Alfa Romeo’s on-again, off-again range-topping sports activities automobile is again within the pipeline. Firm boss Jean-Philippe Imparato confirmed {that a} two-door flagship is on monitor to make its debut in 2023 as an idea whose exterior design will draw inspiration from historic fashions.
“You will note one thing in that area by way of sportiness within the first half of 2023. We use one phrase to outline the model, and it is ‘sportiness,'” the chief instructed British journal Autocar. He is beforehand voiced his assist for bringing again the dormant GTV and Duetto nameplates.
Imparato added that the yet-unnamed mannequin will borrow styling cues from the Tipo 33, although he did not specify which model of the automobile he has in thoughts. Alfa raced a number of evolutions of the Tipo 33 from 1966 to 1977, and it bought 18 models of a Franco Scaglione-designed supercar with a mid-mounted engine referred to as 33 Stradale (pictured) between 1967 and 1969. We’re guessing it is the latter that can present inspiration.
Quite a few factors stay up within the air, like what’s going to energy the automobile. “For the second, I’ve two eventualities: full ICE or full EV,” he revealed to Autocar. Regardless, the mannequin “will likely be very thrilling, very selective, and really costly.” It appears like manufacturing will likely be restricted.
We’re about 4 months away from 2023, so we cannot have to attend lengthy to find the idea that Alfa Romeo is engaged on.
Executives have toyed with the thought of including a sportier mannequin to the vary for a number of years, however they’ve by no means pulled the set off. Imparato defined in 2021 that the model would not launch one other two-door automobile till it elevated its gross sales in additional mainstream segments of the market. What’s modified since then is unclear; the Tonale unveiled in February 2022 is the one new Alfa Romeo launched since. (A Dodge Hornet badge-engineered model of the Tonale was revealed this week.)
Touring additional again, in 2018 former Fiat-Chrysler Vehicles (FCA) boss Sergio Marchionne introduced that the 8C and GTV names would make a comeback on a pair of coupes. The previous was offered as having a carbon fiber chassis and 700 horsepower due to a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain constructed round a mid-mounted turbocharged V6. The latter was additionally deliberate as a hybrid, however it will have supplied drivers 600 horsepower, and a sketch made it seem like a two-door model of the Giulia sedan. Each automobiles had been canned by 2019.
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