Alfa Romeo's Future Crossover is Getting Its Final Touches
Alfa Romeo is finishing its first crossover and will bring the car to market in mid to late 2016 in Europe and the United States, Automotive News Europe is reporting.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed the model in his call last week about the automaker’s second-quarter earnings. The BMW X3 and Audi Q5-sized Alfa hasn’t been publicly named, but will be based off of Alfa Romeo’s coming Giulia.
The car would launch in Europe around September 2016 with a U.S. launch three months later, Marchionne said.
The midsize crossover would complement Alfa Romeo’s Giulia and would be the third car launched in the U.S. after the Giulia and 4C.
“Alfa’s plan is progressing as we told you it will go,” Marchionne said, according to Automotive News Europe.
It’s unclear what engine the crossover would get, or whether it would receive the hilariously boosted 510-horsepower, Maserati-developed V-6 from the super-performance variant of the Giulia.
The crossover will likely be assembled at Alfa Romeo’s Cassino plant, which also produces the Giulia and Giulietta. Despite a U.S. launch, it appears that FCA only has one North American-assembled car coming out next year, the redesigned Chrysler Town and Country.
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To me Alfa will always be the car that Dustin Hoffman drove to UC to date Kathryn Ross.
I recall my parents considering an Alfa sedan in the 70's but got turned off when they discovered it was a creme puff Fiat. I heard the 500's back to Polski-Fiat again with a production move from MX. I wonder if the NA chassis and 6 auto were worth the development cost?
The most interesting part of the story is how few details are revealed. Not sure where it will be built, but they'll have to tool up in a year. Not sure which engine will go in it. It sounds like either Mr. Marchionne has to crack the whip and get some details worked out, or that FCA has hired some tight-lipped public relations pros.
How many things are we going to base on the Giulia exactly? And why are they making a cheaper, smaller Alfa when we were supposed to have the JGC based one already? How many more years are we to wait for all these cars? Shouldn't FCA worry more about paying off their $100M fines and making sure their cars don't set people on fire or get haxxored?