Date posted: 06-10-2005 | www.edmunds.com
CHANTILLY, Va. — Rolls-Royce executive James G. Selwa, who relaunched that luxury-car company in the United States under BMW AG three years ago, has been tapped to run Fiat Auto's Maserati and Alfa Romeo brands in North America.

TURIN, Italy: 11-15-2006

Hopes have been outlined for Alfa Romeo until 2010. Fortunately, it has put all those hopes online for the world to see.

It was reported in the November 2006 issue of Road & Track magazine that Alfa Romeo had every intention of returning to the American car market in 2008 with the impressive 8C Competizione transitioning from prototype to production car by 2008.

3179 cm3 KW 176-184 (240-250 BHP-EEC)
Maximum power output at 6200 rpm
Peak torque at 4800 rpm

We always want what we can’t have. It is an old adage that continues to ring true. Back in the mid ’90s I was visiting a friend in Darling Point, a well-to-do inner suburb of Sydney Australia. It was early evening, dark and wet.

The stunning new Alfa Romeo Spider was named Cabrio of the Year at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, chosen from among cars making their debuts at the show that are priced under 60,000 Swiss francs.

The 8C was inspired by legendary Alfa sports cars from the golden '60s such as the Giulia TZ and the 33 Stradale, though its namesake dates back to the thirties. This remarkable Alfa Romeo styling exercise was penned by in-house designer Wolfgang Egger.

Geneva Motor Show : 08 Mar 04
ItalDesign's other intro was the Alfa Romeo Visconti, conceived to clothe the 'premium' platform under joint development by Fiat and General Motors.

The Selespeed semi-automatic transmission, which was invented by the Ferrari F1 team and used for the F355 F1 is available with all the new Alfa Romeo Selespeed models.