Alfa Romeo Lays Out Product Plans Until 2014, Readying a New RWD Saloon with a V6 Engine

Out of all the mainstream brands included in the Fiat Group and Chrysler LLC portfolio, Alfa Romeo has the most potential to achieve a global reach and bring in some much needed cash and sales. The Italian company's boss Sergio Marchionne is well aware of this and that's one of the reasons he doesn't want to sell Alfa Romeo to Volkswagen, despite Ferdinand Piechs' persistent efforts.

However, one of the most pressing problems with Alfa Romeo is the constant delays, be that for the successors to models like the 159 series or the company's long-awaited return to the U.S. market.

Suffice it to say, there's no way of being sure that the Fiat Group has managed to sort out the time schedule-related problems when it comes to Alfa Romeo. Nevertheless, at a recent event for investors, the Fiat Group introduced an updated plan for the Milanese brand, which it hopes will revitalize Alfa Romeo through the presentation of new models.

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Alfa Romeo unveils the first official glimpse of the Junior, CXover SUV and 169 - Prices Included!

During Fiat Group's two day investor and analyst event Alfa Romeo not only gave us the names of the 2008-2009 models with their images, but also kindly included their forcasted prices! Moreover, for all those watching the ticking clock until the next Alfa makes its trans-Atlantic journey, know that its U.S. launch was announced for the 3rd quarter in 2009 (models include the 169, 159, Brera and Spider). Let just hope that this time they're coming for certain. Teasers!

Junior: Set to compete with BMW's highly successful mini and Audi's future A2 successor, the Junior goes into production in 2008 with its price set to start at 16.000 EUR / 20.500 USD. Sources tell us that the Junior will be equipped with, among other engines, Fiat's new 1.4 turbo in 120 and 150 HP versions.

CXover: We might not have seen the beautiful Kamal SUV concept put into production however, its memory will live on through the CXover. According to Alfa this 5door crossover is something between an SUV and a Coupe with a length of 4.6 meters. Most possibly based on the 159 platform, the CXover will compete with BMW's X3 and Mercedes future MLK SUV's.

169: Blink a few times because this could be a poor man's Maserati Quattroporte. Hopefully they won't tweak the design too much because I think it's perfect. Judging from the prices the most logical expectation of the 169 is that it will be based on the 159/Brera platform. This means that no rear wheel drive thrills here. Instead there will be front and four wheel drive powertrains. Expect 4cylinder and V6 engines. And if we're really lucky, Alfa might through in some V8 power creating a postmodern Lancia Thema 8.32V (front wheel drive - Ferrari V8 powered!)

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Official: Fiat, Alfa Romeo & Lancia 2007 � 2010 product plan!

Ciao Italia! Fiat Group hosted a two-day event for the men with the purses (financial analysts and institutional investors) on November 8 & 9. Who cares right? Well, somewhere between the espresso and the Stromboli, Fiat Group announced the trios (Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia) future product plan.

In fact, this product plan is so detailed that we are even told when the, yet to be unveiled, Fiat 500 (Trepiuno) will receive a facelift! Check it out for yourselves on the chart above -includes Fiat 500 Abarth, Grande Punto Abarth, Lancia 2009 Speciality model & Alfa Romeo 169, SUV & Junior debut dates.

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2008 Alfa Romeo Junior

Since we not only know that it's official, but also when it's going on sale (mid 2008, check out all the official presentations of the Fiat Group here: Fiat, Alfa & Lancia 2008-2009), it's only logical that we're going to start seeing a bunch of photoshops promising to give us an accurate view of Alfa's Junior hatch.

This time, Italian magazine Infomotori has created a series of photos previewing Alfa's MINI competitor. While I'm not so sure that they've even come close to the real thing in terms of design, they're absolutely right about the engine range: the Junior will be fitted with Fiat Group's new 1.4 Turbo that will be offered in two versions, with 120 & 150 Hp. Via: Autoblog & Infomotori

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Alfa Romeo, Fiat & Lancia 2007-2009 Models

I've just got my hands on anupdated list (official) of the Fiat Group's product plan for the 2007-2009 period. The dates shown bellow don't concern the official unveiling but the actual date that they'll go on sale in Europe. Among others, we see that the first models in the group to get Fiat's new 1.4 Turbo engine (available in two versions with 120 & 150 Hp) will be the Alfa 147 & the Fiat Grande Punto next summer.

As for brand new models, we see that although Alfa's 147 successor, the 149 will be delayed till 2009 (!), the Italian brand will make up for it with the Junior, a niche model aimed to compete against BMW Group's Mini.

Fiat on its part, will hit the market with two new models, the Bravo & the Linea (I'll get back on the last one, cause I'm not sure which model it is) in 2007, while its long awaited mini, the 500 will go on sale early 2008 along with Lancia's most important model, the production version of the Delta HPE Concept

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MODEL - ON SALE

Alfa Romeo 147 1.4 Turbo (120 & 150Hp) - July / August 2007
Alfa Romeo 149 - Mid 2009
Alfa Romeo 159 Ti - Feburary / March 2007
Alfa Romeo GT VELOCE (special version) - January 2007
Alfa Romeo Junior - Mid 2008

Fiat 500 - January 2008
Fiat Bravo - August / September 2007
Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 Turbo (120-150 ps) - June / July 2007
Fiat Linea - October-September 2007

Lancia Delta - Early 2008
Lancia MUSA Facelift - September / October 2007
Lancia Ypsilon Sport - May / June 2007

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