Alfa Romeo Giulia 2013

is gearing up for the release of its latest baby, the Giulia. It's a long time coming considering rumors on the car have been around for quite some time now. But in the classic case of "better late than never", the new Giulia,

which is expected to hit the production line at the tail end of 2012, is now further along in its development. This poses as great news for fans of the Italian marquee while on the flip side, the sports sedan's forthcoming release should be a cause for concern from some of its German rivals, particularly BMW and Audi.

For a brand that has seen its recent struggles, Fiat is hoping that Alfa Romeo's new Giulia sports sedan will be the car that will help the Italian brand recover its place in the auto industry. It's a tall order for a sports sedan given the stiff competition it's going to face in the market once it's released, but nevertheless, Alfa Romeo is confident that they have found the car that will lead them back to prominence in the 2012 Giulia.

UPDATE 04/13/2011: It seems Fiat-Chrysler CEO, Sergio Marchionne, is unhappy with the design for the new Giulia so Alfa Romeo may have to wait until 2013 to make its return to the U.S. We've waited this long, what's a few more months?

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Alfa Romeo Carabo

The Alfa Romeo Carabo is a sports car that first appeared at the 1968 Paris Motor Show. It was advised by Marcello Gandini, alive for the Bertone architecture studio. Carabo name is acquired of Carabidae arena beetle , as evoked by the car's irised blooming and orange coloring.The ancestor was congenital on the anatomy of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33, a mid-engined V8. The Carabo agent fabricated 230 bhp (172 kW; 233 PS) at 8800 rpm, which fabricated it accessible to accomplish a top acceleration of 250 km/h (155 mph).The scissor doors afterwards aggressive the Lamborghini Countach.A replica, congenital on a De Tomaso Pantera platform, was congenital by Sam Foose (father of Chip Foose) afterwards he was clumsy to shop for the abstraction from Bertone.

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Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

At the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Alfa Romeo apparent the 8C Spider, a auto adaptation of the Competizione coup�. The Spider abstraction was congenital by Carrozzeria Marazzi. Assembly of the 8C Spider was accepted by Sergio Marchionne on September 25, 2007. It was appear that the Spider would be congenital in a 500 assemblage assembly run and would amount about �20,000 (US$27,500) added than the auto version.Production of the 8C Spider began in 2009, in Modena, with Maserati in allegation of architecture the cars. As ahead announced, 500 cars will be built, anniversary priced at �175,000 (US$241,000) excluding taxes. The assembly adaptation was apparent at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. 35 of 500 Spiders are activity to United States.Alfa Romeo claims that the 8C Spider's top acceleration is 290 kilometres per hour (180 mph), which makes it hardly slower than the auto version. The brakes on the Spider are Brembo carbon-ceramic units. The Spider has a two-layer electrically operated bolt roof. The windshield anatomy is fabricated of carbon fibre to try to advance a 50/50 weight distribution.

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Alfa Romeo Vittorio Jano Design Study for a 159 Replacement

The Alfa Romeo Vittorio Jano concept sedan is the brainchild of independent Italian designer Marco Procaccini. Named after Vittorio Jano, an Italian race car designer of Hungarian descent that worked at Alfa Romeo from the 1920s through the 1930s, Procaccini's proposal is a sporty-looking saloon with a five-door fastback body style and seating for four.

Created as a direct replacement for Alfa Romeo's BMW 3-series-fighting 159 sedan, the Vittorio Jano measures 4,650mm in length, 1,830mm in width and 1,400mm in height. The designer said he plans to follow up the sedan with a Sport Wagon study. Gallery and video after the jump.

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2011 Alfa Romeo MiTo

Alfa Romeo MiTo

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2010 Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta

2uettottanta: a name that evokes the legendary Duetto, but also the years of activity at Pininfarina, which launches the celebrations for its 80th anniversary with this concept car. And it has decided to do so with a type of car that is by definition, the work of Pininfarina: an Alfa Romeo spider. A very Italian product, which

has become an export brand, representing the inexhaustible talent that the whole world associates with Italy.
The Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept reflects Pininfarina's determination to look to the future with optimism following tradition, restating its excellence in design and its acknowledged capacity for aesthetic and

 technological innovation. It is a concept that represents an innovative approach, projected into the third millennium, to a topic that is firmly rooted in Pininfarina history, the 2-seater spider. And like the best Alfa Romeo sports cars to come from Pininfarina's pencil, the Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept exalts the driving

 experience and concentrates on the excitement of being at the wheel of an open car with a great aesthetic personality. It is a car that can make people dream and excites even after many years. The icon of a lifestyle that harks back to a lively, tumultuous period. Like the Duetto of the Sixties, which helped to establish a trend based on the themes of rebellion and escape, thanks to the film "The Graduate".

The Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept is also a tribute to Alfa Romeo, which celebrates its centenary in 2010: the alliance between Alfa Romeo and Pininfarina is one of the most significant and durable in the history of the car, one of men and of passion, of design and cutting-edge technical solutions, which has generated an

inestimable number of good-looking, innovative cars with plenty of temperament. With a predilection for sports cars and convertibles. The aim is to replicate all this with the Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept. So a clean, elegant line was chosen for this "simple 2-seater", which is proposed with a 1750 cc turbo engine

positioned longitudinally, an obvious reference to the "1750 Veloce" of 1968, one of the many versions derived from the famous "Osso di Seppia" (Cuttlefish). With its red bodywork, inspired by the typical Alfa Romeo paintwork, the 2uettottanta is 1797 mm wide, 4212.6 mm long, 1280 mm high and has a wheelbase of 2500 mm.

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Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is a sports car produced by Italian automaker Alfa Romeo. It was aboriginal presented as a abstraction car at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show and after appear for auction for the 2007 archetypal year. The name refers to the eight butt (Cilindro in Italian) agent (8C) and Alfa Romeo's antagonism full-blooded (Competizione, Italian for 'Competition')

The 8C Competizione was alien at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003. The curve of the accompanying seater are meant to answer the administration of Alfas of the 1950s and 1960s, and the "Competizione" name is a advertence to the 1948 6C 2500 Competizione, which competed in the 1949 and 1950 Mille Miglia chase and came third both times. It was in the closing of these two contest that the car was apprenticed by Juan-Manuel Fangio and Augusto Zanardi. It won the 1950 Targa Florio. A 3.0 litre ancestor was congenital but not produced. These 6C 2500 models were amid the aftermost cartage with links to the pre-war cars.

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New 2011 Alfa Romeo 8C

It was no doubt and always awaited the arrival of his latest news. The concept is very mature and has been present at the right time for this one vehicle. A concept car made real. Four years ago, when Alfa Romeo was at its lowest ebb, its chief designer, Wolfgang Egger, came up with a morale-boosting concept for a new two-seater coupe to demonstrate that the great marque had not forgotten its roots. Alfa is back and is making a

splash in the U.S., this time going for big money. The name, Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, referred directly to Alfa�s greatest racing days. There was a clamour for the car to be built, but Fiat�s management was having enough trouble at the time finding separate paths for Ferrari and Maserati, and declined to complicate things further by tossing a new Alfa into the confusion. After its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003, the

2011 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione has almost ceased to exist, but the company finally decided to take her to the U.S. to build the image before entering the vehicle less expensive and more mainstream than the two-seat coupe. The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione was elected as a classic car in the future. This survey shows more than 30 different cars sold in Britain from the last ten years, ranging from supercar to the supermini. The 2011 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is one of the brand�s classic high-performance

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Alfa Romeo Brera

The Alfa Romeo Brera is a sports car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo amid 2005 and 2010.[3] The Spider auto was produced amid 2006 to 2010. Both cars were bogus by Pininfarina. Only 12,488 units of Spider and 21,786 units of Brera were built. Production of both models chock-full in November 2010, although actual banal will abide into 2011.

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Alfa Romeo MiTo

The Alfa Romeo MiTo, additionally accepted as the type 955, is a three aperture adventurous supermini clearly alien on June 19, 2008, at Castello Sforzesco in Milan, with an all-embracing addition at the British Motor Show in 2008. The car was accessible in all Alfa's above markets in stages from July. The three-door auto is front-wheel drive and will be awash to attempt with the MINI and the newer Audi A1. Designed by Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, the architecture is believed to be aggressive by the 8C Competizione.

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Flower Power: Alfa Romeo MiTo "Inked" by Louise Dear

Alfa Romeo has commissioned a one-off art piece to mark the UK launch of its congestion charge free MiTo 1.3 JTDM-2 Sprint, which is powered by an 85-horsepower turbo diesel that emits 95g/km of CO2 .

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Alfa Romeo 8C

The design of the Alfa Romeo 8C sexy spider, draw Novitec for tuning for the engine can be powered 600hp! That said, even Novitec Rosso is smart enough to know that you don�t mess with a good thing with the German tuner focusing its attention on improving the Alfa�s mechanical hardware. The highlight of Novitec

 Rosso�s performance package is hidden under the 8C Spider�s hood with the adoption of a modified version of the supercharger system used on the firm�s Maserati GT tune. A new water-to-air intercooler with a dedicated radiator, custom injectors, a stainless-steel high-performance exhaust system and an ECU optimization round off the changes to the 4.7-liter V8 engine 2011 Alfa Romeo 159 Saloon and Sportwagon range launch in the UK market. Alfa Romeo also offers the 159 with two more engines in the UK, there are the 2.0 JTDM 136 bhp and the 159 with two more engines in the UK, a 1.75-liter turbo petrol with 200 bhp and a 2.0-liter JTDM turbo diesel with 170 bhp, both compliant with Euro 5 standards.

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2011 model year Alfa Romeo MiTo first shown at the 2011 Geneva Salon. For Italy and on other major European markets comes with a fresh batch of exterior colors, different seat upholsteries, new optional equipment and Euro 5 compliant engines all fitted as standard with a Start&Stop system 2011 Alfa Romeo 4C Concept is compact �supercar� which represents the true essence of a sports car, according to the brand�s values: performance, Italian style and technical excellence aimed at maximum driving pleasure in total safety. Like the photos above, it is made its debut at the 81st Geneva International Motor Show.The firm�s UK division unveiled two concept designer bags for its MiTo subcompact as part of the company�s centenary year celebrations and to help support young British fashion talent

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Report: New Alfa Romeo-Derived / U.S. Made Dodge Compact Sedan to Debut at 2012 Detroit Show

A new U.S. market compact sedan to be developed by Fiat and built by Chrysler is set to make its debut appearance at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in the beginning of next year, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The as-of-yet unnamed model will be badged as Dodge and powered by a Fiat-derived 1.4-liter turbocharged gasoline engine. It�ll also do 40 mpg combined, or at least it will if Fiat wants to net itself a further 5% of Chrysler from Mr. Monopoly Uncle Sam.

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Monstrous Paramount Marauder Armored Vehicle to Star in First Episode of Top Gear Season 17

In just a few hours from now, Top Gear will air the first episode of season 17 on BBC. During the past two weeks, we got a taste of what Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have in store for us this year through two teaser clips.
In one of those trailers, we saw a large off-road-like vehicle playing the role of a monster truck on a white Alfa Romeo 156 and an older generation Renault Megane sedan.
It turns out that the vehicle is a mine protected armored truck called Marauder from South African company Paramount Group and the driver behind the steering wheel is Richard Hammond. We were contacted by Paramount Group who told us that the Marauder will be featured in tonight's first episode of Top Gear Season 17.

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Alfa Romeo Sport Cars Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

The Achievement Car Show that will booty abode in Birmingham, UK, 14-17 January 2010, Autodelta will bare the world�s aboriginal acquainted Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. Alfa Romeo�s alarming Alfa 8C Competizione supercar has biconcave the accolade for Best Architecture of the Year in Auto Express�s 2008 Fresh Car Honours.

The advertisement came afterwards added than 4000 Auto Express readers voted in the category, putting the Italian 4.7 V8 arch and amateur aloft its rivals. Auto Express�s anticipation console agreed with their verdict.

Editor of Auto Express, David Johns, said: �Choosing the best advised cars of the year is never easy, so we angry to the experts for advice � Auto Express readers. Only one car was anytime activity to win � Alfa Romeo�s Sport Cars 8C Competizione artlessly blew the action away.�

Alfa Romeo Sport Cars Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

Marketing Director of Alfa Romeo UK, Nicholas Bernard, added: �It�s aces to apperceive that this supercar has afflicted the affections and unified car admirers beyond the UK. It is the apotheosis of the Alfa Romeo Sport Cars marque and will accommodate the architecture afflatus for approaching models.�

The 4.7-liter V8 agent in the car masterpiece is acutely a hardly college achievement application a fresh agent administration software. The agent develops 444 hp at its bulb banal and Autodelta apotheosis promises to 17 added to offer. Technical refinements to the anatomy of the car and the abeyance was additionally promised, but no added capacity were appear by the company.

Few capacity are accepted at this point, but a remapped ECU should clasp out a bashful 17 application addition from the banal 444-hp, 4.7-liter Ferrari-developed V8. Alfa Romeo Sport Cars Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is additionally alive on fine-tuning the chassis, demography their 8C about some of the finest advance in Europe to get it aloof right.

Alfa Romeo Sport Cars Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

Autodelta additionally appear that they are alive on anatomy and abeyance upgrades that will be presented at a after date.

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