Fiat Denies Seeking Asian Bride, Alfa Sale
Cross-cultural alliances are the craze of the moment in the auto industry, particularly in the form of Europeans hooking up with Japanese partners. Renault & Nissan, PSA & Mitsubishi,...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With This Picture: Fly Like Fiat, Sting Like A Dodge Edition
Last week we took the counter-intuitive step of calling out Chrysler for refusing to hype its forthcoming products. “Let’s face it:” we wrote at the time, “Chrysler needs buzz, hype, awareness, or...
View ArticleAlfa In America: Glorious Return or Cynical Ploy?
Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne seems ever more committed to the idea of bringing the Alfa Romeo brand to the United States, telling Automotive News [sub]: I’m a lot more confident now that Alfa...
View ArticleMontezemolo Out As Fiat Moves Towards Auto Spin-Off
Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo will be leaving the firm to pursue a career in Italian politics, according to Automotive News [sub]. Montezemolo will remain on Fiat’s board, and will...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Alfa! Love, Zagato
Alfa-Romeo is turning 100 this year, and to celebrate, all the famous Italian design houses are showing their own conceptual expressions of Alfa-ness. And strangely, from Pininfarina’s buttoned-up...
View ArticleCurbside Classic: 1975 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT Coupe/GTV
[An expanded and updated version of this CC is here] We’ve had a lot of utilitarian vehicles last week, and even into this Monday, so with yesterday’s Corolla AE86 leading the charge, we’re going...
View ArticleItalian Dressing: Volkswagen To Buy Alfa?
Automobilwoche [sub] picked up strong signals that Volkswagen is interested in adding Alfa Romeo to their growing roster of brands. Last December, Marchionne had put Alfa on strategic review, and gave...
View ArticleAlfa For Sale? Oh No No No No No
„I’ve said Alfa is not for sale“ grouched Fiat’s Sergio Marchionne at journos who badgered him about Alfa possibly going to Volkswagen. While he was at it, Sergio told Automobilwoche [sub] that...
View ArticleOnly In Italy: Unions Demand Alfa Romance With Volkswagen
Usually, unions take to the streets when their company is supposed to be sold. In Italy, unions demand the sale of their company. In Milan, union representatives marched to the German consulate and...
View ArticlePiech Still Has The Hots For Alfa
Ferdi Piech is trying his hand at instigating a velvet revolution. He is dangling huge sales increases at Alfa in front of workers and customers, hoping that they string up Marchionne and ask...
View ArticleAvenger, Grand Caravan Marked For Death. Is The Dodge Brand On Its Way Out?
With Chrysler, Dodge, Ram and Jeep brands consolidating into single dealerships as part of Chrysler’s “Project Genesis” dealer overhaul, CEO Sergio Marchionne is voting overlapping models off the...
View ArticlePre-Production Review: 2013 Dodge Dart
The last time Chrysler made a serious attempt at the C-segment was in 1995 with the Neon. High initial sales were soon followed by less-than-stellar crash scores, a redesign that put off buyers, the...
View ArticleAudiacious Targets: Alfa Wants To Outsell Fiat In America
Alfa Romeo will outsell Fiat in the United States once the sporty brand gets a foothold in its new market, according to Peter Grady, head of network development for the Chrysler Group, in an interview...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1981 Alfa Romeo Spider
Prices for (non-164) Alfa Romeos have been getting somewhat crazy in recent years, but it’s still possible to get a restorable 1970s or 1980s Spider for non-insane bucks. The proof of this is that...
View Article2016 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Review (With Video)
2016 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider 1.75-liter DOHC I-4, direct injection, turbocharged, CVVT (237 horsepower @ 6,000 rpm; 258 lbs-ft @ 2,200-4,250 rpm) 6-speed “Alfa TCT” dual-clutch automatic 24 city/34...
View ArticleLA 2015: 1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is Beautiful, Angry (Video)
Classic cars are the ultimate form of navel-gazing. And a car like the 1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is the ultimate nerdgasm. The 33 Stradale was so limited that when it rolled off the production line,...
View ArticleAcross The Block: RM Sotheby’s, Milan
Our annual feast of dead bird, fine pigskin, family arguments, cheap electronics, and roughly 200 (of 600) good episodes of The Simpsons is upon us. And once again, we take a glimpse into the wild...
View ArticleEarnings Report Shows Fiat Chrysler Giving Alfa Romeo All the Attention It...
Sports car fans had best brace themselves for a big letdown. Fiat Chrysler, currently pursuing a merger with France’s Groupe PSA, has given investors a peak at future high-end product, and two...
View ArticleSustainability: Manley and Alfa Romeo Think Small
As we told you last week, the Alfa Romeo brand’s near-term future contains far less excitement than initially thought. In Fiat Chrysler’s third-quarter earnings report, the automaker revealed a...
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