Alfa Romeo News
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Zagato had a lot to celebrate at this past weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. After revealing the stunning Mostro powered by Maserati sports car concept and confirming a limited production run of just five units, another of the legendary Italian coachbuilder’s cars, this time an Alfa Romeo built in the 1930s, won the event’s prestigious Best Of Show award. ALSO SEE: BMW Completely Gives Up, Accepts Ugly As Its Only Design Motif The car was this 1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato, owned by David Sydorick. The American has one of the most significant...
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Alfa Romeo Announces Two New Engines Including Ferrari-Derived Six-Cylinder
At present the only Alfa Romeos on sale on these shores is the 4C sports car and its 4C Spider convertible variant. Over the coming years, the automaker will start adding more models to its lineup, with an aim to have at least eight separate model lines by 2018. This will also require the addition...
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Alfa Romeo 3-Series Rival Coming To U.S. In Early 2016, To Be Followed By SUV
Alfa Romeo officially made its return to the U.S. last year with the arrival of its 4C, Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2015. The superb sports car will be followed this year by the open-top 4C Spider, and then it’s time for the long-awaited mainstream models that will really determine if...
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Debuts In Detroit: Live Photos & Video
The Alfa Romeo 4C is Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015 not just because of its sexy style or carbon chassis, but because of the unique experience of driving the sporty Italian coupe. Soon, the 4C will be joined by the 4C Spider, which made its world debut this week at the 2015 Detroit...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Spied Completely Undisguised: Video
The Alfa Romeo 4C is Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015 not just because of its sexy style or carbon chassis, but because of the unique experience of driving the sporty Italian coupe. Soon, the 4C will be joined by the 4C Spider, seen here undisguised on the streets of Andalucia in video...
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Alfa Romeo Working On New Range Of Engines
Alfa Romeo’s most potent engine right now is the turbocharged 1.75-liter four-cylinder that’s fitted to the 2015 4C sports car, where it rates in at 237 horsepower. However, the automaker is reportedly working on new, more powerful engines that are set to start appearing with the...
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Picking the best performance and luxury car of the year is a difficult thing. Determining which is the best, or at least your favorite, from a crowd of very pleasing choices, can often come down to purely qualitative elements. So it is with Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2015, the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C. MUST SEE: Man Builds Batmobile & Becomes Real Life Superhero To Sick Children Quantitatively, the Alfa Romeo 4C is around the upper mid-pack of the 15 nominees for this year’s award. Its 4.5-second 0-60 mph time is quick, but by no means tops. Its 237-horsepower output from a...
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
Exotic. Italian. Sexy. Quick. Nimble. Priced under $70,000. The Alfa Romeo 4C ticks all of these boxes. And a whole bunch more. In the performance per dollar world—or performance per pound—the Alfa Romeo 4C is a flyweight that punches with the heavyweights. No, it won’t knock the...
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2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spy Shots
Alfa Romeo promises to have an eight-car lineup by the end of 2018 and one of the cars, expected to launch next year, will be a sporty sedan rumored to wear the Giulia title. The car was originally due to arrive several years ago as a successor for the Alfa Romeo 159 sold overseas, but its arrival...
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Production Maserati Alfieri To Spawn New Alfa Romeo 6C Sports Car: Report
Alfa Romeo has revealed plans to launch eight new cars by the end of 2018, one of which is described as a “specialty sports car.” We’re not talking about the 4C sports car, which is the only member of the eight-car lineup presently on sale, but a new high-end model that will...
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C first drive review
Quick--ignore these unabashedly erotic images, pretend you never saw a thing...and name this car. It’s a mid-engined two-seater not from Germany or Japan. It flaunts a supercar monocoque and a humbler suspension. It cauterizes corners courtesy a dual-clutch gearbox and turbocharged power...
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Alfa Romeo Establishes U.S. Dealer Network, Prices 2015 4C From $55,195
Alfa Romeo will return to the U.S. with 82 dealers this year.
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Alfa Romeo’s future product portfolio has finally been confirmed and as predicted the brand will be targeting Germany’s mainstream luxury brands with light and sporty vehicles with feisty engines and plenty of Italian flair. Revealed today in a presentation made by Sergio Marchionne, the boss of Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Alfa’s lineup will be expanded from the current three cars to eight by 2018. DON'T MISS: Dodge To Become Performance Brand, Integrate SRT Those cars will all feature five core attributes: Advanced, innovative engines; perfect 50-50...
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More Powerful 4C Possible, Says Alfa Romeo Boss
Earlier in the year we heard that Alfa Romeo was planning to introduce continuous updates for its new 4C to help keep enthusiasm alive, which for sports cars often drops quickly after their first couple of years on the market. One such update is thought to be a more potent version, which Alfa Romeo...
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Alfa Romeo To Be Made A Standalone Firm: Report
On May 6, Sergio Marchionne, the boss of Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat Chrysler, is scheduled to announce a five-year strategy for the group’s respective brands, with most in the industry eager to hear what’s in store for struggling Alfa Romeo. According to people familiar with the...
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Alfa Romeo's U.S. Return Starts With 2015 4C Debut In New York
After what seems like an eternity, Alfa Romeo is making its official return to U.S. shores this week with the launch of the 2015 4C sports car at the 2014 New York Auto Show. Returning to the U.S. with a stunning, mid-engined sports car is doing things with style, but Alfa Romeo is certainly no...
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Alfa Romeo 4C To Receive Yearly Updates, Hotter Version Not Ruled Out
Alfa Romeo’s stunning 4C sports car is due in local showrooms around June, but overseas the car has been on sale for several months and has already managed to rack up more than 1,700 orders. By the time we finally get it, Alfa Romeo will already be preparing an update for the car...
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Alfa 4C Buyers Will Be Able To Ditch Bug-Like Lights For 4C Spider’s Cleaner Look: Report
When Alfa Romeo first revealed the production 4C sports car, many were surprised that the elegant twin-lens design of the original concept’s headlights were replaced with units dotted with a handful of tiny lenses that resembled the eyes of an insect. At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo...
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The Alfa Romeo 4C is almost here, finally, and while we wait to be handed the keys, here’s some driving impressions from one of the U.K.’s top journos, Chris Harris. He’s put up a review of the 4C for his online series /DRIVE, and brought along one of the Italian beauty's closest competitors, the Porsche Cayman, to pit against it. ALSO SEE: 1,340-Horsepower Koenigsegg One:1 Supercar Live Video And Photos From Geneva Sadly, the weather during Harris’ test was appalling, so we don’t get a clear idea of what it’s like to drive the 4C during more normal...
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Touring Disco Volante Colored Up For Geneva: Live Photos And Video
It first arrived on the scene in concept form back in 2012. Milanese coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera then produced a production version for last year's Geneva Motor Show. We're talking, of course, about the Disco Volante, which takes an elegant, shapely machine and transforms it even...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Concept Debuts At 2014 Geneva Motor Show: Live Photos And Video
At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show we first saw the 4C in concept form. Two years later we saw the production version revealed. Now, at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo has pulled the covers off a new 4C Spider concept, which has already been confirmed for production in early 2015. The most...
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Alfa Romeo May Miss Out On Mazda MX-5-Based Roadster: Report
Despite plans for a new Alfa Romeo convertible to be built by Mazda on the bones of its next-generation MX-5 Miata being finalized last year, Sergio Marchionne, the head of Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat Chrysler, reportedly wants a major rethink of the project. Automotive News (subscription...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Roadster Concept To Bow In Geneva
The Alfa Romeo 4C is finally set to land in U.S. showrooms this June, initially at select Fiat and Maserati stores, but don’t run out to place an order just yet because an even more stunning 4C roadster could be just around the corner. We’ve learned via Italian website 0-100.it that a...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Arrives In (Select) U.S. Dealers In June
The Alfa Romeo 4C will be sold at Maserati dealerships, and a few Fiat stores.
Stephen Edelstein