Fiat & Alfa Romeo To Have Their Own Dealerships in North America!

Can you imagine having what’s pictured above in your neighbourhood to drive by everyday! Great news! You will!

You already know by now that since Fiat saved Chrysler from certain death, they’ve confirmed that the two Italian brands once sold here will be making their return as early as next year with the small but mighty Fiat 500 being the first model available for sale.

It was originally thought that the 500 would be sold here as a Chrysler with Chrysler badges, but Fiat must’ve realize how embarrassing that would be for everyone, so they then announced that the 500 will indeed be sold with Fiat badges.

But now they’ve taken it even further by promising that Fiat and Alfa Romeo will have their own dealerships. That’s right, you won’t need to bring a barf bag with you to test drive a Fiat or Alfa Romeo because there will be no Chryslers in sight! Well, that’s not entirely true. While Fiat & Alfa will get their own dealerships, they may be on the same site as Chrysler dealers, or they may even share the same building as Chrysler dealerships.

Right now the CEO of Fiat, Sergrio Marchionne, is planning 200 Fiat/Alfa Romeo dealerships across North America. As you’d imagine, that isn’t going to be cheap. Each brand new dealership is expected to cost $1 million. Then there’s the marketing which will cost an estimated $100 million. Oh well, you gotta pay to play. And it sounds like Sergio Marchionne definitely wants to play in our market.

[The Detroit Bureau]

Alfa Romeo Spyder Likely to Be Built In Ontario

In its 5 year business plan, head of Fiat Sergio Marchionne let us in on which Alfa Romeo models will be heading to Canadian soil. One of which is the Sypder.

During the presentation Marchionne was asked where the Canadian destined Alfa’s will be built, and he hinted right here in our backyard.

“That car may go to Brampton (Ontario)” replied Marchionne of the Spyder. Italian cars, Alfa’s specifically, aren’t exactly known for their reliability scores, so Canadian made Alfa’s is great news. If the Spyder gets built at the same Chrysler plant in Brampton, there’s a good possibility that other Alfa’s will be built there as well, which naturally, will create more jobs.

Expect Alfa Romeos to be available for sale sometime in 2012.

Fiat, Ferrari & Alfa’s Future All Laid Out For Us

Italian giant Fiat is going to be  hard at work for the next five years.

They have released a very detailed business plan for Ferrari, Fiat and Alfa Romeo. Why do we care? Well, aside from the fact that all three brands make ridiculously great cars, the business plan lays out what we’ve known for a while: Fiat and Alfa Romeo will be coming to Canada.

We’re extremely excited about that, but obviously, since Ferrari is Ferrari, they get first dibs on our coverage of their business plan.

And here it is. Ferrari will have six new models in the next few years. The 612 Scaglietti will get a replacement late next year with an expected addition of a hybrid set up. The V12 will stick around though, and it will likely be more powerful. The ridiculously good looking 458 Italia will spawn a Spyder version for those who prefer drop top thrills, and there is going to be a 599 GTB replacement as well. The California will be updated.

The biggest news is that the discontinued Enzo hypercar will indeed have a successor! No word of an expected release yet.

Check out Fiat and Alfa’s business plan for the North American market after the jump.

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Alfa Romeo Giulia to be First Model Sold in North America?

We already know (and are very excited) that Alfa Romeo is planning on returning to Canada, and now reports are suggesting that the next generation Giulia sedan will be the first model available for sale.

The pic you see above is a rendering of what the Giulia would look like. Nice! Unfortunately for us Canadians, Alfa has no plans on offering a hatchback version.You can blame the Amurricans for that one. Apparently, since Amurricans hate hatchbacks so much for some backwards thinking reason, Alfa canned a hatch version for us too.

But Alfa hasn’t completely dismissed the idea of selling a wagon version here.

We are expecting to see Alfa Romeo’s return to our soil in 2012. Can’t wait!

Welcome Back! Alfa Romeo Returning to Canada

Alfa Romeo left our market back in 1995 and mostly every car obsessed Canadian has felt something lacking in their lives ever since.

Alfa’s are traditionally quirky cars that never start, always break down and make you want to bludgeon it with a bat by the end of the day. BUT, they are such amazing high spirited cars, that most are willing to put up with all the problems. Afterall, a true petrol head doesn’t let something silly like reliability affect their car buying decisions, that would be way too sensible.

On top of that, they are achingly pretty, with the prettiest being the 8C you see pictured above.

So, when will we be able to find ourselves at a local Alfa dealer? Find out after the jump.

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