Alfa Romeo 149 --- More insight

[Normal_aspirated]

This new Italian beau....

 

Check out this webby:

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/15/more-in...alfa-romeo-149/

 

This just in from Info Motori: some concept sketches of Alfa Romeo's upcoming 147-replacement, the 149. OK, so they are just a few more illustrations to go along with the dozen or so others floating around out there, but with Alfa poised for a U.S. comeback and products like the 8C and Brera out there, Alfa is one of our favorite topics of conversation lately.

 

Although people have been speculating about the new design for more than a year, the renderings put forth have generally fallen into two categories. Some have been evolutions of the hot hatch look with Brera-like front ends, while the remainder have used an 8C type nose. This one falls somewhere in between and doesn't seem to have the elegance of either. The article offers no new information about the running gear besides some speculation about current offerings, but does so in a wonderfully quaint Italian-to-English translation that reminds us of talking to our paesans. Follow the jump for a couple more pics.

 

[source: Info Motori]

 

We can't say the front end is all that attractive compared to its siblings, with the trident grill looking a bit too pinched, sitting low and center between the big headlamp clusters.

 

The rear uses a big twin circle tail lamp array, but manages to look more GTI than anything.

 

The interior looks clean and slightly retro with a very simple layout and lots of circles surrounding the built in LCD, mounted just above the shifter.

 

This Alfa 149 is probably be released in year 2009?

Edited November 15, 2006 by Normal_aspirated

[Potheader]

What's up with the front lamp clusters?

[Normal_aspirated]

Is still a concept design yet.

[Potheader]

hope it stays that way. I've been poisoned by the serpent!

[Normal_aspirated]

More pix on the Alfa 149 design concept:

 

1)by Autblog.com.es

 

2)by Italiaspeed.com

 

3)by AutoPareri.com

 

4)another one by AutoPareri.com

 

5)a sketch by ItaliaSpeed.com

Edited November 15, 2006 by Normal_aspirated

[Normal_aspirated]

Here is another one:

 

6)by Autoblog.it & Auto-Express

 

 

I think this pix is the same as the first one on top.

 

Dunno which one eventually Alfa will adopt.

Edited November 15, 2006 by Normal_aspirated

[Porker]

The Europeans (especially the Italians) really like hatches. I'm just wondering why Alfa doesn't want to create a RWD hatch to go against the 1 series?

[Crummytyre]

ARGHHH! The lamp cluster, the grill and the wing mirrors give it a toady muppet look! Oh no, please no. Let's hope they do something about the front. The rest of the body looks great though. The front is a turn off.

[Nine_eleven]

the front, while it remains somehwat true to Alfa roots, looks too much like the Subaru Tribeca!

[Watwheels]

The Europeans (especially the Italians) really like hatches. I'm just wondering why Alfa doesn't want to create a RWD hatch to go against the 1 series?

 

Nobody will really do that. Cos the transmission shaft coupled with the rear axle will occupy too much space causing a big pop-up tunnel in the interior floor and hardly any space for the rear seats i.e IS 250.

 

Hatchback is already cramp in the interior due to small platform and wheelbase, all these will make it worse. Plus hatches are made affordable and RWD add a lot of costs to the production.

 

1 series would have reach our shores if not for all these factors.

[Kaer]

what is wrong with the headlight design? can they stick to the one on the spider?

[Mojoe]

this one looks like a squashed 8c... probably not real..

[Felipe]

i still like the 8C look alike design one. this one, the rear is great but the front....o man...shud keep the brera front

[Sony]

enough complains on the headlight cluster..

 

I'm quite turn off with all the circle circle thingy for the interior

[Miketow]

Alfa Romeo so ripped off the Dahiatsu Sirion !!

 

If the 149 looks like that , Alfa will have to live with a bad joke for a long time.

[Sony]

maybe they share the same designer and engineer

[Felipe]

the design not tat bad la...the headlamps resemble others like beetle, mini, e class etc. the sirion is just a coincidence as so many cars have round lamps....besides u have the alfa V on the bonnet...so it ain tat bad but lets keep our fingers crossed as this is only the concept version

[Hades]

Lets hope the production model has some resemblances to the art work ... Too many disappointments liao ...