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Autocar can’t decide. But then, Alfa’s denial, “No front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive Alfa Romeo will use a engine larger than a V6,” is pretty cagey. But leave dreams of three liter turbocharged “Multiair” V8s to the European gossip-mongers. Our wild-ass guess is that the only Alfa V8s the US market will be seeing will part company with their Hemi bretheren at the engine-cover stop on the assembly line in Brampton. That thing got Italian engineering?
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Alfa already has V-8. It drives (admittedly RWD) the 8C Competizione.
Besides, why put a V-8 in a FWD car anyway?
I just wish they’d hurry up and get their lineup over here to the USA already.
–chuck
8C uses a Maserati/Ferrari based V8 engine and IIRC uses Maserati GranTurismo platform. So, it is not really a pure breed Alfa.
And, Alfa probably doesn’t need an in-house built V8. They need a new V6. The current 3.2 Lt. V6 is based on GM High Feature Engine. While it is a good engine, Fiat/Chrysler partnership may hinder long term usage GM/Fiat powertrain products.
Cheers..
Betcha it will look a lot like a HEMI. How coincidental.
Seeing that picture, I’m reminded of Winston Smith rewriting the Times 10 times a day…LOL
Alfa doesn’t need a new V6, either. Chrysler has a brand spankin’ new 3.6L, 280 HP, 260 lb-ft engine for them to use. And it’s also available in 3.3 and 3.0 varieties.
Alfa has been known for 100 years for its engines. Putting in an engine from another manufacturer just won’t cut it with Alfa customers. They gripe that the V8 in the 8C is a hand me down from Ferrari through Maserati. They gripe that the current V6 is really a GM (Holden) V6. Fiat has had to say over and over again that the Alfa engine only shares the block with the GM engine.
All in all an Alfa without an Alfa engine isn’t an Alfa, now is it?