Alfa Romeo and Maserati may get SUVs based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee platfor

The bond between Fiat and Chrysler continues to grow with this latest piece of news that Maserati and Alfa Romeo may get SUVs based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee platform, which according to Sergio Marchionne can easily take on the larger and more powerful powertrains that a luxury SUV has to offer.

Jeep’s own offering includes a 5.7 liter Hemi and a 6.4 liter SRT-8 Hemi. A large Maserati/Alfa Romeo SUV based on this platform could house Ferrari’s front mounted rear wheel drive engines, already used in Maserati passenger cars.

Chrysler and Fiat boss, Sergio Marchionne, has hinted plans to use the Jeep Grand Cherokee platform as a base for upcoming Maserati and "Alfa Romeo" SUVs.
An Alfa Romeo spokesman said just yesterday the Jeep Grand Cherokee platform could be used as a base for an upcoming Alfa Romeo SUV, which would expand the model lineup.
Chrysler's redesigned Jeep Grand Cherokee has been so successful that Fiat may use the sport-utility vehicle’s platform for Alfa Romeo and Maserati models , the companies’ chief executive officer said. Chrysler, the US automaker controlled by Fiat, introduced the updated Grand Cherokee earlier this year. Marchionne plans to open about 165 Fiat franchises in the US in 119 markets. Marchionne said Chrysler is working on bringing the small, multi-purpose Fiat L0, pronounced L-zero , to the US.

Marchionne denied reports in Italy that Fiat was considering spinning off its Mirafiori plant near Turin to a company owned in part by Chrysler. “Expect Chrysler products to be made by Fiat and Fiat products to be made by Chrysler,” Marchionne said. Marchionne said Fiat and Ferrari wouldn’t use the Jeep platform. The Grand Cherokee’s architecture could be used for the higher-priced "Alfa Romeo" or Maserati brands and could handle stronger powertrains , Marchionne said. An Alfa Romeo or Maserati based on the Grand Cherokee could compete against BMW’s luxury SUVs in the US market, she said.

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CALIFORNIA GIRLS AT LA SHOW 2010

CALIFORNIA GIRLS AT LA SHOW 2010

OF course you will never get away from girl in LA AUTO SHOW, there are many Californian Girls show up in the show.You didn't think we'd leave you without a quick taste of the lovely booth professionals of the Los Angeles Auto Show, did you? So without further ado, enjoy our selection of California beauties in the photo gallery after the jump, and if you missed out on our main coverage with all the new car presentations, click here to check out our dedicated post.

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2011)

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta Review

The first Giulietta was launched in 1954. The Alfa Romeo Giulietta has been built in celebration of this centenary and has echoes of the original sporty coupe mixed in amongst ultra modern technology. Alfa Romeo tells us that the new car has been designed to compete with the best in the C-segment and it has the credentials to prove it, with a good dollop of Alfa styling.
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta sits on a brand new 'Compact Platform', which will also provide the basis of some new and surprising additions to the Alfa stable in the next couple of years.

It has the general appearance of an overgrown Alfa Romeo 147, which is no bad thing. The front end bears the new 'floating' triangular Alfa grille and emblem with the number plate set to one side. The lower part of the grille divides the beefy air-intakes and the fog light housings, a sign of its sporty intentions, while the sharp bonnet creases and muscular wheelarches make the Alfa Romeo Giulietta look wide and low.

the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta goes on sale in the UK from Saturday 24 July. In the UK Alfa Romeo see a 50-50 split for sales between retail and business buyers.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta prices start at £16,995 and rise up to £24,495 and its targeted sales competitor is the Volkswagen Golf range. Every customer can adapt the new car to their specific driving requirements thanks to Alfa Romeo’s D.N.A. selector.

The new 1.4-litre TB MultiAir 170bhp offers the lowest emissions and fuel consumption in its class for petrol engines of this power rating.

The most powerful engine in the range is Alfa Romeo’s new 1750 TBi petrol unit, which offers the performance of a three-litre but has the fuel consumption of a 1.6 litre four cylinder, employing revolutionary technology to ensure strong acceleration at low engine speeds with minimal turbo lag.

But the "Alfa Romeo Giulietta" isn’t just about being fun to drive. Each model, from the entry-level Turismo specification to the range-topping Cloverleaf, has a very high level of standard equipment. The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta was recently awarded a Euro NCAP five-star crash safety rating and an overall score of 87/100: an impressive result that makes it the safest compact car built to date says Alfa.
With a wide range of engines and four levels of specification Alfa Romeo expect 75 per cent of UK sales to go to the mid range Lusso and the sporty Veloce models with the starter specification Turismo taking 15 per cent of sales and the top of the range high performance Cloverleaf version taking 10 per cent.

With a 50-50 split of sales between retail and business/fleet customers, retail buyers are expected to make the new 1.4-litre TB MultiAir 170bhp, direct injection turbocharged petrol unit their favourite and higher mileage business and fleet users will go for the 2.0-litre JTDM-2, 170bhp turbodiesel unit.

The petrol engine returned a real-life 34.6mpg and the 2.0-litre turbodiesel returned 42.7mpg.
I thought the 2.0-litre diesel model with different suspension settings to cope with the extra engine weight offered a more refined and comfortable ride

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Alfa Romeo centenary in Monterey 2010

Again show in Monterey 2010 festival , 100th birthday of Alfa Romeo,

The year 2010 marks the 100th altogether of Alfa Romeo, the abundant Italian automaker that has accustomed us some of the best lust-worthy alley and chase cars of, well, the aftermost century. It was fitting, therefore, that Concorso Italiano acclaimed the break with gusto. They alike let the Alfas spell out the anniversary bulletin to the heavens:

a simple "100." It would accept been absorbing to see them try to use 100 cars to do so; advantage knows there were at atomic that abounding Alfas on hand.

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Alfa Romeo MiTo Turismo Sport Edition

Alfa Romeo MiTo Turismo Sport Edition

Alfa Romeo UK is affable a new appropriate copy adaptation of the adventurous bunched Alfa MiTo to its showrooms this month. Brimming with added agreeable and attainable from aloof £199 a ages with a £1,000 deposit, the Alfa MiTo has never been so enticingly accessible.

The new Alfa MiTo Turismo Sport combines head-turning design, activating achievement and engineering technology with an added £1,610 account of alternative accessories – all from aloof £12,895 OTR.

To add to an already adorable package, barter can additionally booty advantage of Alfa’s latest accounts accord that delivers the MiTo Turismo Sport 1.4 16V 95bhp from aloof £199 a ages with alone a £1,000 drop required.

The new antic copy will be attainable in a best of three visually arresting colors –Solid Black (as standard), Biancospino White or the new Alfa Metallic Red.

There is added best to be had back it comes to agent ability for the MiTo Turismo Sport.

The active 1.4 16V 95bhp petrol adaptation attainable from £12,895 OTR is abutting by the acclaimed 1.3 JTDM-2 95bhp MultiJet turbodiesel, which is attainable from £14,410 (£219 a ages with a £1000 deposit).

While the 95bhp 16V petrol agent provides a fun and agreeable drive, the avant-garde additional bearing MultiJet turbodiesel agent -JTDM-2 -perfectly complements the Alfa MiTo aesthetics of low emissions (112g/km of CO2) and ammunition burning (65.7mpg on the accumulated cycle) after compromising achievement and disciplinarian achievement (0-62mph in 11.6 seconds).

On top of the already absorbing accepted accessories begin in the MiTo Turismo; such as air conditioning and advanced Alfa D.N.A technology, the Alfa MiTo Turismo Sport appropriate copy includes 16” admixture wheels, rear spoiler, cruise control, Blue & Me™ technology, fog lights and a covering council caster accumulation audio and buzz controls.

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Alfa Romeo with Disco Volante Sculpture

Designed by the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo with the accord of artisan Agostino Bonalumi, the carve is aggressive by the acclaimed Alfa Romeo 1900 Disco Volante (Flying Saucer).

As a badge of appreciation, Alfa Romeo had the names of all those who contributed in the conception accounting in a appropriate applique beneath the art piece. In addition, anybody will accept a 1/43 calibration archetypal of the sculpture.

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Alfa Romeo 6C 3200 Cento Study 156 GTA Heart

Update: "1754 Fuori dell' ordinario" sent us this statement regarding the Alfa Romeo 6C Cento:

"The 6C Cento is designed as a tribute for Alfa Romeo that fits between the Spider/Brera and 8C. There are no further plans to introduce a real concept car. However, if there’s interest in a real life version, we would not hesitate to build one!

Currently our design team is working on a full 3D model of the car, we expect this model finishedin a couple of days. More (render) images and information will be presented after completion of the 3D model"

Alfa Romeo 6C 3200 sie

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Alfa Romeo declared price Alfa MiTo MultiAir 2010

Company Alfa Romeo has informed on cost of car Alfa MiTo MultiAir 2010 modelling years.

Harmless technology MultiAir

Technology MultiAir reduces emission СО2 and the fuel expense at increase in power of the engine. In Italy MiTo MultiAir there are 17,400 euros.

MiTo with 1,4-l motor MultiAir is more powerful on 20% at emission СО2 on 10% more low in comparison with the base version. Power of the engine has increased about 120HP to 145HP, and fuel consumption was reduced about 6,1 l/100 km to 5,6 l/100 km.

Export Alfa Romeo MiTo

The first MiTo will arrive on the markets of Germany, France and Italy in September. In other European markets the model will appear in October.

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Alfa Romeo prepares competitor to BMW X5

Today practically each large motor-car manufacturer in the modelling number has a crossover. Alfa Romeo before recent time represented an exception of the given rule. However, cooperation of the Italian company with American autoconcern Chrysler shows, that it only a matter of time.

2011 Alfa Romeo

Concern Alfa Romeo, entered into the agreement on partnership with Chrysler, is full determination to use workings out of a North American motor-car manufacturer for release of the first crossover.

According to the Internet resource information 4wheelsnews, future crossover Alfa Romeo will construct on a platform of new generation Jeep Grand Cherokee. If Italians nevertheless dare to finish a crossover to the conveyor, the model becomes the terrible competitor for such cars, as BMW X5, Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7. Rough terms of the first public display of a crossover from Alfa Romeo — 2010-2011.

AlfaRomeo Crosswagon 4x4

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Tata Motors it's full determination to get well-known studio Pininfarina

Family Pininfarina owning well-known design company Pininfarina SpA, has employed Italian Banca Leonardo for sale of a control package of the firm, has informed a source in the company. As informs Reuters, sale of a package of the developer of design for various models Ferrari, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, Cadillac, Jaguar, Volvo, Alfa Romeo and Lancia is a transaction part on settlement of debts Pininfarina before banks.

Company Pincar which supervises family actives, at the same time, a family completely does not leave completely with Pininfarina SpA, and reserves the right to itself the full participant of board of directors. As the future investors are called French financier Vincent Bollore and Indian Tata Motors Ltd. In a consortium with Fiat SpA.

The studio of autodesign Pininfarina is created in the thirtieth years of last century and is since then family business. In the company work about 3 thousand persons. The company has started to experience financial difficulties still couple of years back. So, in April, 2008 Pininfarina has officially informed on the intention to sell 25% of actives. The Italian company planned to direct a part of this money to firm Bollore for payment of creation of an electromobile.

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First photos Alfa Romeo Milano without a camouflage

In total in some days after in a network there were espionage photos of new model Alfa Romeo Milano, pictures of not camouflaged car have filtered into the Internet. Photos are made at factory on which the car gathers.

Alfa Romeo Milano

The external shape of a five-door hatchback has something in common with design of model Alfa 8C Competizione. In particular, at cars similar forward headlights and cowl lines. Handles of back doors of the car are hidden in back racks. We will notice, that the new model is constructed on platform C-Evo of manufacture of concern Fiat.

On sale in European car market Alfa Romeo Milano will appear in the beginning of 2010. It's expected, that main competitor BMW 1-Series will be equipped with four-cylinder petrol engines in volume of 1,4 and 1,75 l power more than 200HP, and also a turbo-diesel the engine.

2011 Alfa Romeo Milano

Photo: carmagazine.co.uk

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Alfa Romeo 147 Ducati Corse 2009

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Espionage photos of Alfa Romeo Milano

Spies of group CarPix have photographed a test prototype of car Alfa Romeo Milano around a Nurnburgring (Germany). As it was informed earlier, with given model Alfa Romeo will replace model Alfa 147.

2011 Alfa Romeo Milano

Milano it will be positioned, as the bonus model and will make in the market a competition to such cars, as Audi A3, BMW 1-series, Mercedes-Benz an A-class, and also Volvo C30. Public display of the car will take place on a motor show in Frankfurt, and batch production Alfa Romeo Milano will begin in 2010.

Alfa Romeo Milano

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Alfa Romeo Mi.To

Alfa Romeo Mi.To

Alfa Romeo Mi.To Wallpaper

Alfa Romeo Mi.To Picture

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Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Wallpaper

Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Picture

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