mistake with my name adn never replaced it!!!... good old days but I am afraid not so distant for AR... and no buyer would accept such things nowadays)... pity, pity , pity... I do wish they prove me wrong...