While Alfa Romeo dillydallies over when to return to the United States, and what products to do it with, one art student has created his idea of what an Alfa sports car. should be like. The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione supercar technically marked Alfa’s return to the U.S, but it hasn’t been followed up with [...]
Alfa Romeo’s entry into the United States has been delayed so many times we can’t even count. It is quite frustrating for potential customers who are looking to buy the Italian brand’s cars when they go on sale here. It seems as if this time, the stage has been set for an introduction. A network [...]
Over 10 years is a long time to hold your breath. Figuratively that’s what Alfa Romeo enthusiasts and that automotive press have been doing regarding the “imminent” comeback of Alfa Romeo. Throughout the past decade the brand was said to be plotting its return to the United States market. Aspirations of doing so got a [...]
Following the second world war, Pininfarina entered on a rocket ride to the pinnacle of acceptance. During this era, Pininfarina established ties with a young sports car company named Ferrari (a relationship that blossomed into one of the most prosperous pairings in perhaps the entire auto industry). Italian luxury sports car builder Maserati and France’s [...]
Function is a word that can rarely coexist relevantly with art. Through the past century of motoring, automobiles have been a prime medium for realizing the fusion required for great industrial designs. For 81 years, an Italian manufacturing and design specialist Pininfarina has harnessed forces of creativity, channelling their own shapes with either a design [...]
We’ve heard this story before. In fact, we’ve heard this story for years before. Alfa Romeo’s imminent arrival in the United States has been proclaimed for quite sometime. The Chrysler-Fiat partnership seems to finally be bringing that about however. The U.S is now a key part of Alfa Romeo’s plans to increase global sales to [...]
If one car got everyone talking about Alfa Romeo again, it no doubt was the 8C Competizione. The 8C was designed as a range-topping halo to help relaunch the brand’s image around the world. It was very successful in doing so, and in late 2008 it marked the return of an Alfa Romeo being sold [...]
Is there any stopping Volkswagen lately? The company weathered the global economic recessions brilliantly, benefiting from a stellar lineup and Cash-for-Clunkers programs in Europe. With plans for a large expansion of the VW brand in the United States, the German automaker recently set a goal of becoming the world’s largest automaker. That goal appears to [...]