Having assembled sole erected 500 examples, the achingly luscious Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is bound to become a collectors’ item. Unfortunately, they have all carried on spoken for, but if you missed your odds and expense is no object, Italian auction site AutoScout24 has one listed this may be of interest.
On top of the clout and rarity of the regular 8C, the present exemplary stands out as one of easily a handful designed in black. That only is not adequate to justify the monumental premium making trusted for right now example: the posted market prices is €380,000, for the duration of twice its hand made retail values of €160k. The gas growth may appear close, however: over unspecified means, the output on this moment 8C is quoted as holding been heard amplified to 590 hp, a 140-hp bonus within the duration of the availability 450.

[Source: AutoScout24.it (translated) via OmniAuto.it (translated)]

If Alfa Romeo is to offer a winning provide to the North American market, it can crisis to rely on a larger number of as opposed to its sexy Italian image. On these kinds of shores, which signals two contradictory components are needed in its line-up: sport-utes and purple tech. Towards the present end, Alfa’s newly-appointed CEO, Fiat Group wunderkind Luca de Meo, has demonstrated two new developments for the company. The mostly is the creation of a sport-utility or crossover vehicle. The moment is a start-stop engine system, probably to be bolstered by hybrid technology borrowed based on what i read in parent firm Fiat.The crossover, previewed by the Kamal notion at the 2003 Geneva show, is scheduled to debut in 2010. It is guessed to be centered on the 159 platform, that right now highlights Alfa’s Q4 all-wheel-drive method and bids a cycle of gasoline and turbodiesel engines. Upon its existence to market, the new Italian SUV would have to manage resilient competition based on what i read in Germany’s smartest miniature SUVs, not excluding the Mercedes GLK, BMW X3, Volkswagen Tiguan and Audi Q5.

[Source: Auto Motor und Sport]

As we reported earlier, Alfa Romeo handed for the duration of its Brera to Prodrive, that has for a while honed the hot hatch to what is making identified the Brera S. Prodrive fit the new Brera S in on Eibach coil springs and Bilstein dampers, and afterward conducted drastic testing to bring in the correct equate of spring and damper amounts for more capable handling without ruining the ride. The steering was too tweaked to take advantage of the car’s quicker reflexes, and 8C Competizione-inspired lightweight 19-inch alloy wheels wearing Pirelli rubber stay the car affixed to terra firma. Along among lighter wheels, hollow anti-roll bars and aluminum suspension elements more and more lower the car’s weight beneath the rest of the Brera range. Exterior mods are minimal, but the waste has kept on reworked and is capped through chrome guidelines featuring Prodrive’s logo, and there are now Prodrive-branded mud flaps up front and either ‘S’ or ‘SV6′ badges on the C-pillar. The Brera S has moreover kept on fitted provided new seats that, along amidst the dashboard, door panels, steering wheel and gear shift, feature red stitching. There are drilled aluminum pedals for your footsies and a limited-edition Brera S aluminum plate featuring the flags of every company’s real estate earth (Italy and Britain) is located in the headrest recess.

[Source: Alfa Romeo]

Alfa Romeo has mounted a concerted campaign to get the public faced in shaping the type image of its new Mi.To hatchback. One of the first steps was to own an online contest to determine the vehicle’s name, but finally rejected the triumphant proposal “Furiosa” in favor of the quirky MiTo nameplate. Since when that happens the Italian automaker took a web site out of our prefered playbook by launching the MiTo blog, and the majority of just recently apprehended one more contest to certain the car’s badge.

Out of all the proposals, currently is the one which won out. The dynamic script such a was our above all option came in second, tracked by one a good amount of propositions the scored farther downward the chart. Although we figure it was a mistake to ditch the a good deal more evocative Furiosa and cr in the above all place, we wonder about how individuals got smoking when properties picked currently badge. Where’s the rest of it?

[Source: Alfa Romeo]

Alfa MiTo GTA might look like. It’s boiling over with go-fast features including jumbo wheels housed in bulging arches and connected by contoured side sills, with a big black lip spoiler jutting out the front and fender vents fore and aft to provide extra cooling for the added goin’ and stoppin’ power. While it has yet to be confirmed that the top of the range MiTo will indeed be a GTA, if it does, it’s likely to look something like this.
[Source: Projetto955 via CarScoop]

Schnöde Gesetze im Wettstreit mit Extrem-Lösungen. Man sieht die Entwickler förmlich ringen, den Charakter des TT Clubsport möglichst unbeschadet in die Serie zu retten. Innen sind die Instrumente wieder weiß/orange unterlegt, doch die Luftausströmer entstammen ebenso bekannten Audi-Modellen wie das Lenkrad (vom RS6). Immerhin blieb im Motorraum alles wie im Vorjahr. Der Zweiliter-Turbo bringt unverändert 302 PS und 420 Newtonmeter – nun traut sich also auch Audi mit Chip- und Turbo-Spielereien über die 300-PS-Schwelle. Bislang sind 265 PS im S3 das Maß der Ringe, und die dürften mit dem TT Clubsport kaum mithalten. Der offene Speedster sprintet in 4,9 Sekunden auf 100 und wird bei 250 km/h elektronisch eingefangen. Das alles geht nur mit quattro-Antrieb, die neue S-tronic packt Audi noch dazu.

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When I was a small amount kid I wanted to be fancy my big brother. I is able to dress the same as him, go to the same houses as him, do the same things as him… It never especially was effective because, at the end of the day, I never looked everything desire him. So additonally I misgiving I was the alone one, I had one eyebrow mentioned when Alfa Romeo set out to emulate the design of its show-stoppin’, range-toppin’ 8C Competizione through a new entry-level model. A mass-market hatchback intended to watch as an ultra-exclusive supercar? Well Alfa arguably arrived at only too surrounded by the new MiTo, and to provide evidence the current height it is graced us through a total gallery of new images of the two siblings part by side. The kid sister may be on the look such a a great deal more and more junior in juxtaposition, but the resemblance is uncanny. 
 

[Source: Alfa Romeo via Fresh Tarmac]

The certainly isn’t the merely limited-edition Fiat Group automobile that’ll be accessible for form at that year’s Mille Miglia. Alfa Romeo plans to as well be rendering orders for the 11 Spider Mille Miglia editions it is construction to commemorate the 11 times it is won the race. Setting the cars apart based on information from typical editions are Rosso 8C paint, Quadrifoglio shelters on the fenders and a red-accented brown interior. Translation: it is a super-exclusive paint-and badging special.
Each car is, of course, individually numbered, and this unusual ID plates note a weird Alfa Romeo Mille Miglia victory. We can fully envision select eccentric collector at last securing all eleven rides one day merely to hold the comprehensive set. Power comes based on the automaker’s 3.2L V6 instigating 260 horses. Price? We do not know, but we will bet overly it a greater amount of as opposed to covers the price levels of the special smother and a few further badges. 
 [Source: Alfa Romeo]

Creating a factory in Mexico will not only solve Alfa Romeo’s problem but at the same time it will help Fiat cope with the growing demand in South America as the company needs more production for the region. Mexico’s strategic position is considered ideal as it will help balance Fiat’s needs in North and South America.

Via: AN

At a first glance, the switchgear looks different, but take a closer look and you’ll see several common switches and buttons between the two cars. Not that we weren’t expecting it, but don’t forget that the Mi.To will compete against the MINI and buyers in this price range (theoretically) look into these kind of details.

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