Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1910. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986. The company was originally known as A.L.F.A., which is an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. Alfa Romeo has been always involved with motor racing. Alfa Romeo scored wins at many of the most famous and prestigious races and motoring events such as Targa Florio, Mille Miglia and Le Mans. Great success continued with Formula 1, Prototypes, Touring and Fast Touring. Private drivers also entered some rally competitions, with fine results. Alfa Romeo has competed both as a constructor and an engine supplier, via works entries Alfa Corse, Autodelta and private entries. Today Alfa Romeo is active in different Touring car series and the new Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is planned to take part to Le Mans GT2 class in the near future.
147, 155, 156, 159, 8c, Brera, Classics, GT, GTV, Kamal, Spider.
Alfa Romeo 147 A small family car produced by Italian automaker Alfa Romeo since 2000. It is based on the running gear of the larger 156 saloon. Most powerful GTA version uses traditional name used on the Alfa Romeo GTA. Car will be replaced with 149 in 2008. Alfa Romeo 159 Current mid-size saloon, introduced in production form at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. The 159 is available with four different gasoline engines and three diesels. 159 Sportwagon is an estate version of this car and future Crosswagon will replace ageing 156 Crosswagon.
Alfa Romeo GT Front wheel drive small Bertone-designed coupe. The GT was introduced in 2004 and is based on the 156 sedan. Engine options includes three gasoline (1.8l, 2.0l and 3.2l V6) and one diesel (1.9l) version. Interior is based heavily on the 147. Alfa Romeo Brera The car is a 2+2 coupe designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and manufactured by Pininfarina. It was originally introduced as a concept car at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show. The production version maintained the exterior appearance almost exactly but on a smaller scale.
Alfa Romeo Spider A roadster variant of Brera coupe was introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show. The car replaced the Spider 916 model, introduced in 1995. Pininfarina assembles this car alongside the Brera in San Giorgio Canavese, Italy. Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Limited edition supercar (500) presented as a concept car at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show and later released for sale for the 2007 model year. The car uses a Ferrari/Maserati-derived V8 engine, producing 450 horsepower.
Alfa Romeo concept cars Design has always played a large role in the history of Alfa Romeo. There have been many Alfa Romeo concept cars, often made by famous design houses and designers. The BAT series of concepts from the 1950s was a joint collaboration project with the Italian design house Bertone. Other famous Italian coachbuilders and design houses like Pininfarina, Bertone, Zagato and ItalDesign-Giugiaro have also played a great role in Alfa Romeo's history, and even today some of models are designed and constructed by these great names.
