Alfa Romeo’s US relaunch pegged for spring 2009

Posted Mon Jul 2 2007 7:45 PM by Ralph Hanson

Fiat Group’s strong financial performance this past year has seen it bring forward the US relaunch of its Alfa Romeo brand to spring of 2009. The launch was originally scheduled for the second half of the year, but a turnaround in profits and rise of 89% in Fiat’s share pirce means it’s now in the position to speed up its US market assault reports Just Auto.

The first car sold Stateside will be the 8C Competizione, which will make its world debut by the end of next year. This will be followed by the convertible ‘8C Spider’ that’s reported to be entering production during this time and will join the coupe variant in the US launch. Production numbers will be limited to retain exclusivity, with only 500 units of each bodytype expected to be produced.

Two new sports cars will join the lineup soon after the initial launch, the V6 powered Spider and Brera models. Both are based on the shortened wheelbase of Alfa’s 159 sedan and are powered by a 3.2L version of GM’s high-feature V6 engine. These will be followed up with Alfa's bread and butter model, the midsized 159 sedan that will arrive in 2010.

Reader Comments

Mon Jul 2 2007 11:32 PM
Gunnar Heinrich says

Here's hoping.
Tue Jul 3 2007 2:32 AM
Jean Louise says

Go Fiat! Can't wait to see how good the upcoming latest sports car from you! : )
Tue Jul 3 2007 6:04 PM
HECTOR says

Hey guys.... Can you imagine if the Corvette looked like this 8C Competizione? 500 bhp engine, good handling and a $70K price. All of a sudden many of GM's problems would be solved.

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