Alfa Romeo Automobiles Blog

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Few automobile brands can claim to be 100 years old. To celebrate its upcoming 100th birthday, Alfa Romeo and the Italian Alfa Romeo Register (RIAR) will organize and host an international centennial celebration in Italy this June.<p class="MsoNoSpacing"> The birthday bash will ...    Read more

When Zagato let slip that it was working on a new Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa concept car for the Villa D'Este Concours d'Elegance later this month, we couldn't help but wonder what such a car would look like. Now, we have our first idea. The general form ...    Read more

Italian coachbuilder and stylist Zagato will help Alfa Romeo celebrate its 100th birthday by displaying a new concept car at the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este near Lake Como, Italy later this month. The car follows Alfa Romeo concepts by Pininfarina and Bertone that bowed at this year's ...    Read more

We’ve only seen Alfa Romeo’s shapely Giulietta in the flesh, but the automaker is expected to launch a bigger sibling -- the Giulia -- later this year. According to Car, the new model, which will replace the aging 159 range, will utilize a ...    Read more

Though we've known about the Giulietta for some time, Alfa recently took the wraps off its range-topping Cloverleaf version of the hatchback. Just last month the Italian automaker showed off its Giulietta Cloverleaf hatchback at the Geneva motor show. The Giulietta will ...    Read more

While other Fiat divisions -- notably Abarth and Lancia -- unveiled their plans for the 2010 Geneva motor show, Alfa Romeo simply provided us with new picturesa of its Giulietta, but no new information. The lack of new info hardly has us flummoxed. Alfa spilled ...    Read more

There appears to be a leak in the house of Bertone. Photos of the Alfa Romeo Pandion show car, which was crafted by Stile Bertone to celebrate Alfa’s centennial, have made their way to the Internet ahead of its official debut at the Geneva motor show in March. ...    Read more

Alfa fans, rejoice: Alfa Romeo’s return to North America may be on track after all. Although Fiat executives questioned the launch and the brand’s future just weeks ago, CEO Sergio Marchionne now says the brand will return to the New World.“I'm a lot more confident now that Alfa Romeo will ...    Read more

The brand may be under review, but Alfa Romeo is reportedly still considering an all-new roadster, patterned after its original (and beloved) Spider.According to Autocar, Alfa insiders believe a new model patterned after the 1966 “Duetto” could help bolster sales in these trying times, helping provide the brand with some ...    Read more

It seems Pininfarina isn’t the only design firm seeking to wish Alfa Romeo a happy 100th anniversary by means of a show car. Stile Bertone revealed it will present a new Alfa-based concept at this year’s Geneva motor show.Sadly, that’s about all it revealed. We’ve only been handed ...    Read more

2010 marks Pininfarina’s 80th anniversary, and to celebrate, the design firm plans on building a special Alfa Romeo concept car for the 2010 Geneva motor show.Apart from a colorful sketch, Pininfarina’s sharing few details on the new concept. We do know the show car will be built off Alfa Romeo’s ...    Read more

Let’s say you need to take your brand-new Maserati GranCabrio in for service -- what, then, do you ride home in? If you happen to be in Europe, the answer may lie with a special-edition Alfa Romeo MiTo hatchback. Now part of the same Fiat brand group, Maserati ...    Read more

To help quell Alfa Romeo’s losses and lower development costs, Fiat will merge three of its sportiest brands -- Abarth, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati -- into one single brand group. Fiat believes it can identify possible synergies between the three marques, ...    Read more

If you’re waiting for a new Alfa Romeo -- other than an 8C -- to arrive stateside, we wouldn’t advise holding your breath. A recent interview between the Telegraph and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne casts some serious doubt on the plan.European Alfa sales have fallen dramatically in recent times, with ...    Read more

Alfa Romeo’s next full-size rear-wheel-drive sedan will be manufactured in North America, where Alfa hopes to sell most of the 166 replacements.The new sedan will share the same new Chrysler-developed platform as the next-gen Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger. Although the Alfa will share its American counterpart’s platform, it is ...    Read more

Tradition may hold that a four-leaf clover is a sign of good luck, but if it’s found on an Alfa Romeo, it’s usually sign of great power. Such is the case with the new Alfa Romeo MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde, which will debut at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. <P ...    Read more

Now that it has gained access to a robust dealer network through Chrysler, Fiat is finally ready to make its re-entry into one of the world's biggest auto markets. But will Fiat's reputation as a maker of unreliable, cheap cars hold it back from success yet again? Fiat CEO Sergio ...    Read more

Now that the two automakers are joined at the hip, much has been made of the fact that Chrysler will be building small cars using Fiat's platforms and powerplants. Although little information has been revealed regarding what Fiat might do with Chrysler's engineering, The Financial Post is reporting that Fiat ...    Read more

The cover has finally come off of Alfa Romeo's hyper hot hatch. The high-performance Mito GTA concept will take the stage in Geneva with aggressive styling, less weight, a stiffer suspension, and 240 horsepower. Serious credentials are required for an Alfa to earn the signature GTA ...    Read more

Last month we suspected Alfa Romeo would be bringing a Mini Cooper JCW competitor to the Geneva Motor Show. Now the company has further confirmed our suspicion by releasing a couple sketches of the engine cover that will sit atop the mighty force-fed four-cylinder in the Mito GTA.Alfa ...    Read more

Alfa Romeo confirmed that it was preparing a high-powered version Mito back in June. Now, word on the street is the Alfa Romeo Mito GTA will be unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.The hot hatch is expected to compete with the Mini Cooper JCW. The GTA aims to outperform ...    Read more

Earlier this week we brought you news of the first Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione delivered to a U.S. customer. Now one of the 84 sports cars destined for the States has already popped up on eBay. This rare example of Italian elegance has a current bid of $200,000. ...    Read more

Five years after the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione's debut at the 2003 Frankfurt Auto Show, Alfa Romeo delivers the first 8C Competizione to a U.S. customer.The first U.S. bound 8C was shipped to “Miller Motorcars” in Connecticut where Renzo Barbirato, who headed up the Alfa Romeo 8C project, met the ...    Read more

Though I can't wait for Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S. (an emotion only amplified by watching The Graduate last evening), I - along with other American Alfisti - may have to wait longer than expected.While company officials hoped to re-launch the Alfa marque in the U.S. by 2010, the ...    Read more

Good news, Alfisti - after a thirteen-year absence, Alfa Romeo's returning to the United States by either 2009 or 2010.The Italian automaker's return is hallmarked by its sexy 8C Competizione sports car. Alfa's allocated eighty-four of the 450 hp, V-8 sports cars to be sold via U.S. Maserati dealers, but ...    Read more