Alfa Romeo has been a part of Fiat SpA since 1986. The company was originally known as ALFA, which is an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (translated: Lombard Automobile Factory, Public Company). (First logo: )

History

The company that became Alfa Romeo was founded as "Darracq Italiana" in 1907 by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan, in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. The firm initially produced Darracq cars in Naples, but after the partnership collapsed Stella and the other Italian co-investors moved production to an idle Darracq factory in the Milan suburb of Portello, and the company was renamed ALFA (Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili). The first non-Darracq car produced by company was the 1910 24 HP (named for the 24 horsepower it produced), designed by Giuseppe Merosi. Merosi would go on to design a series of new ALFA cars with more powerful engines (40-60 HP). ALFA also ventured into motor racing, drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the 1911 Targa Florio with two 24 HP models. However, the onset of World War I halted automobile production at ALFA for three years.

1916 saw the company come under the direction of Neapolitan entrepreneur Nicola Romeo, who converted the factory to produce military hardware for the Italian and Allied war efforts. Munitions, aircraft engines and other components, compressors and generators based on the company's existing car engines, and heavy locomotives were produced in the factory during the war. When the war was over, Romeo took complete control of ALFA and car production resumed in 1919. In 1920, the name of the company was changed to Alfa Romeo with the Torpedo 20-30 HP becoming the first car to be badged as such. Giuseppe Merosi continued as head designer, and the company continued to produce solid road cars as well as successful race cars (including the 40-60 HP and the RL Targa Florio).

In 1923 Vittorio Jano was lured away from Fiat, partly thanks to the persuasion of a young Alfa racing driver named Enzo Ferrari, to replace Merosi as chief designer at Alfa Romeo. The first Alfa Romeo under Jano was the P2 Grand Prix car, which won Alfa Romeo the world championship in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of small-to-medium-displacement 4, 6, and 8 cylinder inline power plants based on the P2 unit that established the classic architecture of Alfa engines, with light alloy construction, hemispherical combustion chambers, centrally-located plugs, two rows of overhead valves per cylinder bank and dual overhead cams. Jano's designs proved to be both reliable and powerful.

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	Alfa Rmeo 156 V6 24v Estate 53 Plate Only 29000 Miles £1,030.00	2001 Alfa Romeo 156 T.Spark Lusso Silver £500.00

	2007 07 Alfa Romeo 147 1.9 Jtdm 16V Turismo 3dr Diesel £8,290.00	2007 07 Alfa Romeo Gt 1.9 Jtdm 16V 2dr Diesel £12,680.00

	2000 W Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Ts Selespeed Red No Reserve! £100.00	Alfa Romeo Gtv Coupe T-Spark Lusso £3,995.00

	2000 Alfa Romeo 156 Selespeed Black £100.00	2001 Alfa Romeo 156 V6 Blue *3 Day Listing Only* £1,500.00

	1998 Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6 Silver £900.00	1999 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 T Spark Red £1,000.00

	2006 Alfa Romeo 147 Diesel Hatchback 1.9 Jtd Lusso 3dr £6,010.00	1996 Alfa Romeo Gtv T Spark 16V Green Exceptional Car £1,395.00

	Alfa Romeo 75 £6,995.00	1997 Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 16V Twinspark Sportpack W/Body £300.00

	Alfa Romeo 156 T. Spark £750.00	Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf Red 1998 £300.00

	Alfa Romeo Spider T Spark 16V 1996 £406.00	Alfa Romeo 147 Ts Turismo £6,490.00

	2000 Alfa Romeo 156 Twin Spark 16V Silver £670.00	1997 Alfa Romeo Spider Black £3,995.00

	2000 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 T Spark Blue £230.00	2000 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Ts Selespeed £1,495.00

	1998 Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 T Spark Black Bargain £499.00	1998 Alfa Romeo Spider T Spark 16 V Black £1,600.00

	Alfa Romeo 156 T Spark Turismo Salvage Damaged Repair £525.00	1999 Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 T Spark Blue £180.00

	2001 Alfa Romeo 156 Veloce 2L Twin Spark Low Mileage £410.00	2004 Alfa Romeo 156 1.9 Jtd 16v Multijet Turismo 5dr Di £5,494.00

	2003 Alfa Romeo 147 T Spark 2.0 Turbo Lusso Blue £1,800.00	2001 Alfa Romeo 156 T.Spark Sportwagon 1.6ltr 65k miles £1,599.00

	2007 Alfa Romeo 159 Lusso Jdtm £9,799.00	Alfasud Ti C/leaf Stunning New Mot&T Very Original £720.00

	2007 Alfa Romeo 159 Jtdm 16v Diesel Sportwagon Estate £3,850.00	1999 Alfa Romeo 156 Twin Spark 16V Black £1,000.00

	Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Twin spark mot & tax no reserve £200.00	2001 Alfa Romeo 156 T.Spark Veloce Black £119.50

	2003 Alfa Romeo 147 T Spark Lusso Black Leather £1,550.00	2003 Alfa Romeo 147 Jtd Lusso 8V - Low Reserve £1,175.00

	2000 Alfa Romeo 156 Ts Selespeed In Silver £1,495.00	2001 Alfa Romeo 147 T Spark Grey £1,800.00

	Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 T Spark Silver X reg Low Mileage £1,595.00

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