Alfa finally free to make the sports sedan it wants to
June 20, 2016
AutoNews.com
With the launch of the Giulia later this year, Alfa Romeo finally will have a sports sedan designed to its own tastes: lightweight, rear-wheel-drive and free from the input of a partner.
Last time it built a contender in this segment, the project got embroiled in Alfa parent Fiat's doomed relationship with General Motors. That car was the front-wheel-drive 159, burdened by the heavy "Premium" platform designed alongside GM to underpin not just an Alfa but also Cadillac and Saab models.
"There was a lot of constraint," Philippe Krief, the Giulia's chief engineer and the guy also responsible for 2005's 159, told Automotive News. "The platform was for GM as well, so we put everything on the car, and by the end, we were alone. But we kept the weight."
CONTINUE AT LINK ABOVE
June 20, 2016
AutoNews.com
With the launch of the Giulia later this year, Alfa Romeo finally will have a sports sedan designed to its own tastes: lightweight, rear-wheel-drive and free from the input of a partner.
Last time it built a contender in this segment, the project got embroiled in Alfa parent Fiat's doomed relationship with General Motors. That car was the front-wheel-drive 159, burdened by the heavy "Premium" platform designed alongside GM to underpin not just an Alfa but also Cadillac and Saab models.
"There was a lot of constraint," Philippe Krief, the Giulia's chief engineer and the guy also responsible for 2005's 159, told Automotive News. "The platform was for GM as well, so we put everything on the car, and by the end, we were alone. But we kept the weight."
CONTINUE AT LINK ABOVE