Sunday, July 29, 2012

ALFA ROMEO CAR HISTORY


 Alfa Romeo is an automotive company in Italy, by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with leading car manufacturer Alexandre Darracq formed with the original name as "Darracq Italiana". The founder has reformed into a Darracq factory in Portello ideal, a suburb of Milan, but when World War I broke out, the plant has switched weapons for the military and the work before termination. Since 1987, the company became a member of Fiat SpA. Fiat plans to merge with an Alfa Romeo parts of the company as Maserati established the division to produce luxury and sports cars in the Fiat Group. The company named ALFA, is from Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica stands Automobili.
The first product of ALFA designed by Merosi named 1910 24HP. Sample-size passenger cars as well as the subsequent design of Merosi very stable and not adventurous, but still high quality and high reliability. ALFA's sales have increased, but the outbreak of World War I has been fighting an end to the production of its cars.
1915 Nicola Romeo bought ALFA after attaching his name to the beginning of its name. By 1916 the company made ​​entirely under the control of industrial capitalists cum mathematics.
The first model was designed by Alfa Romeo its "new" is the G1 in 1920, a large passenger cars. With some improvements in motor vehicles has been formed for G2 1921 models. 1922 RL models the series, with six engines OHV 3000 period was introduced to the public including RLN (21/70hp) 'Normale', RLT (22/70hp) 'Turismo', RLS and RLSS (22 / 90hp). The samples then followed in the RM series, a smaller version with four-stroke engine in 2000 and the RM version, RMS 'Sport' and RMU 'Unificato' (15/50hp and 15/55hp). In the data model above, the only horsepower numbers, numbers second only to maximum speed and this is the final design of Merosi.
In a few years when Nicola Romeo took power, the company became involved in the motor racing Grand Prix. Guiseppe Merosi, an engineering study has been its chief engineer on rent.
1923 Jano began working for Alfa Romeo, and designed his first car was a very successful formula, called P2. Not long after, the car I was born, in 1927 began producing model 6C 1500, six public use 1500cc engine. In 1929 a larger version launched in 1750 with both formulations SOHC (45bhp) and DOHC (55bhp), again the car version with 85bhp turbo charger appears.
During the crisis of our time Romeo in 1929, the company suffered a series of financial difficulties and serious injury. Romeo gave up the role of director in 1928 and soon after the collapse of its company owned by the Government.
Alfa Romeo won more success in all of its cars: Formula 1 car, the original car, stock car and stock car at high speed. Many riders also achieved brilliant results in the individual race.
1954 appeared the first car with 1290cc engine named Giulietta, followed by sample Berlina (4 door) and Spider (convertible) was born. Then the 1900 model continues to be created and then converted into the form 2000. Form 2600 was introduced in 1962 in Berlina, Spider and the new variant different Sprint Alfa Romeo "enormous", and the first Alfa to use brake discs have been produced.
A new passenger car models perfectly, Alfa Romeo 1900 was born in 1950 and 1954 Giulietta model was launched. This car is actually marked the beginning of the modern era in the history of Alfa Romeo cars.
1950 Nino Farina was shocked Formula 1 car prize in world championship race with 158 compressor models, 1951 Juan Manuel Fangio won while driving a Alfetta 159 (an improvement of the engine compressor 158 second period) . 1960 Alfa Romeo Italian government has been bought out and became famous thanks to the special design for the security of this country.
In 1967 the famous Dustin Hoffman film titled "The Graduate" has brought fame to the car "Spider" (known in Italian and the name "Duetto", or "Osso di Seppia" or Round-tail) . After the 1970s, the government having some economic problems should have sold the Alfa Romeo to Fiat, the company has owned the brand.
1972 marked a revolutionary change with the introduction of Alfa Romeo Alfasud models, the Alfa is front-drive system first, designed by Rodolfo Hruska and installation of horizontal 4-cylinder engine. Of the Alfetta was born the same year, a change the most significant technology ever for rear suspension system, clutch, gearbox and differential transmission. This technology is applied to form in 1974 Alfetta GT designed by Giugiaro.
1976 Alfa engine diegel first created, it is Giulia. Giulietta name was revived in 1977 when the car was put on production Alfetta engine version 1300 and 1600 and followed by a sample 2000. A top new Alfa was established in 1979 under the shadow of the Alfa 6 installation V6 - 2492cc and suspension system similar Alfetta. A GTV6 coupe version was also released.
Until the 1980s, Alfa Romeos of all vehicles, except Alfasud, were rear-drive system.1995 Alfa Romeo stopped exporting cars to the U.S. market. The company also plans to return to that market but so far no formal plan. With the support of the Maserati, Alfa Romeo 159 and Alfa Romeo Brera is the model pioneered in North America.

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