Alfa Romeo denies plans for a V8 engine
By Andrew C., 30 Aug, 2010. 0 Comments
Alfa Romeo Brera
Alfa Romeo's next generation of saloons will not have a V8 engine. Alfa Romeo emphasizes that it would not make commercial sense to develop one. A senior Alfa source said that no front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive Alfa Romeo will use an engine larger than a V6. Since Fiat has access to Chrysler's upcoming 3.6-liter Pentastar V6, it is possible that it would be equipped with its new Multiair valve train to improve efficiency.
Incidentally, Fiat's product engineering boss Paolo Ferrero now runs Chrysler's powertrain division.
At the start of the decade and at a time when no one would have guessed that we'd be in a global financial crisis, Fiat's Powertrain engineers worked on a V8 in collaboration with General Motors.
It was designed to fit the Premium platform that underpins the Alfa 159 and Saab 9-5. It never progressed beyond a prototype stage.
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