There's been a good bit of interest regarding the new supermini that's expected to be introduced on the market by Alfa Romeo. Within the face of skyrocketing crude-oil costs and also the exceptional success of other superminis including the Fiat 500 and Mini, its not surprising that Alfa Romeo chose to make a person within this area.

Forever, this Alfa Romeo was called the Alfa Romeo Junior. The real name of the brand-new Alfa Romeo was "up for grabs," with the last name set to the vote throughout Europe. A dozen names were put forward for your vote. Now, what can you call a popular Italian supermini like the Alfa Romeo "Junior"?

Ultimately, Furiosa won the contest therefore rather than the Alfa Romeo Junior, we are now able to discuss the Alfa Romeo Furiosa. However, there are some folks who aren't pleased with how the on-line voting was run, so perhaps it'll be the Alfa Romeo Junior in the end!

Whilst the contest was operating, the sneakpreview folks were loitering Alfa Romeo's Turin factories and testing grounds attempting to seek out all-they can concerning the Alfa Romeo "Junior". Several things were found, including the truth the Alfa Romeo Furiosa, because it has finally been christened, is founded in the Fiat Punto platform and has appears (as far as we could tell in the spy picks and preliminary sketches launched officially) which are similar to the legendry old Alfasud of the past but with an edgy contemporary twist.

After all, having a title like "Furiosa", you'd expect it in order to provide items. Are they right?

The Alfa Romeo Furiosa will even be the first nonFerrari machine to be fitted with the Manettino system in its security functions, that also contain active SDC suspension.

This technology was really created first for the track and is viewed as a perfect manner of decreasing emissions and petrol consumption.

The precise details of the Alfa Romeo Furiosa are still sketchy at this period, as the official launching won't occur before Geneva Motor Show. It's likewise likely to be quite some time before the Alfa Romeo Furiosa makes it around to Australia, except via personal imports.

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