http://www.thecarconnection.com/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://static.hgmsites.net/site-icons/site-logo_40070_s.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/ en http://www.thecarconnection.com/rss http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1082298_alfa-romeo-returns-to-the-u-s-with-the-2014-alfa-romeo-4c http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1082298_alfa-romeo-returns-to-the-u-s-with-the-2014-alfa-romeo-4c When Fiat joined forces with Chrysler in 2009, the marriage spawned rumors that Alfa Romeo would soon return to the U.S. Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has done plenty to encourage those rumors, though he's said that Alfas would only arrive when the time was right. Apparently, the time is now right: the company has issued a press release...]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1075554_alfa-romeo-4c-inches-closer-to-its-2013-u-s-debut http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1075554_alfa-romeo-4c-inches-closer-to-its-2013-u-s-debut In December, our colleagues at Motor Authority told you that Alfa Romeo was on-track for its scheduled 2013 return to the U.S. The company's first American car in a generation will be the Alfa Romeo 4C, which should start around $45,000. However, Alfa's owner, Fiat, has seen some trouble the past several months. Fiat's European sales figures have...]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1066176_alfa-romeo-pushes-back-u-s-intro-of-giulia-giulietta-models http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1066176_alfa-romeo-pushes-back-u-s-intro-of-giulia-giulietta-models If you’re waiting to get your hands on an Alfa Romeo Giulia or an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in the United States, your wait just got a little bit longer. Thanks to scaled-back global expansion plans tied to the European debt crisis, the soonest we’ll see either model in the United States is 2014, pushed back from the previous timeline of...]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1075071_refrancehttp-www-beerapackersmovers-com http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1075071_refrancehttp-www-beerapackersmovers-com Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:16:52 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1075070_which-cars-will-alfa-sell-in-the-us http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1075070_which-cars-will-alfa-sell-in-the-us Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:02:37 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048607_fiat-alfa-romeo-rollout-gives-some-chrysler-dealers-agita http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048607_fiat-alfa-romeo-rollout-gives-some-chrysler-dealers-agita Next Monday, August 30, Chrysler will bring 600 dealers to the Detroit Institute of Arts, where CEO Sergio Marchionne will share his vision for the U.S. rollout of the Fiat brand, and subsequently, Alfa Romeo. He will have a lot of 'splainin' to do. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, many dealers are nervous about the addition of...]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048571_today-at-high-gear-media-2011-ford-edge-benz-cls-and-murano http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048571_today-at-high-gear-media-2011-ford-edge-benz-cls-and-murano We know the 2011 Ford Edge. We drove the 2011 Ford Edge. You, sir, are no 2011 Ford Edge. (It's made of metal, for one.) [TheCarConnection] We've also seen the 2011 Nissan Murano, and we're split: does the new grille insert relieve the toothy grin, or does it look like those weird Subarus hacked by Andreas Zapatinas? [TheCarConnection] Then...]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048563_rumor-volkswagen-wants-to-purchase-alfa-romeo http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1048563_rumor-volkswagen-wants-to-purchase-alfa-romeo According to an article in Germany's Automobilwoche, the Volkswagen Group wants to bring another child into its already-crowded family of brands: Alfa Romeo. Citing an unnamed senior VW manager, the report says that Wolfsburg would jump at the chance to sign adoption papers if the brand were to become available. The problem, of course, is that...]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1041639_jeep-adds-fiat-platform-paving-way-for-new-models http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1041639_jeep-adds-fiat-platform-paving-way-for-new-models Chrysler may be struggling to get its bearings at the moment, but rest assured, there are interesting developments afoot. Most recently, news has filtered out that Chrysler will add Fiat's C-segment platform to the Jeep lineup, effectively laying the groundwork for a new range of products from the brand. The platform is currently used on the Alfa...]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1038566_adwatch-alfa-romeo-mito-video-is-simple-clever-jeans-free http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1038566_adwatch-alfa-romeo-mito-video-is-simple-clever-jeans-free Last time we heard from Alfa Romeo, we wondered what new drugs had found their way to Europe. (Seriously, that genes/jeans campaign from London's Performance PR was terrible.) The latest ad for the Alfa Romeo MiTo comes from Milan's Fabbrica Virali agency, and it's equally bizarre -- but in a totally good way. The spot features Mozart's Requiem, a...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1021486_spy-shots-2010-alfa-romeo-milano http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1021486_spy-shots-2010-alfa-romeo-milano With Fiat now allied with Chrysler, fans of affordable Italian sheetmetal are pining for the first examples to be offered on American soil in over a decade. One of the first of the cars to make the Fiat-Chrysler transition will be the 2010 Alfa Romeo Milano, which could be re-made into a Chrysler sedan for U.S. consumption. The Alfa Romeo version...]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1019330_fiats-multiair-breathes-new-life-into-internal-combustion http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1019330_fiats-multiair-breathes-new-life-into-internal-combustion Fiat used the Geneva Motor Show to announce a brand new realm in the land of valve actuation, control, and timing. The technology, dubbed MultiAir, manipulates high-pressure hydraulic fluid to override the engine's valve springs during various operating conditions, resulting in significantly more power, more torque, better drivability, and cleaner...]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:47:21 +0000