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Watch How the Alfa Romeo 4C is Born and Built at Maserati’s Modena Plant
Following yesterday’s details about the manufacturing process of the Alfa Romeo 4C sportscar, the Italian brand released a video that shows how the vehicle is actually built, and it's a pretty interesting process to watch. Starting with the construction of the carbon fiber monocoque chassis, the video shows all the complicated and time-consuming production steps where manual labor takes the center role. Alfa Romeo says the minimum “takt time†(the manufacturing speed needed to guarantee delivery) is 20 minutes. For comparison, the shortest "takt time" in mass production plants is approximately 50 seconds.
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Official: New Alfa Romeo Spider To Be Based On The Next Mazda Mx-5!
In a surprise announcement that is bound to excite Alfa Romeo fans, the Fiat Group and Mazda revealed today that they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and production of a new roadster model for the Mazda...
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1950’s Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Reborn As An 8c Competizione-based Limited Production Model
When a car is nicknamed “Flying Saucerâ€, odds are that it has an out of this world shape. This was true for the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante (the name is Italian for flying saucer) which was unveiled as a concept car in 1952 boasting a drag coefficient...
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Duped: Alleged Spy Video Of Alfa Romeo 4c An Mpcardesign Project
A "spy" video showing an Alfa Romeo 4C GTA and Spider has been circulating around the internet lately, with some screen shots even making their way on British car magazine Autoexpress which posted a story on its website the other day. We had...
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Geneva's Pininfarina Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta: Funny Name, Seriously Cool Spider Replacement
Pininfarina's Alfa Romeo spider has debuted in Geneva, and it now has a name: 2uettottanta. Built to commemorate Alfa Romeo's centenary and Pininfarina's own 80th birthday, the 2uettottanta spider is an eye-popping look at the gorgeousness...
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James Glickenhaus Receives First U.s-bound Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione
Some guys have all the luck... Car collector James Glickenhaus who made headlines last year for his custom-ordered, Pininfarina-designed, Ferrari P4/5, has become the proud owner of the first Alfa 8C Competizione destined for the US market. The handover...
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