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Well, with the ever-growing market for car-based SUVs, and especially the market for upmarket/premium ones, I guess it's not surprising that the Italians have now decided to jump in with an Alfa Romeo. Of course, Fiat already has ownership rights to all of the Dodge and Jeep SUVs. This would not be (quite) the first time that the Italians introduced a car-based AWD vehicle to the American market. The small Fiat 500X was recently introduced, which shares a basic platform with the Jeep Renegade. But an Alfa-nameplate SUV would be the first one from an Italian upmarket brand, and, like the Porsche SUVs, would have once been considered unthinkable.
What other color, of course, to display it in than bright Italian Red.
Just released by Car and Driver today;
http://blog.caranddriver.com/alfa-romeo-suv-coming-in-2016-says-sergio/
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has big plans for Alfa Romeo. The boss wants eight new models in the Alfa lineup by 2018, including a wagon and a crossover based on the new Giulia sedan. Turns out Sergio is serious about that SUV: He says the preproduction work is complete, and the model will go into production by mid-2016.
This report comes to us from The Detroit Free Press, which quotes Marchionne as saying the company has spent nearly 2 billion euro, or roughly $2.2 billion, on preparation for the SUV. “That involves effectively the industrialization on the first car, the architecture, the engines and effectively all the prep work in connection with the launch of the second vehicle, which is coming at the end of the first half, beginning of the second half of 2016,” Marchionne told the paper.
In that quote, Marchionne refers to the Giulia sedan as “the first car,” meaning the first of the planned eight new models in the Alfa lineup. The as-yet-unnamed SUV, which we’ve speculatively rendered above, would be the second of the new vehicles.
What other color, of course, to display it in than bright Italian Red.
Just released by Car and Driver today;
http://blog.caranddriver.com/alfa-romeo-suv-coming-in-2016-says-sergio/
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has big plans for Alfa Romeo. The boss wants eight new models in the Alfa lineup by 2018, including a wagon and a crossover based on the new Giulia sedan. Turns out Sergio is serious about that SUV: He says the preproduction work is complete, and the model will go into production by mid-2016.
This report comes to us from The Detroit Free Press, which quotes Marchionne as saying the company has spent nearly 2 billion euro, or roughly $2.2 billion, on preparation for the SUV. “That involves effectively the industrialization on the first car, the architecture, the engines and effectively all the prep work in connection with the launch of the second vehicle, which is coming at the end of the first half, beginning of the second half of 2016,” Marchionne told the paper.
In that quote, Marchionne refers to the Giulia sedan as “the first car,” meaning the first of the planned eight new models in the Alfa lineup. The as-yet-unnamed SUV, which we’ve speculatively rendered above, would be the second of the new vehicles.
- Alfa Romeo to Introduce Eight New Models by 2018
- Alfa Romeo Giulia-Based Wagon and Crossover SUV Rendered
- Everything You Need to Know About Alfa Romeo’s 2016 Lineup
