Report: Alfa Romeo's U.S. launch delayed
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/" rel="tag">Detroit Auto Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/" rel="tag">Alfa Romeo</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24646 4"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/alfausdelay3.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
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We were getting amped up for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/">Alfa Romeo</a>'s return to the U.S. and the chance to drive Breras and Guilietta's on our favorite roads, and then <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/">Fiat</a> head Sergio Marchionne delivers what they call a "smackdown" at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/">Detroit Auto Show</a>. According to <em>Autocar</em>, Marchionne says that Fiat has to show it can sell enough cars in America to make the enterprise worthwhile on its own, which we take to mean he's not content with Alfa being a critically loved but money-losing division of a profitable conglomerate. If Alfa can't prove the worth of flying to America, then it will stay grounded in Europe. We have but one word to say to this news: <em>maledizione</em>!<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24646 4">Autocar</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/13/report-alfa-romeos-u-s-launch-delayed/">Report: Alfa Romeo's U.S. launch delayed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24646 4>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/13/report-alfa-romeos-u-s-launch-delayed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19313654/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/13/report-alfa-romeos-u-s-launch-delayed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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