Like each model beneath the Stellantis umbrella, Alfa Romeo has till 2030 to show it deserves to dwell. It is reportedly planning a significant overhaul that might deliver the well-known GTV nameplate again to the vary on an electrical sedan.
Newly-minted firm boss Jean-Philippe Imparato not too long ago mentioned he is “very ” in making a modern-day GTV, although he considerably warned nothing was set in stone but. British journal Autocar understands that every one choices stay on the desk, and certainly one of them is placing the GTV emblem on a battery-powered sedan with a coupe-like roof line. Concurrently GT and EV, it will be the Italian agency’s reply to the BMW i4, amongst different sedans. It could slot on the very high of the lineup, not less than by way of worth and doubtless by way of efficiency.
If the rumor is correct, it will mark the primary time the GTV nameplate seems on a four-door within the Alfa Romeo portfolio. It has been used on various fashions since its introduction on a stunning, Bertone-designed coupe in 1965, they usually’ve all had two doorways.
Alfa Romeo got here near dusting off the GTV nameplate on a two-door model of the Giulia which might have been aimed on the BMW 4 Sequence and Audi’s A5 line. Whereas this technique would have adopted custom (the unique GTV was carefully associated to the unique Giulia), the mission was canned at a sophisticated stage as a result of a perceived lack of demand. Had it been launched, it will have supplied a 50/50 weight distribution and about 600 horsepower.
Alfisti who discover the concept of an electrical, four-door GTV unpalatable should not fear but. Insiders instructed Autocar that the nameplate would possibly alternatively make a comeback on hybrid coupe; its destiny hasn’t been determined but. In fact, it may additionally not return and stay within the historical past e book, the place it has been for the reason that final GTV retired in 2004.
What’s seemingly sure is that new Alfa Romeo fashions are across the nook. One is the manufacturing model of the Tonale idea, which was reportedly delayed by Imparato earlier in 2021 as a result of points with the hybrid system that will probably be accessible at launch. Replacements for the Giulia and the Stelvio are mentioned to be within the pipeline, too.
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