Alfa Romeo News
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It was one of those deceptive early spring days, the kind where the calendar and the sun peeking through the clouds hint at warmer conditions than I was actively experiencing as I zipped along with the top dropped back in my dangerously rusty 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate. Whenever I had time—between classes, on weekends, and even occasionally when I was supposed to be in class—I took my little roadster out for a spin through the wooded rolling hills of southern Indiana. I was a senior at Indiana University, just finishing up my degree in journalism, and the world, or at least...
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Alfa Romeo 4C replacement locked in
Alfa Romeo has no plans to abandon the sports car segment once the 4C reaches the end of its product cycle. That’s according to the Italian company’s top engineer who in a recent interview with Auto Express confirmed that a 4C replacement is coming. “Being in the market with that...
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First-ever Alfa Romeo model expected to fetch over $1M
North Americans only recently got reacquainted with Alfa Romeo following a lengthy return to the continent, but only die-hard fans will know what this is. In fact, it's the brands first-ever model, the 1921 Alfa Romeo G1, and it's heading to an RM Sotheby's auction in January. After decades spent...
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Aston Martin snags McLaren test driver, Alfa Romeo engineer
Aston Martin has poached a key figure from rival British make McLaren. Chris Goodwin will join Aston Martin as its new expert high-performance test driver, the brand announced on Wednesday. Goodwin most recently served as McLaren's chief test driver and his recruitment comes as Aston Martin plans...
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Major upgrades coming for Alfa Romeo 4C in 2018
The Alfa Romeo 4C is not without its flaws but it’s a car that definitely doesn’t disappoint. It’s a sports car with supercar looks and exclusivity, and with a price tag in the mid-$50k bracket it’s also quite the value. The 4C marked Alfa Romeo’s official return to...
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Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team reveals 2018 livery
Just days after it was revealed that Alfa Romeo was returning to Formula One after nearly 30 years away from the sport, the livery that will adorn the Italian brand’s cars next season has now been revealed. Note, Alfa Romeo is not returning as a constructor, nor is it returning as a power...
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Alfa Romeo is returning to the Formula 1 World Championship after three decades away from the sport. The Italian automaker won’t be fielding its own team, though. Instead, it will serve as title sponsor and technical partner to Sauber in a multi-year deal starting from 2018. In this way, Alfa Romeo’s deal is similar to the one between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing, and quite different to the one between BMW and Sauber that ran from 2006 to 2009, as BMW owned and ran the team. With Alfa Romeo onboard, struggling Sauber will be rebranded Alfa Romeo Sauber F1. The team’s...
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia scores best safety rating from IIHS
Alfa Romeo’s Giulia has been shown to be one of the safest options in its class. The small luxury sedan aced the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s latest round of testing, for which it achieved the institute’s highest rating of "Top Safety Pick+." To earn the Top Safety...
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Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio the fastest SUV around the ‘Ring
Alfa Romeo’s Stelvio in Quadrifoglio guise is now the fastest SUV around the Nürburgring. The 505-horsepower SUV needed just 7:51.7 to lap the circuit, squashing the previous record of 7:59.7 set by the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S in 2014. Alfa Romeo also holds the fastest time for a sedan...
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Alfa Romeo had Ferrari's F1 drivers compete with each other in the Giulia Quadrifoglio
A shouty Ferrari-derived 2.9-liter V-6 makes for a great musical instrument when it's stuffed into the engine bay of Alfa Romeo's Giulia Quadrifoglio. Most anyone can simply get in the car and have it play its wonderful song. Not everyone can make it dance to that tune, though. The driving trio of...
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What a $10M Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale sounds like
When an automaker creates a street car from one of its race cars, you know a lot of them won't be produced. When the automaker is Alfa Romeo and the timeframe is the late 1960s, you're going to see even fewer examples built. If you're at the right place and the right time, however, you might just...
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Alfa Romeo, Maserati spinoff back in the spotlight
Late last year, talk of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles spinning off its upmarket Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands emerged in investor circles. The thinking was that the money raised could eliminate FCA’s debts of around $7 billion and thus improve the company’s credit rating and better prepare...
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Bad news, Italian sport sedan fans. The 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio will cost more than the 2017 version. Good news: the slightly higher MSRP includes additional standard equipment. The price for one standard-issue 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio will climb to $75,085, which represents a $1,500 increase over the 2017 model. Included with the additional cost is standard automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, which was optional last year. Additionally, Alfa Romeo will now outfit the sport sedan with a 14-speaker Harmon Kardon audio system. Analysis from Cars...
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Climbing to the top in a 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
It's 9,000 feet from Denver to the summit of Mt. Evans, the highest point accessible by a paved road in North America. That's 9,000 vertical feet. It's a heck of a climb, especially considering it only takes about an hour and a half to do by car. We set off in a 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio...
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11 things you should know about the 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Alfa's been slow cooking its entrance back into the United States, and now it's cranked up the heat with the launch of the 2018 Stelvio. Of course, everyone knows you need an SUV, no matter the segment, because all the cool kids are doing it and Americans demand it. Now, Alfa's joining the club. In...
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2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio first drive review: the SUV we've been waiting for
The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio needed style, personality, and drivability to help the fledgling brand not only survive, but thrive. The only question we had: Could all those things be too much? Let's ignore that the Stelvio has the body of a crossover SUV—it's not one. It's the same skeleton as...
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio track day: exhilaration and disappointment
Italian cars are known for two things: driving passion and a finicky nature. So when I finagled my way into a 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio for a track day event, I was hoping that I would experience the former and avoid the latter. Instead I got a healthy dose of both. On Memorial Day, I was...
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V-8-powered Alfa Romeo 4C hill climb car is a serious machine
We need more hill climb events here in the United States. Why you ask? Well, first off that's a dumb question. Secondly, the reason it's dumb is because you don't understand the sort of twisted, mental machinery that shows up to compete in these things. A properly mad hill climb machine usually...
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This 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale Prototipo was named the Best of Show on Sunday at the 2017 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. It proved equally popular among the judges and the public. The beautiful coupe body was penned by Franco Scaglione who was working for Bertone during the 1950s. His daughter Giovanna was present on Sunday to introduce the car alongside its current owner, famous Italian collector Corrado Lopresto. Peak power of 100 horsepower is available in the car, delivered by a 1.3-liter inline-4 and routed to the rear wheels only. What makes it so...
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2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio priced from $42,990
Alfa Romeo’s Stelvio SUV hits the market this summer, and the Italian firm has priced it from a very reasonable $42,990, including a $995 destination charge. Sure that figure isn’t cheap, but you’re getting a lot of value for your dollar. The base Stelvio comes equipped with a...
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10 things you need to know about the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
Some might say Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S. started with the 4C, but if substantial sales actually matter, it's the new 2017 Giulia that truly marks the brand's return. A moment Italian car fans have been waiting for has finally arrived, but was it worth the wait? If driving terrific driving...
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2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio preview
Alfa Romeo’s Stelvio, the Italian marque’s first-ever SUV, was shown to the world last fall at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. But the vehicle on display in L.A. was the Stelvio Quadrifoglio, the 505-horsepower monster that will only make up a small percentage of Stelvio sales. Alfa...
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Jay Leno examines a 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
If you don't know the name Afshin Behnia, you probably at least know of a particular corner of the Internet that he's created. Afshin is the founder of Petrolicious. He's also an unabashed lover of all things Alfa Romeo. The man has a number of those Italian beauties that he calls his own, and he...
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The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio gets strapped to a dyno
One of the current hot tickets in the world of the sporting sedan is the new offering from Alfa Romeo. We don't see a whole lot of the Italian automaker here in the States, but the new Guilia could help change that a bit, especially when variants like the Quadrifoglio and its 2.9-liter...
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