Alfa Romeo did not want to be closed in its 100 year anniversary.
Earlier this year, Sergio Marchionne, director of Fiat Auto, Alfa Romeo has given a last chance, the fate of the brand will be resolved in April, until that time, the directors of the company will have to submit a business plan and the new Giulietta, which should appear in Geneva. It looks like it might indeed be the last new model from Alfa, because plans for the new production was postponed.
Among the brand new group Fiat / Chrysler, Alfa Romeo is considered the most "weak", because for many years suffered heavy losses. Last year, the brand sold only 110 000 vehicles, about half the number sold in 2000. But despite this, Alfa Romeo Giulietta, and plans to release this year to create a few concept cars, thus proving that there is still powder in the flasks.
In addition to the brand new Spider, Alfa prepares concepts to replace the 159 sedan and coupe Brera. There were rumors that Pininfarina will staylinom Spider, Bertone - coupe, and Giugiaro - a sedan. The company had planned to build a replacement Spider, Brera and 159 on the basis of the new C-Evo platform from Fiat, which also received a Giulietta. Spider and coupe share the platform with Giulietta standard length, and a replacement will be built on the 159 version of C-Evo with a long wheelbase.
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