The Alfa Romeo brand is a tough one to pin down… or perhaps it’s parent company Fiat that’s elusive, or maybe just CEO Sergio Marchionne that refuses to be a fixed target. New Alfa-Abarth-Maserati CEO Harald Wester has said that Alfa’s long-term sales target is 500,000 vehicles... 

18-07-2010

Even though our colleague Paul Esienstein might not agree, car shows serve a few pretty great purposes. Besides reuniting with old colleagues, pressing manufacturers’ flesh and geeking out over (certain) booth babes, it’s the wild and well done concept cars that get our juices flowing... 

7-03-2010

Romeo & Giulietta. The names go together like gin and tonic. And now, finally, after a quarter century, the star-crossed nameplate has returned. We just got our first look up close here at the Geneva Motor Show, and it’s left us hoping – nay, praying – that the sumptuous new hatchback... 

6-03-2010

Imagine you’re a male (Autoblog surveys say most of you are, so this shouldn’t be hard). You’ve been invited to the Playboy Mansion for their annual Halloween party. You arrive, grab a flute of bubbly, get introduced to the crusty remains of Hugh Hefner and after a few minutes lay... 

15-10-2009

We usually close our posts by inviting you to check out our images, but this time we’re starting here: Go into the gallery and have a look at the little green clover logo adorning the front fender of the new Alfa MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde. You’ll notice that the classic Alfa performance... 

22-09-2009

It appears the Japanese fans of the Alfa Romeo MiTo have now a reason to be even happy: they just received the new MiTo Imola Edition! The new edition will be manufactured in just 150 units, each carrying the Imola Yellow color and a 1.4-liter T-Jet engine. Also, the car comes with 18 inch aluminium... 

15-08-2009

Alfa Romeo has been planning a return to the U.S. market for some time now, but the latest news emerging out of Italy suggests that the brand will not be bringing its recently introduced and ultra stylish MiTo hatch to American dealers, instead focusing on larger cars. The news comes directly from Alfa... 

29-07-2009

Oh, Alfa. We had such high hopes for you. The stoic Italian marque, it seemed, had wandered too far from its roots as a performance-oriented automaker anchored by decades of racing dominance. Heart-pumping roadsters gave way to mushy econo-boxes. And then came the 8C Competizione, whose dynamics may... 

22-07-2009