Alfa Romeo NEWS 2017-2020

Updated Alfa 4C coming. This will go along nicely with the updated hybrid 350hp Giulia coming next year to North American Alfa dealers. No manual gearbox in the 4C is a mistake to not have atleast as an option. The Cali was sold to less car oriented buyers. The 4C is hardcore.

" We wrote recently, a brilliant invention like the Alfa Romeo 4c might be rare and limited, but definitely a fixed value in the range. Especially in America the Thoroughbred sports car with 1750 Tbi Centre is an important addition in the showroom with Giulia and Stelvio. Therefore, a side now also confirms that Alfa Romeo is working on a thorough update, for the model that saw the daylight about 6 years ago and when a first announcement of a return of the Milanese mark at the top.
Freelance car journalist Dan Prosser lets in a Twitterbericht know a good conversation with engineer Roberto Fedeli of Alfa Romeo and Maserati. This mentioned the update of the 4c as something that will take place in the short term, which is also good news for the old Maserati factory in Modena. Earlier, an American source also showed that this project is in the pipeline. In the same conversation, Fedeli also clearly hinted that manual transmissions on sports cars are no longer seen as a serious option. During the development of the California about 10 years ago, one has already come to this insight."

https://www.autoedizione.nl/alfa-romeo-werkt-aan-update-4c/

 

From NEP, the Alfa Romeo 2017 production update:

2017 USA Alfa Romeo Giulia Sales:-

Jan - 70
Feb - 412
Mar - 484
Apr - 634
May - 883
Jun - 992
Jul - 1104
Aug - 916
Sep - 916
Oct - 726
Nov - 756
Total - 7893


2017 USA Alfa Romeo Stelvio sales:-

Jun - 2
Jul - 99
Aug - 203
Sep - 329
Oct - 434
Nov - 657
Total - 1724


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New IMSA TCR class Alfa Romeo at Daytona today.

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The Alfa dream lives on......

https://www.autoedizione.nl/alfa-romeos-gamma-groeit-vanaf-2020-maar-zonder-giulietta-vanaf-2022/

"The MiTo will leave us next year after 10 years of loyal service and the 4c will get an update before retiring at the end of next year. We find that last quite remarkable, but given the low production numbers, FCA has decided to build a stock in the period August-December 2018. In 2020, we see only a major newcomer in the mass segment, in the form of the C-segment SUV, which will almost certainly come from Pomigliano d'arco. In the same year, a new sports car with the inspiring initials 6C and an E-segment SUV (from Mirafiori) will also be debuting. In 2021, it is finally the larger brother of the Giulia in turn, or the long-awaited successor to the Alfa 166. The Giulia gets a thorough update in 2022, which is even referred to as a new model."

 

I like the Blue on these two. They just opened a new FIAT Alfa Romeo dealer on old Motors Row in downtown Chicago last year. The dealers is right next to the original 1911 FIAT distributor dealer, the oldest standing original FIAT showroom left in the USA. I have an old photo of it with a 2 story tall old style lettering FIAT sign on the side and French glass style windows. The building has not been kept up that well and needs to be restored, but it is landmarked.

Taken today.






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More interesting good news on the Alfa Sportscar. It has to be a 6C Jaguar F-type style car Macgeek spoke about. The 4C update in 2019 is already set so an additional new sportscar is coming.

Merry Christmas

https://www.autoedizione.nl/alfa-romeo-werkt-naar-uitgebreid-gamma-toe-met-dna-in-de-f1/


"Technical director of Alfa Romeo Roberto Fedeli shows in an interview some things that actually connect to the recently leaked info. For example, the arrival of a new sports car for Alfa Romeo, which, thanks to the experience that the Milanese brand will do in F1 over the next few years, will extract its DNA from that branch of sport. Fedeli says no statements to be able to do whether it is about the 4c or something else. In the meantime, as a reader, you can read the term ' 6C ' somewhere.

The link with the F1 is, according to Fedeli, so important that the whole technical team will base new developments on it as well. Alfa Romeo presence in F1 along with Sauber will therefore be anything but a matter of a logo and some of Ferrari borrowed blocks. That emphasizes the man who worked for 26 years at Maranello and as no other knows how to translate experiences from the car sport to an excellent product for on the road. Of course it is too early to speak of Alfa Romeo technique in F1 cars, but that is certainly the goal of Fedeli and his team.

Fedeli says that Alfa Romeo will distinguish itself from the competition in terms of technological developments. Especially as regards the way of development. Where German competitors put their line in a more static way for the next ten years, Alfa Romeo will be able to make better use of unique development methods in the market. In addition, it also shows much less in the cards as far as the strategy is concerned. The time to get new models on the market will be considerably shorter than the competitor.

According to the head of the Alfa Romeo Technological Center, it is important to realize smaller models under Giulia and Stelvio and larger in the E segment. The Giulietta continues to exist and the Giorgio platform is applicable in many ways. A future Giulietta with rear wheel drive belongs according to Fedeli simply to the possibilities. All these models have certain unique aspects in common, in which they distinguish themselves from products that are created in competition.

 

More on the hybrid models and larger SUV:

https://www.autoedizione.nl/alfa-romeos-volgende-project-is-een-grote-hybride-suv/


There will be some more details via the British Auto Express about the already reported interview with Alfa Romeo's technical director Roberto Fedeli. Fedeli speaks in that interview about the strategy to be followed by Alfa Romeo during the development of new models, which will roll up the market from 2020 onwards. Among other things, Fedeli explains a few things about the fast and advanced way of developing. He also reports that mild / half hybrid models will debut in the range. Cars without plug, but with 48 Volts battery system that can support the motor while driving.

And the first one would already be in development and in the form of Alfa's first big SUV. The basis is the 2.0 four-cylinder, which in combination with electric motors can provide extra power between 350 and 400 hp. The large SUV weighs about 200 kg more than the Stelvio and will of course stand for optimum driving performance. Alfa Romeo is the international 'benchmark' for the latter, whether the competition and critics want it or not.

 

So your buying an Audi car because the Alfa SUV Quad "car was created personally for me" was not available? Somethings are worth the wait, and with the Alfa you won't see yourself coming and going.

If your smart you will buy a Giulia Quad until the Stelvio Quad is available and leave the Audi on the dealer parking lot with all the other VW's!! I'm surprised they don't make the S5 in Mexico yet

 

From NEP and IPO1, the final USA 2017 numbers. With 12,031 cars sold in 2017 and over 2000 sold in December alone due to strong incentive programs . Those are both all time records for Alfa Romeo. Interested to know how many or those Giulia's were V6 Quadrifoglio's.

Total of 407 Alfa Romeo 4C's sold in 2017 .

2017 USA Alfa Romeo Giulia Sales:-

Jan - 70
Feb - 412
Mar - 484
Apr - 634
May - 883
Jun - 992
Jul - 1104
Aug - 916
Sep - 916
Oct - 726
Nov - 756
Dec - 1011
Total - 8904


2017 USA Alfa Romeo Stelvio sales:-

Jun - 2
Jul - 99
Aug - 203
Sep - 329
Oct - 434
Nov - 657
Dec - 997
Total - 2721

 

2 weeks ago during the December sales period this photo was taken at one of the largest US Alfa Maserati FIAT dealers. Alfa's were scattered all over the dealership and in the back lot. This is the front lot.

By the way, the Alfa 4C production has to be around 7000 or just over 7000 at this point.


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