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Opening comment

Why is the picture of an alfa that has aftermarket bits, a standard 33 with no vynals or bodykit would be nice.

We dont have so many good pictures of 33 .... -->Typ932 ^T·C 03:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Use of other Alfa Romeo models to describe various 33 series

I'm not aware of the Alfa 90, 75 or 164 being used to describe the various Series of 33s. Anyone else heard of this? Bobbber1975 (talk) 15:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No I've never heard of this - and I've owned an Alfasud Sprint since about 1982 and more recently I've raced an Alfasud Ti. So I've placed a tag to show a citation is needed. I've always heard the 33 referred to by year or series number - never this Alfa 90, Alfa 75, 164 thing. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 11:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is news to me too, so have removed the un-referenced statement. Warren Whyte (talk) 16:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Photo's

Photo's of the 33 type 1 and type 2 are missing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.81.28.30 (talk) 08:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs better photos.. --— Typ932^{T | C} 09:54, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have a better photo click. I will upload a high-res version next weekend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.81.28.30 (talk) 15:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

I am bemused that this article is called "33 Series" as this car was known as just "33" or as on the badge on the back, "Alfa 33". I am aware of the other types of 33, but these are not referred to on Wikipedia as just "33" so I would propose that this article is renamed "Alfa Romeo 33" so that it is consistent with other articles relating to Alfa models of the 1980/1990s (such as Alfa Romeo 75) and the disambiguation page removed and the links added to each relevant page (as already on the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale and Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 pages). As it is, one could argue the two Tipo 33 articles could be merged to reduce any confusion, but that's another discussion! Warren Whyte (talk) 10:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

yep support for name change -->Typ932 ^T·C 13:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support rename Also move existing Alfa Romeo 33 to Alfa Romeo 33 (disambiguation). Andy Dingley (talk) 11:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support rename You're right, of course, Warren. The Italians appear to manage with Alfa Romeo 33, so I guess that should work for us too. I imagine >90% of english speakers looking for the Alfa Romeo 33 antry will have this car in mind, though I'm not sure how that can be proven. Maybe the entry originally got its funny name because someone wasn't sufficiently up to speed with the wiki-technical stuff to rename the disambiguation page. That someone has my sympathy, but it's an insufficient reason for giving this entry a funny name. Regards Charles01 (talk) 11:16, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: article moved. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:57, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alfa Romeo 33 Series → Alfa Romeo 33 — Relisted. fuzzy510 (talk) 07:28, 3 March 2011 (UTC) The current title is not a name in popular usage, and the existing Alfa Romeo 33 disambiguation page is not needed as each article has a wikilink for the alternative. Warren (talk) 13:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Series naming convention

I have not been convinced on the use of second and third series names in this article as it does not reflect my memories of contemporary Alfa 33 naming. The second series should be the 1990 model, when the car had a significant re-design. The current second series described in the article is in fact a mid-term facelift, and should be renamed as such. Any thoughts on this before I amend? Warren (talk) 10:30, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Italian wikipedia has generally good info of these series -->Typ932 ^T·C 13:54, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aerodynamics

"...its low drag coefficient of 0.36, the lowest of any previous Alfa Romeo...": I beg to differ: the Giulia saloon of the 1960s had a Cd of 0.33; the article on Automobile drag coefficient confirms this. Motornyse (talk) 21:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it -->Typ932 ^T·C 09:28, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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