Alfa Romeo 169 - anticipations
The always excellent ItaliaSpeed has published some anticipations on the Alfa Romeo 169. The new Alfa flagship, codename Progetto 941, should be positioned in a higher segment than the current Alfa 166, with the objective of stealing sales from cars such as the Mercedes CLS. The 169 should be one of the centerpieces for Alfa Romeo’s returno to the US.
The Alfa 169 should arrive in 2008, and will not use the Premium platform: it will share the next Maserati Quattroporte platform. Alfa Romeo aficionados are rejoicing for the return of a car with rear wheel drive and transaxle transmission. High torsional rigidity, a balanced weight distribution and RWD should make the marketing playing field a bit more level for Alfa in its assault on big german saloons.
The 169 will have dimension similar to those of the CLS: 4,95 meters long, 1,4 meters hight. New gearboxes from Getrag are expected (including a 7 speed dual clutch). Under the hood it’s strictly a V6-V8 party: gasoline engines start from the 2.8 V6 (250 hp) and go on to a 3.2 V6 (285 hp) and a 4.3 V8 (400 hp and 500 Nm). The 3.0 V6 turbodiesel should have 275 hp and 620 Nm.
Prices should start a bit under 50.000 € for the 2.8, grow to about 50.000 € for the 3.0 diesel e go up to 75.000 € for the 4.3 V8. The hypothetic GTA 5.0 V8 (more than 500 hp) should cost about 100.000 €.
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01 Nov 2005 - 15:11 - #1Alfa Romeo Visconti and 169 Many points of contact between the hypothetic Alfa 169 seen yesterday and the Alfa Romeo Visconti concept shown in 2004. Similar dimensions, similar coupe/saloon body, different engine (the Visconti had a 3.2 V6 turbo with 405 hp, now sidelined), but …
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15 Nov 2005 - 13:32 - #2Marchionne interview: future plans for Alfa, Lancia and Maserati On Crisalide Press we found an extract from an Automotive News Europe interview to Sergio Marchionne, Fiat CEO. The part about the future of the Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands is interesting.
In brief: Lancia will keep making “luxury…
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29 Jun 2006 - 07:42 - #3Photoshop unleashed: Alfa 169 People have started unleashing their photoshop skills on the upcoming Alfa Romeo 169. And who can blame them: Alfa will finally build a nice big saloon, based on the Maserati Quattroporte with a transaxle transmission and nice big engines.
The image…
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08 Mar 2009 - 11:58 - #4Scusate ma allora come mai La Mercedes, la Bmw, l’Audi e negli ultimi tempi anche Jaguar (per non parlare di altre Marche meno blasonate), ad ogni fine ciclo di un modello (che è per l’appunto 6-7 anni), mercato o non mercato, crisi o non crisi, ti sostituiscono un modello uscente con uno nuovo della medesima categoria? E come mai chi aveva la vecchia “Classe E” la sostituisce nel 90% dei casi con il nuovo modello di “Classe”? E lo stesso fa il cliente di “Serie 5″ e di “A6″ o di “S-Type”! Questo si chiama “fidelizzare il cliente”, che soprattutto sui prodotti di alta gamma è una procedura molto ricorrente.