MILAN — Itay’s Alfa Romeo will work on a brand new massive automotive in the US to be launched in 2027, the model’s head Jean-Philippe Imparato stated on Friday, including nonetheless the group had not but determined the place to fabricate it.
Imparato stated the step was key to tailoring the design for abroad markets, serving to Alfa Romeo to strengthen its place as a world premium model of carmaker Stellantis.
“Our provide for a big dimension automobile should match worldwide markets, American, Chinese language, European,” he stated throughout a media name, a day after father or mother Stellantis launched first half outcomes.
Alfa Romeo remains to be assessing whether or not the brand new mannequin will likely be an SUV or crossover larger although it already has Stelvio with Tonale on the way in which, or a sedan larger than Giulia, however it should in all probability not be an SUV as massive as BMW’s X5 or X6, Imparato stated. He informed Automotive Information that the automobile could possibly be a mixture of the 2 automobile sorts, maybe not not like the brand new Toyota Crown.
“We wish to discover the right combination,” he stated. “It is a choice we’ll take by the tip of this yr.”
Imparato stated creating the automotive within the U.S. didn’t imply it will be produced in North America.
“Producing within the U.S. is just not one thing we have now determined and it’s one thing we do not wish to determine now,” he added. Alfa’s two manufacturing websites are in Italy.
