Stellantis Will Let Alfa Romeo Build A New Sports Car If It Brings Business

Alfa Romeo, an automaker that is possibly far too outdated to die, has been kicking on in latest yrs with cars and trucks that look all ideal but go through from the predicted dependability troubles. What Alfa Romeo also doesn’t have is a automobile that is truly attractive other than, probably, the Giulia Quadrifoglio. Its CEO said not too long ago that that could improve, though it has to get its business enterprise in purchase to start with.

Jean-Philippe Imparato did not say what that may possibly be, accurately, although he did identify-check out the Duetto, which you may well bear in mind from The Graduate. Imparato’s quotes, via Autocar:

“If I carry a superior level of organization, I’m certain that [Stellantis boss] Carlos Tavares and I will one working day converse about some dream cars and trucks, due to the fact I have to aid the storytelling of Alfa Romeo in the future. It’s not for tomorrow, but I would really like to have a Duetto one particular day.

He ongoing: “For the instant, I’m oriented on value creation, on pricing electricity, on residual worth, but at the similar time, we are operating on opportunity one-off and couple-off [projects]. We have so many concepts. If you go to the [Alfa Romeo] museum, in 5 minutes you recognize the probable of what we have in head.

“I are not able to current anything at all concrete for now, but I can tell you that I do not overlook our past and our passion. I am focusing on the company and the elephant in the home is electrification. We have to have the appropriate priorities on the desk but at the same time, we are operating in parallel on these tasks.”

A new all-electric powered Duetto would actually be a fairly fascinating proposition, although it most likely wouldn’t at any time arrive to the States, in which compact vehicles are despised. It is also type of funny that Carlos Tavares seemingly will not let Alfa do something great unless it “brings a good degree of organization,” like a parent telling a baby to take in its veggies before it will get dessert. At the tempo Alfa moves, it may be yrs.