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The Berlina Da Corsa is a design exercise for an Alfa Romeo sports sedan penned to feels at home on both the track and public roads that was created by Seongjun Ko, a Transportation Design graduate from Hongik University in South Korea. The Berlina Da Corsa which roughly translates to Racing Sedan in Italian, borrows heavily in design from classic Alfa Romeo models such as the GT 1300 Junior and the 1750 GTV from the '60s and '70s. O ne of the most prominent features of Seongjun's design is the unique roof system that employs a 'stretchable metal' housing flexible wires that change shape ... Read Full Story

. Get Your Own Dream Machine GadgetHeat used to refer to the Alfa Romeo car company as a poor man’s Ferrari (and it was meant in the nicest possible way, promise). Enter stage left the Alfa Romeo Mi.To. A beauty of a beast and definitely one for the BMW 1 Series to be looking in it’s rear-view mirror for as it comes roaring down the high-way. . Now you may be thinking, hold-on, I thought this was a gadget blog not an automobile fan forum and you would be right except what are cars but big gadgets stuffed with smaller cooler gadgets? (besides the ... Read Full Story

Friday, June 12, 2009 | Categories | Alfa Mito , MINI , New Cars The first thought that leaped into mind upon seeing the CH26 was something like - "oh, another MINI - Alfa Romeo Mito potpourri baked in China". We could be wrong, but from what we gather, China has nothing to do with the tiny city car that is the work of a French company called Chatenet. Measuring just over 3 meters (3,065mm to be precise), the CH26 is 370mm or about 4-inches longer than the second generation Smart Fortwo. We're not sure if it's a typo or not, but the French ... Read Full Story

At the recent Geneva Salon, Alfa Romeo introduced a new 1.75-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine for its 159 sports saloon and Sportwagon models that adopt the same designation as one of the most well known sedans ever made by the Italian firm, the 1750 Berlina that was launched in the late 1960s. With the new engine that develops 200HP, the front-wheel drive 159 1750 TBi accelerates from 0 to 100km/h (62mph) in 7.7 while its top speed is 235km/h or 146mph. If you follow the jump, you can check out the new, wallpaper-sized gallery of the 159 1750 TBi as well as photos of its ... Read Full Story

Alfa Romeos are known as a poor man’s Ferrari. A car built with Italian soul, and passion, that anybody can drive. Well, unless you live here in North America, where the brand hasn’t existed in quite some time. Plagued by temperamental build quality (hey, you wanted Italian passion right?), and poor service from an even worst dealer network, Alfa didn’t last a chance in a country were “it better get me to work” means a hell of a lot more than “it better set my soul a’ fire when I drive it.” Nonetheless, Alfa Romeo has been plotting a return to the states for ... Read Full Story