Alfa Romeo Milano Spied Near Nurburgring

By Thami Masemola
June 15, 2009 9:38 PM
Filed Under: Alfa Romeo, European, Spy Photos

The Alfa Romeo 147 is being replaced by a car called the Milano. The Milano has been spied before and these are more pictures of the car taken not far from the Nürburgring.

Inspiration, or rather family resemblance with the new MiTo is quite apparent even under all that black camouflage. The big front headlights and typical Alfa grille are evident as are the round rear lights.

The Milano will compete in the premium hatch category and as such goes up against the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and to some extent the Mercedes-Benz A-Class as well as the Volvo C30.

Alfa is expected to line up some potent arsenal to provide the main thrust for the Milano. Included in that list are the 88kW (120hp) and 116kW (158hp) 1.4 TJet turbo petrol. Of course there will be diesel options as well. A hot GTA model is a virtual given but there is doubt as to whether it will use a 3.2-litre naturally aspirated V6 like the previous 147 GTA or go four-cylinder turbo like Audi.

A public appearance is expected at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September while sales will begin in 2010.

UPDATE: Video added 29th July 2009

Comments

HEMI426
June 15, 2009 10:13 PM
I hope the GTA version still gets the 3.2 V6, this thing did about 12L/100 km, I'm sure that can be at least 9/10L/100 km

Scuderia-Paul
June 15, 2009 10:49 PM
From those shots it seems the rear lights will not be just a round unit but will have a round outer section and a more rectangular space attached. Unless of course I might be seeing what I want as I do not like the units on the MiTo especially with the chrome surround.

Hopefully Alfa Romeo does not put the MiTo design in the photocopier at 125%. I think the Milano needs to be more masculine and the more squat stance gives hope.

On the GTA model I would imagine Alfa Romeo will opt for a smaller turbocharged unit.

RzGTmorio
June 15, 2009 11:20 PM
This car is very ugly ...

N20_Purge
June 15, 2009 11:42 PM
Ew, sorry guys. I simply just cannot imagine a MiTo front end on this. The design will totally fail. Why not keep the aggresive look of the current 147?

joelynn
June 15, 2009 11:53 PM
based on the bravo I guess... could be cool

Renegade
June 16, 2009 2:38 AM
Ladies and gentleman the new compact Chrysler.

alessandro
June 16, 2009 9:23 AM
How to put it with some doubts we have about Alfas perhaps? "Alora - finalmente!". What about Chrysler then Americans deserves good and mentally healthier cars too.

y0br0
June 16, 2009 11:46 AM
Isn't this it?

http://www.v10.pl/archiwum/serwis_informacyjny/aktualnosci/alfa_romeo/149/alfa_romeo_149_1.jpg

http://www.v10.pl/archiwum/serwis_informacyjny/aktualnosci/alfa_romeo/149/alfa_romeo_149_2.jpg

Ofcourse without the 149 badge.


Edited by user on June 16, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Scuderia-Paul
June 18, 2009 12:09 AM
That is quite nice but the headlights are not particularly appealing although it could be the angle. The rear lights are as I described above so in all those shots seem extremely close to the expected production styling.

Bristol411S3
June 30, 2009 11:05 AM
I hope so. That looks quite good.

rogers
June 16, 2009 1:23 PM
I can't wait to see the production version of this. I really like this new 8C & MiTo design identity from Alfa Romeo.

Prince_Ash
June 16, 2009 3:25 PM
from what i can see, it looks very ugly :( what happened to alfa's classic appeal ?

car-o-bar
June 29, 2009 9:10 PM
Nürburgring tuning can improve performance but what about AR's crapy quality and reliability....

James2911
June 30, 2009 11:25 AM
Why call it Milano when the MiTo literally means Milano-Torino (Milan-Turin). The should call it VeRo, Venice-Roma.

alexbutcher
June 30, 2009 7:01 PM
car-o-bar:what about AR's crapy quality and reliability....

Check the latest JD Power. AR is already 2nd on the Top! 159 is a good quality car

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