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Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm voted fan favourite

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo | No Comments »

Alfa Romeo has made 70 models in their 100 year history. 2010 just happens to be the centenary year of the famous Italian marque, so what better time to work out which car Alfa fans (that's Alfisti to you and ...

Volkswagen “seriously interested” in Alfa Romeo

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Seat, Volkswagen | 3 Comments »

Volkswagen's quest to grab the world's biggest car maker title from Toyota has taken a new twist with news it wants to buy Alfa Romeo. It's all a bit like shcoolyard secrets at the moment, though, with executives from Volkswagen ...

2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Motor Shows | 2 Comments »

The annual Goodwood FoS kicks off tomorrow. Each year there is a centrepiece statue unveiled in front of the main building. This year, in honour of its 100 year anniversary, Alfa Romeo got the gig. Somewhat amazingly the sculpture features an ...

Five stars for Alfa Romeo Giulietta

Friday, June 4th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo | 4 Comments »

The cute Alfa Romeo Giulietta has recently been awarded a 5 star crash rating by Euro NCAP. With an overall score of 87 points from a maximum of 100 the Giulietta ranks as the safest car in the compact class. In ...

Auto Italia 2010

Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Lamborghini | 2 Comments »

It was a perfect autumn day in Canberra today. Ideal weather for the annual Auto Italia car show, then. Every year Italian car owners and enthusiasts gather in the nation's capital to show off their shining metal and this year ...

Alfa Romeo Giulietta prepares for Geneva

Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo | 6 Comments »

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta is the latest model to be previewed ahead of next week's Geneva Motor Show. Alfa first teased us with a few images in early December last year. A few weeks later Autocar got the scoop and ...

Pininfarina to woo Alfa Romeo with Spider Concept

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo | No Comments »

Masters of automotive styling Pininfarina will reveal a new Alfa Romeo Spider Concept at the Geneva Motor Show next month. This illustration gives us a good idea what to expect. The concept is currently untitled and, at this stage, is ...

2010 Alfa Romeo Giulietta - new images leaked

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Alfa Romeo | 3 Comments »

Following the official reveal of three pictures earlier this month, new images of the 2010 Alfa Romeo Giulietta have emerged. It would seem that the Giulietta is only planned to be built in a five door configuration. Although, Alfa's familiar disguised ...

2010 Alfa Romeo Giulietta

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Alfa Romeo | 12 Comments »

Alfa Romeo have released images of its 147 successor ahead of the car's debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March. Alfa enthusiasts will be delighted to see the return of Giulietta nameplate, and it certainly evokes a lot ...

Alfa Romeo 149 shows its face

Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Alfa Romeo | 7 Comments »

AutoExpress has published two images of Alfa Romeo's upcoming 149, the replacement to the 147 model. Featuring strong styling cues from the MiTo and 8C Competizione the little Alfa has, again, sucked in plenty of admirers. Personally, I will reserve ...