Alfa Romeo builds special edition ‘Mille Miglia’ Spider
Alfa Romeo has created a special edition of its Spider convertible in order to commemorate the historic Mille Miglia 1,000 mile race that takes place in Italy annually. The carmaker will build just 11 examples of the ‘Spider Mille Miglia’ to mark the 11 victories it’s had in the famous Italian race, which heralded the rise of the original sports grand tourer. While there are no performance increases, the Spider Mille Miglia is based on the standard 3.2 V6 powerplant that outputs 260hp...

Alfa Romeo picks Mi.To badge using online poll
As we approach the final launch date of Alfa Romeo’s new entry-level model, the ultra-stylish but oddly named Mi.To hatch, more details about the car have emerged including the final design of its new badge. Alfa Romeo called upon web users once again to pick the final logo by setting up a web poll with six other designs. You may recall the carmaker did the same when picking a new name for the car, however officials didn’t end up sticking with the winner of that poll – Furiosa - instead going with...

Alfa Romeo Comes Back
Fiat Company announced they are going to take Alfa Romeo to the U.S. market. It is obvious among the first models will be 8C Spider. Fiat has already been on American market in 1996 when they were selling a scant 400 for the year. In the beginning the cars are going to be exported from Italy, but in the nearest future Fiat plans to produce them in North America. As Luca de Meo, the head of Alfa Romeo, said, they are considering Mexico as a production base. If everything goes right as Fiat plans, 2012...

Alfa Romeo in talks with Jaguar over RWD platforms
If Alfa Romeo is serious about competing with Germany’s premium labels it will eventually have to drop its core FWD lineup or at least offer more affordable rear-drive models. However, the carmaker’s low volume status makes developing a brand new premium RWD platform unfeasible. One solution is to license an existing design from another carmaker, and latest reports claim that’s exactly what’s going to happen over the next couple of years as Alfa updates its lineup and prepares for its return to...

Fiat could shift Alfa Romeo production to N.A. for sales in U.S.
The weak dollar is driving yet another automaker to the States. On the heels of the announcement earlier this month that BMW will increase production in the U.S, Fiat is considering moving production of both Alfa Romeo cars, and Iveco trucks, to manufacturing plants on our shores. We first broke the news in December, but now it appears Fiat is actively involved in talks with U.S. automakers to build partnerships and share manufacturing facilities with a goal of starting production by 2011 or 2012. This...

Fiat in talks with Detroit 3 over Alfa Romeo production
The worsening exchange rate differential between the strengthening euro and weakening U.S. dollar means importing European manufactured models to North America is now significantly more expensive than just a few years ago. It’s a problem Alfa Romeo has to juggle with as it attempts to re-establish itself in the U.S. next year, but it looks like the carmaker has a number of options up its sleeve to help ride out the storm. One option officials are looking at is building a new plant in Mexico to supply...