Production SUV Alfa Romeo as early as 2012?

All the time there is disagreement about the future Alfa Romeo models. Today, his vision for the future, presented the prestigious British magazine Autocar.

At the end of next year is to appear first in history (not counting Matty produced for the army) Field Alpha. The working title of this model is C-SUV, it will be competitive, inter alia, for the BMW X3 and Audi Q5.

Alfa Romeo 159 will be replaced by a new model Giulia in the first quarter of 2013. The reason for this delay Marchionne presented at a meeting with investors - did not like his style prepared by the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo. In 2013, there are also 5-door version of the MiTo and the flagship model 4C GTA. A year later, Giulietta lift pass, and moments after that to be joined by a large SUV, which will be created based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

FIAT revealed those plans a year ago at the same time hoping that through cooperation with the Chrysler LLC, sales of the Alfa in 2014 will be around 500 thousand. units. For comparison: the brand Audi sold in March, more than 125 thousand. cars!

C-SUV will be manufactured in a factory in the FIAT Mirafori, ie the same where it will be produced a new Jeep. Both models will be based on the platform of the Giulietta , which will be expanded to include the possibility of installing four-wheel drive. Production of C-SUV will start at the end of 2012. FIAT assumes that the annual production of both models will reach 280 thousand. units, of which 100 thousand. will have the logo of Alfa Romeo. Half of the cars produced will go to Europe and the rest of the American North.

Fiat hopes that the terrain will be Alfa's most dynamic car in its class when it comes to driving on the roads. One of the chief engineers FIAT said that thanks to modular construction, you can easily customize the platform for the sports performance of Alfa Romeo.

90% of the platform is made of high strength steel. The front suspension will be based on McPersona columns, and behind the suspension of multilink type. It will be constructed largely of aluminum to save weight of the vehicle.

Performance in the C-SUV has a Nissan Qashqai to resemble more than a Land Rover Freelander. And this is different from its sister Alfa Jeep.

C-SUV will be offered with front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. Engine range will coincide with the new Giulia, new technology is to be Multiair 2, which will reduce Co2 emissions, fuel consumption and improve performance. Diesels will have a system of two connected MultiJet Multiair.

The pallet of engines are likely to be opened a new gasoline GDi 1750 TC 200 hp and a 2-liter diesel with 140 hp. The top-of V6 3.3-liter capacity and power of 273 hp, of course, based on Pentestarze from Chrysler . In versions of this engine power will be transferred to four-wheels via a new propulsion system. The offer will also include 6-cylinder diesel engines arranged in a V with power - 220 and 250 hp.

C-SUV will be key to Alfa Romeo in the battle for market America nski. The expansion will start only in 2013 because he wants to start FIAT strike hard and wait for the production hits GTA 4C . According to the initial success of the heads of the group may significantly affect the brand image. It is possible that 4C will be manufactured in the USA .

Marchionne expects U.S. sales of the Alfa will be around 85 thousand. 2014.

Update
LeftLaneNews published a new vision for a large SUV (not to be confused with the C-SUV), Alfa Romeo, we present it below.

Source: Autocar, Leftlane

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