Gruppo FCA 

Un modello inedito per il mercato sudamericano

Quote

 

Con un investimento di 500 milioni di dollari il Gruppo FCA ha confermato l'arrivo di un modello totalmente inedito, che sarà assemblato nella fabbrica argentina di Cordoba.

Produzione al via da metà 2017. L'annuncio è stato sancito dall'accordo stretto tra l'adSergio Marchionne e il presidente argentino Mauricio Macri. Con l'obiettivo di raggiungere i 100.000 esemplari l'anno, la produzione sarà avviata nella seconda metà del 2017 grazie all'ammodernamento delle linee, utilizzando per oltre il 50% componenti prodotti localmente. La fabbrica si trasformerà in un punto nevralgico della produzione FCA nell'area LATAM, adottando gli standard World class manufacturing che, in futuro, consentiranno una maggiore flessibilità produttiva.

L'80% destinato all'esportazione. L'investimento fa parte di un più ampio accordo di collaborazione tra il Gruppo FCA e il Governo argentino che coinvolge sia il livello occupazionale della fabbrica sia l'indotto, per un totale di circa 20.000 posti di lavoro. L'80% della produzione è destinato all'esportazione, in particolare verso altri paesi dell'America Latina; per questo motivo il Governo locale sta studiando soluzioni per l'eliminazione dei dazi sui beni industriali.

Ipotesi B-Sedan. Per il momento non sono stati forniti dettagli sul nuovo modello, del quale si sa solo che sfrutterà una piattaforma modulare già esistente. Secondo le informazioni in nostro possesso potrebbe trattarsi della berlina di segmento B finora nota come progetto X6S e destinata a sostituire sia la Fiat Linea sia la Grand Siena, a cui dovrebbe poi affiancarsi anche una variante a cinque porte.

http://www.quattroruote.it/news/novita/2016/04/06/gruppo_fca_un_modello_inedito_per_il_mercato_sudamericano.html

quattroruote.it

autoblog.it

Trailhawk

jalopnik.com

Alfa Romeo Debuts the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Lineup at the New York International Auto Show
 

Quote

• Rebirth of the brand – the all-new 2017 Giulia is the first of eight all-new Alfa Romeos debuting through 2020, and embodies the brand's La meccanica delle emozioni (the mechanics of emotion) spirit
• Giulia nameplate reflects a 55-year heritage of Alfa Romeo's lightweight, performance sedan tradition and over 105 years of brand history, carving its legend on road courses around the globe
• Alfa Romeo Giulia and Giulia Ti models deliver seductive Italian style and craftsmanship to the premium mid-size sedan segment
• All-new, all-aluminum, 2.0-liter, direct-injection turbo engine with eight-speed automatic transmission delivers a class-leading, standard 276 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. of torque, allowing it to launch from 0-to-60 miles per hour (mph) in less than 5.5 seconds, and achieve a top speed of 149 mph
• The innovative Alfa Q4 all-wheel-drive system offers the Giulia and Giulia Ti models even more all-season capability and performance
• New eight-speed automatic transmission, with available column-mounted paddle shifters, is designed for enthusiasts with gear shifts in less than 100 milliseconds
• As the “halo” model in the lineup, Giulia Quadrifoglio highlights Alfa Romeo’s performance and motorsport knowhow with best-in-class 505 horsepower, 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds and a record-setting 7:39 seconds around the legendary Nürburgring
• Near perfect 50/50 weight distribution, segment-leading torsional rigidity and the most direct steering ratio on the market, thanks to Giulia’s all-new rear-wheel-drive architecture
• Exclusive to Giulia Quadrifoglio, state-of-the-art technologies, including torque vectoring, active aero front splitter and Alfa DNA Pro mode selector with Race mode, combine to maximize the all-new Giulia’s driving exhilaration

http://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=17382&mid=1

Maserati goes quiet on Alfieri - Motoring.com.au http://www.motoring.com.au/maserati-goes-quiet-on-alfieri-101611/

Quote

Maserati is deflecting questions on both its 911-rivalling Alfieri and its much trumpeted later decade sales target of 75,000 units per annum.

At least that’s the conclusion we’ve drawn following brand boss Harald Wester’s refusal to confirm timetables for Maserati’s new sportscar and the company’s sales targets.

 

Two months after Maserati revealed its stunning Alfieri super-coupe at the 2014 Geneva motor show, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles boss Sergio Marchonne outlined his five-year plan for the company.

In it, he promised a six-model Maserati family by 2018, when the Ghibli and Quattroporte sedans, the all-new Levante SUV, all-new Alfieri coupe and cabriolet and a replacement for the GranTurismo would reap annual global sales of 75,000.

Although exact model timings were vague, Maserati’s business plan and senior executives indicated the Alfieri – its first direct rival for the Porsche 911 – would be released as early as this year, followed by the convertible version in 2017 and the new GranTurismo in 2018.

“I sincerely can’t say that we’ll see this car in production in two years’ time, but I’m certain we’ll see something very similar,” said project leader Lorenzo Ramaciotti at Geneva in 2014.

Now, two years later at the 2016 Geneva show, Maserati chief Harald Wester refused to answer questions about the Alfieri, design work on which began in mid-2013 at Maserati Centro Stile in Turin.

“I don’t know. I need to talk to my people,” said Wester when asked if the Alfieri project was running to schedule.

Asked if the Alfieri will be launched next year, he said: “No comment”.

When pressed on when we’ll see the production Alfieri, Wester suggested that replacements for the GranTurismo and GranCabrio would appear next from Maserati.

“The next one will be substitution of GranTursimo, GranCabrio by successors.

“We already had discussion about Alfieri and I don’t want to go into details,” he said.

Asked is the GranCabrio’s replacement would again be a four-seat convertible based on the new GranTurismo, rather than an open-top version of the two-seat Alfieri coupe as Maserati previously indicated, he said: “We never disclosed details of the convertible.

“We always said we have Ghibli, Quattroporte, Levante, sports car, grand tourer and a convertible. We never told anybody whether the convertible is two, or 2+2 or four-seat car. I’ve no intention to tell you.

“At this point my personal opinion is I think we talk too much about the future. Nobody else does, so I confirm what we said, that’s it. You guys are just too curious.”

Wester said Maserati was still committed to reaching 75,000 annual global sales, but wouldn’t say when.

“I don’t know. I don’t care whether it gets there in [20]17, or 18 or January of 19.

“What I care about is that it gets there protecting what it stands for.

“If we go there because we are outselling some of our products trying to compete with our rivals even in the premium segment, [then] I disagree.”

Wester said Maserati’s near-term plan to sell 50,000 vehicles (up from 32,500 global sales last year) will be achieved in 2017 — two years later than forecast after the Levante was switched from a Jeep platform to Maserati’s own, delaying production until last month.

“Our 50,000 volume forecasts were always dependent on the SUV.

“In 2011 we said Levante would be late 2013 in the US and we would have availability fully by 2014 or 2015.

“At the end of long discussions we decided to abandon the pan. We shifted Levante to Italy, we needed a new factory and it was also obvious due to the shift, we needed to review styling.

“That led to the current start of production in 2016. It will give us a boost this year. I expect this number to grow significantly beyond last year.

“With full availability of Levante in 2016 — because the ramp-up is not like a mass producer — with full availability of all versions, in all markets we will have in 2017, the 50,000 target will be for sure achieved in 2017.”

Maserati sold less than 600 cars in Australia last year and its forecast of 1000 local sales was alsopredicated on the Levante — first deliveries of which are scheduled to take place late this year. The brand expects around 1500 sales once all variants of the renewed model range are available here.

Wester said there is “no risk” that Maserati’s first SUV will dilute the century-old Italian sports car brand, which is now effectively Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ ‘new Ferrari’ following the sale of the Prancing Horse brand.

“SUV is the only $US50,000-plus luxury segment growing,” he said.

“These type of cars account for 540,000 to 550,000 out of 1.1 million – SUV is as big as everything else together. That gives you an answer how important this product is.

“The only thing where all researchers more or less have a common consensus is that SUV segments will further grow – small ones and big ones.

“In a world of 90 million scars there is no risk at all. That 50,000 out of 90 million – that is a drop in the ocean. It is parts per million, not percentages. The brand has room [to grow], but to get there in a natural way. [We will] Never violate this.”

In other future model news, Wester did not rule out the possibility Maserati could apply the Mistrale name to a V8 version of the Ghibli, which would rival the BMW M5, and a more powerful Quattroporte V8. But he denied it would have anything to do with allowing Audi to use the Q2 and Q4 names.

“Q2, Q4 are proprietary names of Alfa and Maserati,” he said.

“There was a request from VW Group to help them out of a dilemma for the extension of the Q series of Audi, so we allowed them to use in the future Q2 and Q4 for potentially new crossover models of the Audi range.

“They can do this but we will not give up our Q2 and Q4 names.

“The only owner of the Mistrale name I think is a surfboard company, it’s nothing to do with VW.”

Asked if Maserati has investigated the Mistrale name for its potential use as a performance sub-brand, he said: “No, not yet.”

Quattroruote - Esclusivo: abbiamo guidato la Levante Diesel 3.0 V6

http://www.quattroruote.it/news/primo_contatto/2016/03/07/maserati_levante_abbiamo_guidato_la_diesel_3_0_v6.html

autobild.de

Ginevra

LA MOTOR SHOW: Alfa to debut Stelvio SUV in LA

Quote

(...)

“We announced – and this is going to be presented I would say in one of the important auto shows in Autumn – a more compact SUV for Alfa Romeo and this is also part of the answer,” he told motoring.com.au.

“If you are a group and you have 10 brands like we have, not every brand can do a little bit of everything. So for the time being this is a segment which we don’t target right now for Maserati, and we said this very clearly from the beginning.

“We already carry the segment with the Jeep Cherokee.

“We will have an additional product in the segment with the new Alfa, to be presented in late Autumn this year, and for the time being there are no plans for Maserati to further extend our range downwards in the more compact SUV segment.”(...)

http://www.motoring.com.au/la-motor-show-alfa-to-debut-stelvio-suv-in-la-101525/

Quote

Alfa Romeo product plans leave room for a new sports car

Quote

Alfa Romeo could still insert a sports car or convertible into its new-model programme over the next two years, the company’s boss has suggested.

The Italian brand recently realigned its product plan, nudging back some plans from 2018 to the end of the current decade. The priorities after the new Giulia executive saloon are two SUVs - the first due to be unveiled later this year, the second in 2018 - and a replacement for the existing Giulietta. It’s expected to arrive in 2017, and to feature a rear-wheel-drive layout - achieved through the use of a shortened Giulia platform - that is unusual for a family hatchback.

However, Alfa and Maserati boss Harald Wester has revealed that there remains scope for additional models to be added in the same time frame. When asked if Alfa was considering a rear-drive GT or convertible, he said, “Just because cars aren’t on the list for the next couple of years doesn’t mean that they can’t be slipped into the schedule.”

The new Giulia’s platform and engine line-up are both said to be modular enough for much shorter vehicles - and stretchable to produce larger models. Wester suggested that the range-topping Giulia’s twin-turbocharged V6 could be boosted well beyond its current 503bhp, but for “something bigger”.

Wester also revealed that the 4C could receive upgrades - including a larger, more powerful engine. The Giulia has a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder motor within its line-up; Wester confirmed that the 200bhp will be ramped up to 280bhp for a later edition - and that it could fit into the 4C’s engine bay. “We don’t have a definite plan at the moment, but that engine would work with that car,” he said. “The 4C will be around for some time and there are lots of possibilities to develop it further.”

 

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/alfa-romeo/94673/alfa-romeo-product-plans-leave-room-for-a-new-sports-car

http://moto.onet.pl/fiat-tipo-hatchback-i-kombi-zaprezentowane/jg68t2

carscoops

carscoops

twitter

Live stream: 

autoevolution

PRESS RELEASE

Cita

Aston Martin unveils the DB11: the latest in an illustrious bloodline

 

1 March 2016, Geneva:

 

A new chapter in Aston Martin’s history began at the 86th International Geneva Motor Show with the unveiling of the DB11. The first product launched under the company’s ‘Second Century’ plan, DB11 is the bold new figurehead of the illustrious ‘DB’ bloodline and an authentic, dynamic sporting GT in the finest Aston Martin tradition. The DB11 showcases a fresh and distinctive design language, pioneering aerodynamics and is powered by a potent new in-house designed 5.2-litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine. Built upon a new lighter, stronger, and more space efficient bonded aluminium structure, DB11 is the most powerful, most efficient and most dynamically gifted DB model in Aston Martin’s history. As such, it is the most significant new Aston Martin since the introduction of the DB9 in 2003. Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer, Dr Andy Palmer said: “We aspire to make the most beautiful cars in the world. DB11 is the absolute embodiment of what an Aston Martin should be and we have worked tirelessly to ensure that DB11 combines both exceptional design with the latest technology throughout. A brand new bonded aluminium platform, clever aerodynamics, a new characterful twin-turbo V12 and class-leading infotainment systems are just a few aspects which make this the sports car that will proudly spearhead Aston Martin’s second century plan.” Heralding a new design era for Aston Martin, DB11 is the latest landmark in a remarkable aesthetic journey; one that gave us icons such as the DB2/4, DB5 and, most recently, the DB10 developed specifically for James Bond. DB11 re-imagines the relationship between form and function with a series of fresh design signatures. Foremost amongst these are the front-hinging clamshell bonnet, distinctive LED headlights and accentuated lines of the iconic Aston Martin grille. The profile is equally dramatic, thanks to the roof strakes that flow uninterrupted from A-pillar to C-pillar. The clean lines continue at the rear, with a sloping decklid that smoothly blends into boldly sculpted taillights to create a new and unmistakable graphic. Innovative aerodynamics play their part in this aesthetic revolution with clever management of airflow both over and through the bodywork aiding stability while preserving the DB11’s uncluttered surfaces. Front-end lift is reduced by the gill-like Curlicue which releases high-pressure air from inside the wheel arch via a concealed vent within the redesigned side-strake. Meanwhile, rear-end lift is reduced by the Aston Martin AeroBladeTM; a virtual spoiler fed by discreet air intakes located at the base of each C-pillar. Air is ducted through the bodywork, before venting as a jet of air from the aperture in the rear decklid. Like every Aston Martin, the heart of the DB11 is found beneath the bonnet, though unlike any Aston Martin before it, the DB11’s heart is a 5.2-litre twin-turbocharged V12. Designed in-house this new engine develops 608PS1 (600BHP1 ) and 700Nm1 of torque, making DB11 the most powerful production DB model ever. Naturally, it’s the most dynamic and most accelerative too, with a top speed of 200mph1 and a 0-62mph time of just 3.9sec1 . Thanks to intelligent bank activation and stop-start technology that potency is matched by greatly improved efficiency. To exploit the advantages of its new body structure and harness the immense performance of the new twin-turbo V12 engine, the DB11’s chassis, suspension, steering and electronics have been re-imagined and key new technologies embraced. Multiple driver-selectable dynamic modes - GT, Sport and Sport Plus - progressively intensify the response of the engine, 8-speed automatic ZF transmission together with the new electric power steering and Torque Vectoring by braking while increasing the firmness of the adaptive damping for a greater sense of agility. The result is a driving experience that combines exemplary ride comfort and true sports car agility, for an extraordinary breadth of dynamic capability. As a true 21st century Aston Martin the DB11 combines the very latest technology developed in conjunction with technical partner, Daimler AG, with the finest quality and hand craftsmanship. Using a full-colour 12” TFT LCD display, the all-new instrument cluster presents primary vehicle information with absolute clarity, while a second, centrally-mounted 8” TFT screen is dedicated to infotainment. Controlled via an intuitive rotary control, with an optional touchpad offering character recognition, multi-touch and gesture support, the new satellite navigation and audio system have never been more effective, sounded better or been easier to operate. A newly implemented autopark assist feature and 360-degree birds-eye view camera helps provide safe maneuvering at slow speeds and is also operated via the car’s infotainment system. With wider door apertures, significantly increased occupant space - especially head and legroom in the rear - fully integrated rear ISOFIX mounting points for a pair of child seats plus a luggage compartment large enough to accommodate two large holdalls plus carry-on baggage, the DB11 is a genuine Grand Tourer. Thanks to an inspiring palette of colours and a vast array of detailing options, its interior can be perfectly in-tune with your unique personal style. From calming, carefully co-ordinated tones to sharp contrasts in hue and texture, your choices are virtually limitless. Nexus quilting and Celestial perforation add layers of beautiful complexity and intrigue, while ornate leatherwork, such as intricate brogue detailing, creates areas of visual and tactile delight. Dr Andy Palmer said: ““This is not only the most important car that Aston Martin has launched in recent history, but also in its 103-year existence. The DB11 rightfully places Aston Martin once again as a leading brand in the luxury automotive market”. Recommended Retail Price from £154,900 in the UK2 , €204,900 in Germany2 and $211,995 in USA3 , first deliveries of the DB11 car are scheduled to begin during the fourth quarter of 2016.

Spy: http://www.autopareri.com/forums/topic/55948-aston-martin-db11-spy

Versione Aperta: http://www.autopareri.com/forums/topic/63885-aston-martin-db11-volante-2017

Press Conference Geneva Autoshow 2016

- Abarth (10h15 - 10h30)

- Fiat - (10h45 - 11h00)

http://www.salon-auto.ch/media/document/0/exhibitors_conferences_gims2016.pdf