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Former Top Gear Stig, Ben Collins, lists the five worst cars he’s ever driven

Former Top Gear Stig, Ben Collins, lists the five worst cars he’s ever driven

Being The Stig on Top Gear has its privileges but the best perk that comes along with the job is driving every single vehicle that hits the Top Gear track. Writing over at Drive.com.au, former Stig Ben Collins listed the five worst cars he’s ever driven: Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione: “…the worst supercar I ever [...]

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Novitech Alfa Romeo 8C Spider gets 600-hp

Novitech Alfa Romeo 8C Spider gets 600-hp

The Alfa Rome 8C Competizione and the 8C Spider are two of the most beautiful Alfa’s ever created. Throw in Novitec to the mix, and the two become the most powerful and fastest street-legal Alfa Romeos of all time. The 4.7L V8 engine (taken out of the Maserati GranTurismo V8 by Alfa) has been upgraded [...]

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2011 Alfa Romeo MiTo updated with more equipment, engines

2011 Alfa Romeo MiTo updated with more equipment, engines

Alfa Romeo announced that the new revised MiTo hatchback range will go on sale next month at its European dealer network. “The MiTo sports compact range has been streamlined from 17 versions to nine, with both Turismo and Lusso trim levels being replaced with the Sprint; entry level versions are now known as Progression, and [...]

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Zagato TZ3 Stradale pays tribute to 100 years of Alfa with Dodge chassis, powertrain

Zagato TZ3 Stradale pays tribute to 100 years of Alfa with Dodge chassis, powertrain

A little less than a month after we learned that Zagato was working on a its new TZ3 Stradale, the has released the first photos and details of its new creation. The new Zagato TZ3 Stradale is a part of the company’s tribute to the 100th anniversary of Alfa Romeo , which began with the [...]

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Forget what you heard, Alfa Romeo still coming end of 2012

Forget what you heard, Alfa Romeo still coming end of 2012

Fiat SpA is still headstrong about its goal of re-introducing the Alfa Romeo brand in the United States by the close of 2012, but certain adjustments to the Giulia midsize sedan could cause a delay of up to four months, CEO of Fiat and Chrysler Sergio Marchionne told investors today. That means you should disregard [...]

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Alfa Romeo’s North American launch delayed to 2013

Alfa Romeo’s North American launch delayed to 2013

Here some bad new for those you looking for the relaunch of Alfa Romeo in the North American market. According to people familiar with the matter, Alfa Romeo’s return to North America has been delayed at least a half a year because Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne isn’t satisfied with the design proposal of the cars [...]

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Zagato to built limited-production of Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa

Zagato to built limited-production of Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa

At the Villa D’Este last summer, Zagato unveiled the Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Alfa’s involvement in motorsports. At first The TZ3 Corsa race-car was a gift from Zagato to Alfa Romeo honoring 100 years of races and victories across the whole 20th century. Well, it seems like [...]

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2011 World Performance Car, Green Car, Design and Car of the Year finalists announced (w/ poll)

2011 World Performance Car, Green Car, Design and Car of the Year finalists announced (w/ poll)

The World Car Awards and the New York International Auto Show have announced the top three finalists for the World Performance Car, World Green Car, World Design and World Car of the Year categories. While winners in all four categories will be named at a press conference at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday, [...]

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Rumor: If Volkswagen gets Alfa Romeo, Alfa could get assistance from Porsche

Rumor: If Volkswagen gets Alfa Romeo, Alfa could get assistance from Porsche

Volkswagen has been pretty persistent about its desire to purchase Alfa Romeo from Fiat SpA and rumor now has it that Alfa is likely to receive direct assistance from Porsche if V-dub has its own way. Reports suggest that Alfa Romeo would get help from Porsche, which is developing a new flat 4-cylinder engine for [...]

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Alfa Romeo 4C will come to the U.S., roadster version to be built for Abarth

Alfa Romeo 4C will come to the U.S., roadster version to be built for Abarth

At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo unveiled its 4C Concept, a two-seater, rear-wheel drive coupe with its engine at the centre. The model is scheduled to go into production and will be sold worldwide beginning 2012, including the United States. The Alfa Romeo 4C halo car “will bring us back into markets such [...]

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