Report: Alfa's return to the U.S. delayed until 2013
 

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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/">Alfa Romeo</a> is reported delaying its return to the States until 2013 because <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/fiat/">Fiat</a>-<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> CEO Sergio Marchionne is unhappy with the proposed vehicle designs bound for the U.S. Marchionne cited manufacturing and styling issues that need fixing before the 2013 Alfa Romeo Giulia is ready to be released both in the States and abroad.<br />
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The delay pushes the Giulia back from a late-2012 release to sometime mid-2013, which leaves Alfa Romeo in the lurch in two continents. Without the Giulia, Alfa will have a gaping hole in its lineup and nothing to offer in the hotly-contested mid-range market.<br />
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Marchionne is also unhappy with efforts from Chrysler designers to retool the Giulia as a replacement for the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Avenger, models which Fiat-Chrysler is hoping to debut in 2013. Since the two new Chryslers and the Giulia will share a platform, a delay for one means a delay for the others.<br />
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With the Giulia's release postponed, Alfa will have to make do with a three-model lineup, comprised of the MiTo, the 159 and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/06/alfa-romeo-giulietta-g430-imove-marangoni-debuts-in-bologna/">Guilietta</a>, until its new small SUV arrives in late 2012, followed by the Giulia the following year.</p>
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-giulietta-12">Alfa Romeo Giulietta</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-giulietta-12/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/100413argiulietta05_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-giulietta-12/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/100413argiulietta04_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-giulietta-12/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/100413argiulietta09_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-giulietta-12/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/100413argiulietta10_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-giulietta-12/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/100413argiulietta17_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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