Stellantis has taken the bizarre step of publishing a press launch confirming the Alfa Romeo model will proceed to obtain funding, after it confirmed it wouldn’t be considered one of its 4 core world manufacturers.
The automotive big had already outlined its product plans at its Investor Day, the place CEO Antonio Filosa described Alfa Romeo as a ‘regional’ model together with Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge and Opel.
These manufacturers will “leverage property” launched beneath Stellantis’ 4 core manufacturers “and make them distinctive for their very own prospects”.
Stellantis’ 4 core world manufacturers – Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Ram – will probably be “pure first launchers” for the entire automaker’s “new world property”.
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On a separate tier are DS and Lancia, which will probably be “specialty” manufacturers managed by Citroen and Fiat, respectively.
Within the Investor Day presentation, Alfa Romeo had solely previewed two new fashions in its slide deck: a C-SUV, indicating a brand new mid-size SUV; and a ‘New Bottega Fuoriserie Undertaking’, suggesting a customized or bespoke low-volume automobile.
Now, Stellantis has crammed in a few of the blanks, although some questions stay.
“With regards to what was offered on the Stellantis Investor Day 2026 on Could 21, and particularly to the knowledge shared in regards to the Alfa Romeo model, we want to present some additional clarifications,” reads an announcement from a Stellantis spokesperson.
Its product plans see it specializing in extra reasonably priced, mainstream segments.
Stellantis has confirmed the Junior, launched in 2024, will proceed to open the Alfa Romeo lineup and can obtain a refresh throughout its lifecycle.
A brand new C-segment (ie: Toyota Corolla-sized) hatchback will be a part of the Italian model’s vary, primarily based on the STLA One ‘multi-energy’ structure.
It’s set to launch after 2027, and Alfa Romeo says it’ll “construct on icons” just like the 147 and Giulietta. Alfa Romeo has a protracted historical past of small hatchbacks, relationship again to the Alfasud, however it left the section when it ended Giulietta manufacturing in 2020.
A brand new ‘C-SUV’ (ie: Toyota RAV4-sized) will probably be primarily based on the ‘STLA M’ platform, that includes a variety of powertrain sorts.
Stellantis spent a lot of its Investor Day touting its new STLA One structure, which seems to be a consolidation of its STLA Small, STLA Medium and STLA Massive platforms introduced in 2021.
It says this modular, scalable structure will use frequent interfaces, with focused price efficiencies of 20 per cent. It’s unclear how totally different this new STLA M-based Alfa Romeo will probably be from fashions primarily based on the prevailing STLA Medium platform, such because the Peugeot 3008.
It seems this new C-SUV will sit above the Tonale small SUV, which Stellantis calls a “robust pillar” and “key world mannequin” within the Alfa Romeo lineup.
Alfa Romeo says it’ll develop a brand new, unique “few-off” undertaking with the Bottega Fuoriserie crew, “constructing on the success of the 33 Stradale”.
With regards to the Giulia and Stelvio, issues look a bit of murkier.
The present sedan and SUV, primarily based on the Giorgio platform, had been due to get replaced by electric-only successors primarily based on the STLA Massive platform in 2025 (Stelvio) and 2026 (Giulia).
Patent pictures of the next-generation Stelvio surfaced in April 2025, earlier than Alfa Romeo confirmed in October 2025 the present fashions would proceed to be produced till 2027.
It confirmed it was seeking to engineer accessible combustion powertrains following a transfer away from its beforehand said purpose of an EV-only lineup by 2027.
An Autocar report from final month steered the brand new fashions, providing electrical, mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains, will now arrive in 2028.
The present automobiles will proceed to be produced till subsequent yr, together with their scorching twin-turbocharged petrol V6 Quadrifoglio variants. Nonetheless, Stellantis has offered no indication of launch timing for the brand new fashions.
“Alfa Romeo is finding out options to proceed competing within the D section with new interpretations of the present line-up fabricated from Giulia and Stelvio, remaining true to its performance-driven DNA whereas adapting to market evolution,” mentioned the Stellantis spokesperson.
“The model will leverage versatile platforms to progressively introduce multi-energy options, together with hybrid and electrical powertrains. Additional particulars will probably be communicated at a later stage.”
No point out was fabricated from a flagship ‘E-SUV’ which Alfa Romeo had beforehand spoken of. It seems to be the newest massive Alfa Romeo mannequin to be cancelled earlier than seeing the sunshine of day, with BMW 5 Sequence and X5 rivals being scrapped from the model’s pipeline in 2018 when it was a part of Fiat Chrysler Cars.
Alfa Romeo will proceed to take a seat under Maserati, which can produce two new E-segment (massive) fashions: a passenger automobile and an SUV.
“Wanting forward, Alfa Romeo will leverage Stellantis’ world scale whereas differentiating its providing to proceed creating genuine Alfa Romeos, additional strengthening its distinctive positioning as a novel and iconic Model,” mentioned a Stellantis spokesperson.
Finally, this isn’t a whole departure from Alfa Romeo’s beforehand introduced product plans since Stellantis was established in 2021. Fashions just like the Giulia and Stelvio, for instance, had already been set to maneuver to company platforms; the present, roughly decade-old fashions are primarily based on the Giorgio platform, which solely spawned a non-Alfa Romeo mannequin round seven years into its run.
Nonetheless, it’s one more instance of Stellantis having to situation an announcement to verify considered one of its many manufacturers wasn’t in peril – one thing it did for Maserati in 2024.
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