Encore infos Alfa

[Bern]

..147replacement) will be the wider car in their segments, the new 158 uses the new Premium floorpan that is a floorpan designed for use in E segment cars and non D like 158 but after the decision of Saab to use the less expensive long wheel base version of the Epsilon(the version used frome the Signum) they prefere to use this floorpan even for the D-Segmant Alfa 158(insiders say that the normal 158 will have a width of 184cm and sport versions 186cm......)even the C segment Lancia prototype stilnovo has a width of 183cm.........and the 148based Kamal Compact(europe focused) Cross Over 186cm.......the production Brera based on the premium floorpan will have a width of 189cm and will spawn even larger vehicles like 168 the Sprint coupe' 6series rival based on 168 and a big cross over important for the US market.........Daniele Bandiera president of the business unit Alfa Romeo said last week that they present a sportcar prototype named now TZ3 ex Sportiva Evoluta in the Frankfurt motorshow that due to enter in production at the end of 2004 from the milanese carrozzeria Zagato he talked of the possibility to see it even with a V12 Ferrari derived engine..........as an alternative to the 3.6V6biturbo or V8 that will use the base model.........
Daniele talked even for the future powerfull diesels V6 and V8 from 250hp to over 300hp and for a plan for a sport limousine in the future sportier than the new Maserati Quattroporte............
(Compare the car in the spy foto that is 184cm wide 139cm tall with the current 166 w:182cm h:141cm......)

Alfa uses numbers only for sedans,hatchbacks and their derivatives for the compact cross over Kamal Alfa will use a name.......but Kamal is an euro-focused cross over Alfa prepares a large cross over for the US market......similar in philosophy to the Kubang GT Wagon..........