There are pie-in-the-sky concept cars and then there are coming-to-a-showroom-near-you concept cars. The Alfa MiTo GTA is the latter, and from what we’ve seen that’s a good thing, especially as Fiat’s new partnership with Chrysler may herald Alfa Romeo’s return to North America at long last. Although Alfa is billing the MiTo GTA unveiled here [...]
We’ve never made any attempt to hide our love of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, an exotic GT widely regarded as one of the most beautiful shapes the industry has put on the road in decades. But at the same time, we can’t help but feel a little remiss that the Italian automaker has decided [...]
Although Car magazine says the coming Alfa Romeo Milano (nee 147) is “quite different from the Mito mini,” their rendering of the car makes it look an awful lot like a Mito with two more doors. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, since it just means more of a good thing. Compared to its [...]
Curious which of its models Fiat plans to send over to the United States to sell through its planned partnership with Chrysler? Wonder no more. The most recent set of documents filed in Chrysler’s Chapter 11 proceedings offer a number of intriguing clues as to what we can expect to see in the coming years.
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Of all the cars in the world, the Alfa 159 is one of the last we would have thought needed a refresh. Unfortunately, the sedan’s styling hasn’t translated into a market success for the Italian automaker, so they’ve opted for a facelift. Thankfully they haven’t messed with the near perfection of the 159’s lines too [...]
The Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show last month certainly looked the business, but unfortunately, it’s only a concept car — for now. Alfa says they’ll have it on the market soon, but in the meantime the Italian automaker unveiled another hot version of the premium sport hatch at the AutoRAI [...]
At next month’s AutoRAI tuning show (April 1st through 11th), Alfa Romeo will trot out yet another racy MiTo concept to show off the hatch’s tuning potential. The Alfa Romeo MiTo Veloce is packing the stock turbocharged 1.4-liter, but output has been increased to around 180 hp through some yet-to-be disclosed tweaks and the 0-62 [...]
One of the Alfa Romeos the U.S. buying public got to know (and largely ignore) was the Milano. Back then, the Milano was a wedgy, compact sedan with a proper trunk. From the looks of things, Alfa is prepared to resurrect the Milano name, only this time it won’t go on another sedan. Instead, it’s [...]