Update: new models from Alfa Romeo
Late last week we brought you the leaked production schedule from the Fiat group, revealing, among other enticing tidbits, a slew of new models from Alfa Romeo, slated to hit the road in 2009, including the entry-level "Junior" sport hatch, the CXover SUV/coupe and the 169 range-topping sedan. The new details come out of the Fiat Auto Investor Presentation at Lingotto in Turin, Italy.
As we've reported earlier, the Junior model will slot below the current 147/future 149 hatchback in the line-up and will share its platform with the successful Fiat Grande Punto. Targeting the 18-30 age demographic, the Junior is expected to feature aggressive styling and power from turbocharged fours producing between 150 and 220 horsepower, with prices targeted for the €16k range.
Like the Junior, the new CXover will launch its assault on a segment currently untouched by Alfa. The idea is described as a crossover between a coupe and an SUV, sold at a price range between €28-45k. No word yet on what platform it will be based or what will feature under the hood, but given the styling of some of Alfa's recent models, expect it to epitomize the best of Italian design in a new package.
The 169 sedan, the long-awaited replacement for the 166, is the next in the pipeline. The image above is a rendering of what the car might look like. Expected to be based on either a lengthened 159 chassis or on a Maserati platform, the 169 will measure nearly five meters long with elegant lines and a price range between €40-55k, targeting the demographic of over 55.
We'll just have to wait and see what models make it to the Western shores of the Atlantic.
(Follow the jump for three concept sketches of these three models)
[Source: Italiaspeed]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael Karesh 11:10AM (11/13/2006)
The car in the rendering isn't happening for anywhere near 55k Euros. And yet it's also hard to imagine an Alfa selling for roughly $60k. I know the new V8 coupe is going to run around $200k, but this is still the same brand that brought us the Spyder and the Milano, which didn't sell even though they were priced well under the Germans.
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DJ 11:50AM (11/13/2006)
Alter the grille and headlights a little and it looks a lot like the "spy shots/renderings" of the next Jaguar S-Type.
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Peter 11:52AM (11/13/2006)
The Alfa V8 Coupe (or 8C Competizione by it's proper name) is already sold out. The other models can in no way be compared to the old Spyder and Milano. Alfa Romeo has come a long way in Europe and i'm sure it will be a big success when it comes back to the US.
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M. 2:22PM (11/13/2006)
I really liked the transaxle Alfa Romeos (gearbox on the rear axle). I think the last transaxle Alfa I drove was a 75 Alfa Romeo Milano in the US). Maserati is one of the few manufacturers still using the transaxle layout (as well as the Corvette). So although the 75 showed that relatively normal priced cars can be produced in transaxle layout, a new 169 would probably use Maserati parts thus bringing up the price of such a car.
Anyway: I would like to drive again a RWD Alfa.
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DPC car videos 12:31PM (11/13/2006)
Alfa and Subaru front end look similar.
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steve 12:44PM (11/13/2006)
what is it with manufacturers that they assign a small vehicle to one demographic and larger one to another. It seems stupid as seniors eat up scions and gen yers drive around in Caprices. But i digress. I would rock one of those alfas if it were small and powerful but they can keep there fat old man "exotic" luxury barges. Seems porsche and only a few others are serious about compact 400 horse cars.
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Tal D 1:44PM (11/13/2006)
Beautiful! Following the 8C lines?
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retsel 1:58PM (11/13/2006)
the next xj designers should look at this... the body shape/profile... not the nose
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Raffaele Staiano 5:29PM (11/13/2006)
that's a picture from the 159 press realease with the 8c front instead of 159's
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Andy 3:52PM (11/13/2006)
Looks like an amateur Photoshop image. Alfa-Romeo will have to do serious tweaking to compete with Audi and Infiniti here in the United States.
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SilverAero 9:45PM (11/13/2006)
#4
Alfa and subaru front ends look similar because they were drawn conceptually by the same guy. Or so my local subaru sales person said.
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