Fiat Group Plans to Re-Launch Alfa Romeo…Again, Product Plan Shows 9 New Models

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/fiat-group-plans-to-re-launch-alfa.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kh_utSiuCv8/UNsfGHjWqdI/AAAAAAAK2UQ/BkLWMn0I9zg/s1600/Alfa-Product-Plans-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(63, 63, 63); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><font face="Verdana">It's a story that we've </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/04/alfa-romeo-2010-2014-product-plans.html"><font face="Verdana">heard again</font></a><font face="Verdana">, </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/alfa-romeos-return-to-us-postponed.html"><font face="Verdana">and again</font></a><font face="Verdana">, </font><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/10/alfa-romeo-lays-out-product-plans-until.html"><font face="Verdana">and again</font></a><font face="Verdana"> from the Fiat Group; re-launch and turn the Alfa Romeo brand into a global player in the premium segment. </font> <p><font face="Verdana">Whether the Italians will to stick to the program remains to be seen, but given the recent developments with Maserati, including the introduction of the new Quattroprote and <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/spied-maserati-to-challenge-bmw-5-and-6.html">sightings of Ghibli prototypes</a>, there's a good chance Fiat means it this time. </font> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/fiat-group-plans-to-re-launch-alfa.html#more">Read more »</a>

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It's a story that we've heard again , and again , and again from the Fiat Group; re-launch and turn the Alfa Romeo brand into a glo...

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Alfa Romeo’s Return to the U.S. Postponed Again as Marrchione Changes Original Schedule

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/alfa-romeos-return-to-us-postponed.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5784695634764314722" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8ghfuiEp9jw/UEdeB_vhOGI/AAAAAAAI4c4/0y4PtHjlb-o/s800/Alfa-Romeo-4C-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width:645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">For the umpteenth time, </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Alfa%20Romeo"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Alfa Romeo</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">’s planned reentry in the US market has been put on the table. In October, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will reveal a new schedule for Alfa’s upcoming models and the brands overseas expansion, which means yet another delay.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Last year, Marchionne revealed </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/10/alfa-romeo-lays-out-product-plans-until.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the company's new business plan</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and said that Alfa would return to the States in late 2012 with a small number of its </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Alfa%20Romeo%204C"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">4C</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> mid-engined coupe. The full-on assault in the US market would begin in mid-2013 with the launch of a compact crossover and at the end of the year, the new Giulia executive saloon.</span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/alfa-romeos-return-to-us-postponed.html#more">Read more »</a>

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For the umpteenth time, Alfa Romeo ’s planned reentry in the US market has been put on the table. In October, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio March...

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Official: New Alfa Romeo Spider to be Based on the Next Mazda MX-5!

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/official-alfa-romeo-spider-to-be-based.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5745703952915200562" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bcyz2MFiVuc/T7zXTZoRejI/AAAAAAAHsYE/VwETqhi8WTA/s800/Alfa-Romeo-Spider-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In a surprise announcement that is bound to excite Alfa Romeo fans, the Fiat Group and Mazda revealed today that they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and production of a new roadster model for the Mazda and Alfa Romeo brands based on the rear-wheel drive architecture of the next <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Mazda%20MX-5%20%2F%20Miata">MX-5</a>. </span><p></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">"The study calls for both Fiat and Mazda to develop two differentiated, distinctly styled, iconic and brand-specific light weight, roadsters featuring rear-wheel drive," the two automakers said in a joint statement, adding that each car will be powered "by specific proprietary engines unique to each brand". </span> </p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hAHCVQqKu-Y/T7zXKn0khGI/AAAAAAAHsX4/JLN5bn1ETt4/s1600/Mazda-MX-5-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5745703802106053730" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hAHCVQqKu-Y/T7zXKn0khGI/AAAAAAAHsX4/JLN5bn1ETt4/s200/Mazda-MX-5-1.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 102px;"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">According to the plan, the next Mazda MX-5 and Alfa Romeo's successor to <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/03/geneva-pininfarina-alfa-romeo.html">the Spider</a> will be manufactured at Mazda’s Hiroshima plant in Japan, with production for the Italian model to begin in 2015.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">With the exception of the limited production 8C Competizione Spider (2008-2010) and <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/10/il-monstro-1990-alfa-romeo-sz-with.html">the RZ</a> (1992-1994), the last time Alfa Romeo had a roadster with a front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout was the classic Spider built from 1966 to 1993. This particular model was featured in the 1967 movie <i>The Graduate</i> with Dustin Hoffman. </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/official-alfa-romeo-spider-to-be-based.html#more">Read more »</a>

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In a surprise announcement that is bound to excite Alfa Romeo fans, the Fiat Group and Mazda revealed today that they have signed a non-bind...

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