Alfa Romeo At Balocco proving ground the new Alfa Romeo Milano comes to life. Its debut on April 10th


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  • At home at the Balocco test track, Alfa Romeo’s historic proving ground, the Italian team of Alfa Romeo engineers is intensifying the final stages of development of the new Alfa Romeo Milano.
  • A date has now been set for the world premiere of the Alfa Romeo Milano: April 10.
  • The Milano’s development has moved into the final stages of validation under the expert guidance of the same team of engineers who have created unique projects such as the 4C, 8C, Giulia & Stelvio Quadrifoglio, Giulia GTA, and the current ongoing development of the 33 Stradale. It was the very same people who decided on the project requirements.
  • Targets and objectives as they always are: best handling and best-in-class driving dynamics.
Development tests are progressing at the Balocco testing site on the Alfa Romeo Milano, the upcoming sporty car planned and designed by the masterful Alfa Romeo Centro Stile. Milano will be unveiled to the world at an event on April 10 in Milan itself, to be livestreamed to anyone who wants to take part.

Under the expert guidance of the team of Italian engineers that has played a major role in extraordinary 100% Alfa Romeo projects (such as the 4C, 8C, Giulia and Stelvio Q and Giulia GTA), the Milano – a car due to make Alfa Romeo's debut in the world of 100% electric vehicles – and its development are being refined. The development strategies are coordinated by the Italian team of Alfa Romeo engineers at the Balocco Proving Ground, where test drivers find the ideal conditions to test out on the track the requirements and targets set by Alfa Romeo's dynamic engineers, who are responsible for validating the project.

Under the leadership of the expert Domenico Bagnasco, responsible for validating the vehicle's dynamic essence, the Milano is being tuned up to outstanding targets, as always for every Alfa Romeo. Domenico Bagnasco’s career includes the development of several Alfa Romeo sports cars that have become part of the collective unconscious, as a manifesto of the brand’s driving pleasure and sportiness: the memorable 8C, the brutal 4C, the legendary Giulia GTA, and many more.

The team is focused on outstanding dynamics, with targeted and specific interventions on the suspension. The aim remains unmistakable driving dynamics, based on direct and extremely precise steering geometry, to guarantee quick cornering with a high level of grip.

Heading the project is Stefano Cereda, long a big name in Alfa Romeo projects. At the forefront of the development of the Giulia and Stelvio diesel engines, Stefano Cereda made his Alfa Romeo debut with the Giorgio project, remembered for the confidentiality required of Alfa Romeo's outstanding engineers as they created the most majestic development project in recent decades. Before proudly taking on the management of the Milano project, Stefano gave the go-ahead to the development of the Tonale’s Plug-In Hybrid Q4 280HP engine.

The technical development of the Milano is led by Luigi Domenichelli, an expert Italian engineer tasked with integrating and validating all the vehicle subsystems in terms of performance, durability, and comfort. The ambitious design targets are focused on guaranteeing both Alfa Romeo’s distinctive road handling and class-leading ergonomics, based on an excellent and sophisticated human-machine interface.

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Is this going to be a Golf rival?
Is the Tonale a C-segment competitor and Milano B-Segment? A new Giulietta? I think it’s going to be based on the Stellantis Opel Astra, Peugeot 308 etc this time around, probably with a new Lancia Delta.
 
It has very nice details, the wheels are great, a bit in the front and back, but it is still quite generic and you can kind of notice that it is like a rebadge more than normal. What they did with the front triangle is very original and unexpected, but it doesn't convince me, better than I expected, but it is a wow in lowercase

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It has very nice details, the wheels are great, a bit in the front and back, but it is still quite generic and you can kind of notice that it is like a rebadge more than normal. What they did with the front triangle is very original and unexpected, but it doesn't convince me, better than I expected, but it is a wow in lowercase

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Compact,stylish and sporty. There is a certain Renault vibe with it though.
 
I take back what I said, what they did with that grill on the blue model, it is immensely cool

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It's spicy/gorgeous. Now do a full size SUV with that look with hi-po V6 and you'd have a winner.

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The front lights just dont work and dont look anything like previous Alfas. I do like the grill inserts, especially the classic Alfa Romeo lettering. Profile and rear looks like another brand, again not sexy like other Alfas.

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Despite the small size the boot is very practical.

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The interiors on new Alfa models are making huge improvements and this car has some very nice details, such as the hooded dials and the Alfa serpent in the vents. Those front sport seats have massive side bolsters, are these justified for a car that starts off with only 100KW and tops out at 177KW?

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The interiors on new Alfa models are making huge improvements and this car has some very nice details, such as the hooded dials and the Alfa serpent in the vents. Those front sport seats have massive side bolsters, are these justified for a car that starts off with only 100KW and tops out at 177KW?

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Good wheels with a clover theme, three and four leaves, I like the colorless logo on the steering wheel.
 
The front lights just dont work and dont look anything like previous Alfas. I do like the grill inserts, especially the classic Alfa Romeo lettering. Profile and rear looks like another brand, again not sexy like other Alfas.
It's just another rehashed Stellantis turd.
What little was left of Alfa (however good attempts with Giulia/Stelvio) is now dead within Stellantis.
It's funny how many fans -including me- didn't want VAG to take over Alfa, fearing another VW/Seat/Skoda variation with italian flavor; and yet, here we're with a Fiat 600/Jeep Avenger/Opel Mokka/Peugeot 2008 remix.

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It's just another rehashed Stellantis turd.
What little was left of Alfa (however good attempts with Giulia/Stelvio) is now dead within Stellantis.
It's funny how many fans -including me- didn't want VAG to take over Alfa, fearing another VW/Seat/Skoda variation with italian flavor; and yet, here we're with a Fiat 600/Jeep Avenger/Opel Mokka/Peugeot 2008 remix.

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I can imagine the project meeting. With the meme board. What makes an Alfa Romeo?
Thoughts? Passion? Engineering, beauty?

Cloverleafs!!! Everybody claps! Except the Italians.
 
Well,Well,Well. The real Italians are pissed over this pseudo-Italian car that they have demanded a name change. Meet Junior.
I thought you were joking...
In that case it couldn't be called "Junior" either, since teenagers don't make it.

The Ferrari Roma from now on will be called Maranello

The sign that those people who I feared are coming to power,............ instead of seeing the visibility that being named in a global product that will last for years gives to your city, they see their asses, is incredible.

How bad Alfa Romeo is to accept the absurd guidelines of a brainless person, they are going backwards

 
I thought you were joking...
In that case it couldn't be called "Junior" either, since teenagers don't make it.

The Ferrari Roma from now on will be called Maranello

The sign that those people who I feared are coming to power,............ instead of seeing the visibility that being named in a global product that will last for years gives to your city, they see their asses, is incredible.

How bad Alfa Romeo is to accept the absurd guidelines of a brainless person, they are going backwards

It’s good to see they are still adhering to Italian laws rather than EU Dictatorship.
 
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