Entries Tagged as 'alfa'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Official Alfa Romeo Junior sketches surface

Filed under: Spy Photos, Euro, Hatchbacks, Alfa Romeo
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport has unearthed sketches and renderings of the upcoming Alfa Junior. Yet another car they get over there, that we wish we could have over here. Automakers usually counter hatch lust with the party line that they’re not popular in America, so we’ll see […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Mini-8C: Alfa Jr set for Geneva debut

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show, Euro, Hatchbacks, Alfa Romeo

As the Italians ready to launch their second attack on BMW’s MINI following the debut of the hot-selling Fiat 500, more details of the upcoming “Alfa Junior” emerge with each passing week. The inside scoop now places the new premium hatch for debut at the Geneva show […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Enter the Rumormill: a new Alfa Romeo Duetto

Filed under: Convertibles, Euro, Alfa Romeo

Cyberspace is rife with speculation about a new small Alfa Romeo convertible, which could be an indicator of one of two things: either the quintessential Italian automaker has got one such spider in the works, or it’s just plain old wishful thinking.
Rumors suggest a revival of the Alfa Romeo Duetto, […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Stonermobile: Alfa Romeo 147 Ducati

Filed under: Motorsports, Euro, Hatchbacks, Alfa Romeo, Motorcycles

If you’re expecting an Italian take on a VW bus, you’re thinking of the wrong kind of stoner, hippie. That’s Stoner with a capital S, as in Casey Stoner, Ducati’s star rider that ’s riding this year to the MotoGP title. To commemorate the vicotry, Alfa Romeo teamed […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Fiat crossover expected in 2010, Alfa version to follow

Filed under: Euro, Crossovers/CUVs, Alfa Romeo, FIAT

The Italians are known for making great sports cars, touring cars, supercars, even little itty-bitty cars. Sport-utes, not so much. Lamborghini’s monster LM002 notwithstanding, the last time few times Fiat tried its hand at SUVs, it came up with the Sedici (a slightly taller than normal compact car built […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Upcoming Alfas going rear-drive

Filed under: Alfa Romeo

For years, the only Italian automobiles available in the United States have been exotic sportscars. Alfa Romeo is banking on that perception for its return to the American market with a range of cars that don’t cost exotic, but look exotic. That much is further evidenced by the 8C Competizione, the car […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Online voters name upcoming Alfa hatch “Furiosa”

Filed under: Euro, Hatchbacks, Alfa Romeo

Furiosa. That’s what the new hatchback from Alfa Romeo will be called, by virtue of an international competition to choose the car’s name.
The Italian automaker is getting farther away from the Alfa-numeric (pun intended) nomenclature and giving its models more emotive nameplates instead. The web contest offered online voters a […]

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