Forget also loss leaders like the Mito: Alfa doesn’t say so, but the baby doesn’t feature in the “new generation” model line-up. So what can we expect of new Alfas in the future? In what is a rare glimpse into a product-planning cupboard, Alfa chief Timoty Kuniskis was specific in what is coming at the FCA group meeting with big chief Sergio Marchionne in Balocco today.
As well as as the new 8C supercar and GTV coupe, Alfa will have a new Giulietta and a new Giulia in both standard and new long wheelbase forms – with electrification and sans diesel power. And a new Souder? Alas no mention of that.
What there most definitely is a mention of is the SUVs: the big-sellers that will be financing the new-model sports car splurge, just as other companies like Porsche have found. The hot-selling Stelvio has already done its bit to pull Alfa out of the mire; along with the well received Giulia the pair have helped see Alfa global sales climb from 66,000 a year in 2014 to a predicted 170,000 this year. A new Giulietta SUV below the Stelvio and a big new BMW X5-size SUV above it, plus a long-wheelbase version of the Stelvio itself, aim to drive total annual sales to 400,000 a year by 2022.