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Written by Paul Horrell
On Friday, Alfa announced that by 2022 it would launch two sports cars, the 8C and GTV. They"re a nice lip-smacking treat. But they also serve to deflect attention from the fact that far from catching its rival brands by 2022, Alfa will actually have fallen further behind. Here"s the sad truth of the matter. By 2022 Alfa will have a range of just seven cars. Here they are, as listed on a chart shown to investors last week. First of the seven is what"s labelled as Giulietta MCA. That"s industry speak for mid-cycle action". What you and I would call a facelift, with in this case revised engines. (The new powertrains are needed by the way because the whole Fiat group plans to stop diesel engines by that date, except in vans and trucks. So it plans on replacing them with hybrids.)
Date written: 5 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12100
On Friday, Alfa announced that by 2022 it would launch two sports cars, the 8C and GTV. They"re a nice lip-smacking treat. But they also serve to deflect attention from the fact that far from catching its rival brands by 2022, Alfa will actually have fallen further behind. Here"s the sad truth of the matter. By 2022 Alfa will have a range of just seven cars. Here they are, as listed on a chart shown to investors last week. First of the seven is what"s labelled as Giulietta MCA. That"s industry speak for mid-cycle action". What you and I would call a facelift, with in this case revised engines. (The new powertrains are needed by the way because the whole Fiat group plans to stop diesel engines by that date, except in vans and trucks. So it plans on replacing them with hybrids.)
Date written: 5 Jun 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12100
