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Belgian design company Creatix designed the Alfa Romeo Spix concept as an interpretation of what an Alfa Romeo sports car may look like in 50-100 years time.

While the Spix was labeled as a ‘flying car’ and no wheel are visible, the proportions and lines suggest that conventional wheels could quite easily be integrated into the design – without destroying the concepts overall appeal. Read the rest of this entry »

The Alfa Romeo Giullietta blends manageable size and good fuel economy with lots of utility, advanced technology and high, sporting style, crafted by one of Italy’s oldest, most revered car builders. Americans could get the opportunity to buy a Giulietta by 2012.

North America might need a bit of context regarding Alfa Romeo, to be sure. The company is an upscale division of Fiat, one of Europe’s largest automakers, but it hasn’t sold cars in the United States since 1995. The Giulietta name (pronounced like Romeo and Juliet-tah) dates back to 1955, when it was applied to a long line of small, lightweight cars noted for their agile handling. The Giulietta was a volume-produced product that moved Alfa into the mainstream with a new type of chassis known as a unitbody. Giuliettas came in Spider convertible, Sprint coupe, and Berlina sedan body styles and were rear-wheel drive. Through the 1960s, the Giulietta Spider and Sprint developed a small but fanatical following in North America for its sporty handling and racing capability. Read the rest of this entry »

The Alfa Romeo Montreal concept is a creation of Karl Sanders, a design student at Coventry University currently completing his final year.

The Montreal concept was inspired by the original Bertone styled Alfa Romeo Montreal which was introduced at the Expo 67 held in Montreal. The original car was not actually called the Montreal but due to the location of its unveiling the name stayed with the car throughout its lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »

At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show two of the largest Italian automotive design firms both unveiled concept cars to mark the 100th anniversary of Alfa Romeo. Except where Pininfarina unveiled the 2uettottanta concept – which looked just a few tweaks away from being production ready. Bertone came up with the Pandion – which looked like it came from another dimension.

It’s great to see Bertone’s back with some bold originality, because with their recent managerial and financial turmoil a more conservative design might have been more likely. Instead though they decided to dial up the craziness and channel it into an innovative concept which would turn heads and break new ground in automotive design. Read the rest of this entry »

Alfa Romeo Spider is highly aesthetic, at times, Spyder, known by many experts said Julia. Disc brakes with four-wheel independent suspension front and rear coil broke in the same way as Julienne. Alfa Romeo Spider is a classic, has successfully produced a long time, only minor cosmetic modifications to the elevator and parking.Equipped with the same engine as the Sprint GTV 1600, Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider 109bh cylinder production (as it is commonly known) had five speeds and disc brakes. The chassis was Giulia 105-series of sports-absorbing crumple zones, innovation has eliminated the time. After two years of production Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider Veloce 1800cc has been updated to 1750, was born and delivered to the Duet.New Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce 1750 no significant change in cosmetic changes last Spider, aesthetics (and is) very popular. Major changes in 1750 were the electronic speed, suspension and brakes. If Duetto 1750 Veloce, was eventually replaced in 1750 by Fast 2000.In 2000 he was introduced in 1970 Alfa Romeo Spider with another variant, 1300 Junior, sophisticated model and lower level. 560 and 17 200 were subsequently added to the vehicle tail comb to improve the results of extensive experience in the wind tunnel to reduce drag. In addition, two-seater has been done to Spider, Spider, four easily. Other amendments added in the early 80s with black bumpers, made for thelatest vertion,

We spotted this euro-spec Alfa Romeo 159 sedan on a flatbed traveling down I-94 in Michigan. It’s anyone’s guess what it’s doing here, but we do know that Alfa plans to bring a revised 159 (and several other models) to the U.S. beginning in 2009.

The model seen here is fitted with Alfa’s 150-hp, 1.9-liter diesel four. The car is also offered in Europe with a larger diesel as well as a choice of three direct-injected gas engines. All-wheel drive is available as well. Have a look at the images and then click below to read what we had to say about the larger Alfa 169 in our June 2008 Sneak Preview issue.

Alfa Romeo began making the compact executive car known as the Alfa Romeo 159 in the year 2005. It was initially introduced in the form of production at the Geneva Motor Show that year as a replacement for the highly successful Alfa Romeo 156 model. The 159 model utilizes the GM Fiat Premium Platform, which it shares with the concept car Kamal as well as the Spider and the Brera. Read the rest of this entry »

The Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo was founded in the year 1910. Alfa Romeo Company LogoSince the year 1986, Alfa Romeo has been a member of the Fiat Group. The name “Alfa” was initially an acronym that stood for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (in English: Lombard Automobile Factory, Public Company.)

The company arose from the ashes of Societa Anonima Italiana Darracq, a company that was founded by Milanese aristocrat Cavaliere Ugo Stella in the year 1906 in cooperation with the French car company Alexandre Darracq. At first, the company focused solely on making Darracq cars in Naples. Eventually, the partnership fell apart, at which point Stella and the other Italian investors moved the production plan to a suburb of Milan. At that point, the company became A.L.F.A. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve mentioned elsewhere that I thought the Fiat 500 was the hottest thing since blue Candy Floss. However I think I might have found an equal. Let’s take a look at the chic wee Alfa Romeo Mito.

Styling is almost retro, and yet quite sporty. The cute headlights look racy enough, and so does the overall low profile side on view too. Goose-step round to the rear of the vehicle, and I get very impressed by the round taillights rimmed in chrome detailing. They remind me of the very old Ford Fairlane models. I love the sport twin exhaust pipes too. Read the rest of this entry »

Alfa Romeo is rich while using revolutionary utilization of appearing engineering and also flawless design and style that were blended to generate your aesthetically gorgeous cars that easy modest, sophisticated along with ageless. Along with that is certainly their cultural commitment to be sure that they’re able to utilize technologies in making their own cars give off below the typical amount of exhaust established from the Environmental Protection Agency. Additionally, essential will be the presence of the catalytic ripping tools in every Alfa Romeo.Alfa Romeo idea automobiles get mostly emphasized overall performance in combination with historic convention. The Nuvola Idea, along with the on their own made Queen Idea autos have got established that this particular ethos is the actual center of Alfa conceptualisation. The Centro Stile web site also offers designers excellent direction in terms of the mix of collection and also type Alfa would rather notice inside style technique of its automobile’s body-work. Read the rest of this entry »