Geneva 2010: Bertone Pandion Concept

Bertone is the second design house after Pininfarina that pays tribute to the Alfa Romeo’s one hundred year anniversary with a special concept at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.

Bertone Pandion is a futuristic sports car with powered by a 4.7-liter Alfa Romeo 8-Cylinder engine found also in the 8C Competizione. Length of the car is 4620 mm, width 1971 mm, height 1230 mm, and wheelbase 2850 mm.

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Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta by Pininfarina

To mark its 80th anniversary, Italian design house Pininfarina proposes an “open” Alfa Romeo that is exciting and a delight to drive. This spider of the future is not just celebrating Pininfarina’s anniversary, Alfa Romeo is also celebrating this year their centenary.

The 2uettottanta represents the culmination of an age-old partnership between the two Italian firms, and pays tribute to the iconic 60s-era Duetto roadster.

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Geneva preview: Alfa Romeo based Pininfarina Spider concept

Pininfarina will show a 2-seater spider on Alfa Romeo basis at this year’s Geneva Motor Show on March 2nd.

The Pininfarina new concept is meant to be part of the tradition of successful spiders born from the relationship with Alfa Romeo, among the most significant and long-lasting ones in the automobile history, and interprets the innovative vision of an antique theme strongly present in the Pininfarina roots, the 2-seater spider.

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Maserati chooses the Alfa Romeo MiTo as its new courtesy car

Maserati has acquired 100 Alfa Romeo MiTo units to serve customer needs when their Maserati’s are being serviced.

These one hundred MiTo’s are produced exclusively for Maserati’s service network, and will soon be circulating on roads throughout Europe.

According to Maserati, the Alfa Romeo MiTo is the perfect “Courtesy Car” for customers who clearly appreciate Italian style and unique products.

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Alfa Romeo and Italia Independent create a special-edition Brera

Alfa Romeo is making some of the most stylish rides in the world. Unfortunately they are not always known for their high quality and superior driving dynamics, but that has changed to a better in the recent years and will surely change more.

To create something more special, Alfa Romeo has teamed up with Italia Independent for a very special model of the Brera.

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Dodge Ram to be rebranded

Fiat is developing a new brand strategy for Chrysler which includes closing down some brands and starting or refreshing others. For instance, the Dodge brand is going to be withdrawn from Europe. However, the Dodge Ram is going to turn into a full-fledged brand selling pickup trucks, vans and some SUVs as a marquee in its own right.

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Alfa Romeo will introduce another version of MiTo called Veloce

Next month at the Holland’s largest motor show Alfa Romeo will unveil a new concept called MiTo Veloce.

This new version of Alfa’s premium city car will be positioned between the standard Mito (1.4-liter turbocharged engine with 155 hp) and the MiTo GTA (1.8-liter turbocharged engine with 230 hp).

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Official: Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA Concept

No more teasers! Alfa Romeo has unveiled the MiTo GTA Concept ahead of next week’s Geneva Debut. MiTo Gran Turismo Allegerito Concept is powered by a 1.8-liter turbocharged engine that develops 240 hp.

Compared to the standard MiTo it is lighter thanks to carbon fiber body panels and extensive use of aluminum.

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2010 Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA teaser image released

Alfa Romeo has finally released a teaser image showing the front view of the hot MiTo GTA. MiTo GTA styling is inspired by the 8C Competizione.

Compared to the standard MiTo engineers have upgraded the engine to a turbocharged 1.8-liter that develops 240 horsepower. Other upgrades include a revised front, bigger wheel arches and bigger wheels.

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Geneva preview: 2009 Alfa Romeo 159

2009 Alfa Romeo 159 will be presented next month in Geneva. Here we have the first press images of this hot Italian sedan.

2009 year model will get two new engines, a 1.8-liter turbocharged gasoline engine that develops 200 hp and a four-cylinder jTDm diesel that develops 170 hp.

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A small sporty Junior to follow Alfa MiTo?

Junior was one of the suggested names for MiTo when it was being developed. 4Car has come up with data that Alfa Romeo is filling the dropped name with a small sports car to supplement the range.

The MiTo takes much of its styling cues from the glorious 8C Competizione, converting it into a somewhat controversial hatch back. Some love it, some think it is a lazy hippo. We can tell you that it is really great to drive, the Alfa DNA system works perfectly and in real life its looks have an aspiration towards a mini-Ferrari, even.

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Geneva welcomes an angry baby - the Alfa MiTo GTA

Alfa Romeo will launch the Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It is massively fruitier and a little bit lighter then the standard baby Romeo.

Its engineering pedigree is quite the same with Fiat’s hot Punto Abarth. MiTo GTA will have to make a living with a 1,8 turbo petrol pumping out 240 hp. That’s 85 stallions more than the 155 hp of the angriest MiTo in the current lineup.

An unidentified source from the stables of Alfa Romeo told Autocar, “The MiTo GTA will get more lightweight materials such as carbon fibre and aluminium, in keeping with our strategy to cut weight from all our vehicles in the future.”

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Alfa Romeo MiTo is the “Gay Car of the Year” 2009 in Europe

French Ledorga is some sort of an organization which organizes major meetings for gay vintage car enthusiasts from all over Europe. Beginning of every year they also announce the “Gay Car of the Year”.

This year’s lucky winner is the Alfa Romeo MiTo, which scored 82 points. On the second place was the Volkswagen Scirocco with 71 points, and on the third place ended Lancia Delta with 60 points.

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The first Alfa 8C Competizione arrives in the States

The first Alfa 8C Competizione destined for the US market has arrived in Connecticut (USA). The handover ceremony took place at “Miller Motorcars” where the owner picked up the glamorous car: his name is James Glickenhaus and he is one of the greatest car collectors in the world.

Glickenhaus declared himself particularly proud of being the first American customer to receive an Alfa Romeo. Immediately after the official handover of the keys, the customer carried out a road test in order to appreciate the main technical and dynamic features of his Alfa 8C Competizione.

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Alfa Romeo Brera TI at the Paris Motor Show

The Paris Motor show hosts the world première of the sporting TI specification of the Alfa Brera that is due to go on sale soon after the show. This version is distinguished by the TI logo applied to the front wings and will initially be available with 2.2 JTS (Manual and Selespeed) and 3.2 V6 engines and later also with other engines.

TI stands for Turismo Internazionale, an acronym that Alfa Romeo used to assign only to its best-equipped cars with the most sophisticated engineering. Such cars were derived from standard production models but, as a result of experience built up on racetracks throughout the world, were customised with mechanical and styling changes to create thoroughbred sports cars that could still be driven on ordinary roads.

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