Alfa Romeo reveals all-new Mi.To

March14

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After several months of spy shots and speculations, Alfa Romeo has finally taken the wraps off of its all-new Mi.To. The Mi.To — which is short for Milan and Turin — was rumored to be called either the Junior or Furiosa, but those two names obviously lost out to the official nameplate.

The Mi.To is the first new release from Alfa Romeo since the 8C Competizione, and the two-door hatch largely follows the styling cues of its sports car big brother.

At launch, the Mi.To will be available with a range of four gasoline and diesel four-cylinder powerplants — ranging from 90 horsepower to 155. Alfa Romeo says higher-output engines will be offered a little after the Mi.To’s launch.

The Mi.To will make its press debut sometime in June, with sales following in July.




 


32 Comments

  1. cool compact

    Comment by edgeguy, posted on March14 at 8:50 am
  2. I am a little confused; it’s an Alfa, but its cute.

    Comment by meanpants555, posted on March14 at 9:05 am
  3. It’s visually more dynamic than a Mini, yet it’s cute.

    Comment by meanpants555, posted on March14 at 9:06 am
  4. Do I do cute?

    Comment by meanpants555, posted on March14 at 9:08 am
  5. This is coming to the USA right? Its an expensive Fiat Grande Punto

    Comment by Bobzooki, posted on March14 at 9:19 am
  6. Nice!

    Comment by Brendino, posted on March14 at 9:19 am
  7. At least it isnt called Furiosa that was a dumbass name if ever i heard one

    Comment by Bobzooki, posted on March14 at 9:40 am
  8. I could do without the subaru tribeca front end. But, the other angles seem cool.

    Comment by hateful83, posted on March14 at 9:41 am
  9. I think Furiosa would have been a better name. Come on, Mito? First impression was “My Toe”

    Comment by jayjc08, posted on March14 at 10:01 am
  10. “Mi.To” is a wordplay on “mito”, which is Italian for “Myth”.

    Comment by global_lightning, posted on March14 at 10:40 am
  11. Looks cool, although I’m sure it’ll piss off 8C owners because it looks like a hatchback version of it :D

    Comment by Shismo, posted on March14 at 10:47 am
  12. This car is beautiful. If they offer it on the American market, however, they’ll have to change the name. We won’t get it.

    Comment by inline6, posted on March14 at 11:21 am
  13. i like that theres definately some 8C in the visual design. Probably cant say that for the performance though.

    Comment by A4, posted on March14 at 11:32 am
  14. “I could do without the subaru tribeca front end. But, the other angles seem cool.”

    I guess you don’t know this hateful but Alfa has been doing their grills like that since the 40’s, at least 10 years before Subaru even existed.

    Comment by F3INT))AP3X, posted on March14 at 11:37 am
  15. O ya and this car is really nice, I wish I could have one in the highest output they will make and supercharge it =)

    Comment by F3INT))AP3X, posted on March14 at 11:38 am
  16. It’s got beauty…lots of it…and weirdly enough, the front license plate holder on the front side of the car rather than the front center.

    Comment by TOZO, posted on March14 at 11:58 am
  17. Well, subaru did a pretty good job of ripping them off then.

    Comment by hateful83, posted on March14 at 12:01 pm
  18. Alfa needs to fill out their line up upon their return to the States; rumor has it this is coming.

    Comment by meanpants555, posted on March14 at 12:24 pm
  19. And I am starting this rumor myself.

    Comment by meanpants555, posted on March14 at 12:25 pm
  20. I love it! An inspired design.

    Comment by amac, posted on March14 at 1:02 pm
  21. That front overhang is enormous. They’ll make more selling replacement front air dams than they’ll make on the car itself.

    Comment by Spingood Tanoya, posted on March14 at 1:48 pm
  22. Such a winner car.

    ” weirdly enough, the front license plate holder on the front side of the car rather than the front center ”

    Alfas came like that since the 156 which is a 1997 model.

    Comment by RagazzaCompetizione, posted on March14 at 2:03 pm
  23. Subaru’s most recent design chief was a transplant from Alfa.. which explains why the Tribeca and Impreza got the inverted-Alfa front end for a few years. Unfortunately, instead of evolving what could have been a distinctive design for the second generation, they dumped it outright for the Chrysler Pacifica treatment.

    I’m EXTREMELY hopeful that Maserati/Alfa brings this to the US ASAP!

    Comment by zoomzoomr, posted on March14 at 5:25 pm
  24. Love it

    Comment by Rover3500, posted on March14 at 5:30 pm
  25. I like this design a lot, however mi.to sounds awful lot like ME TOO…

    Terrible name, sweet looking compact.

    Comment by LexusSoarer, posted on March14 at 8:02 pm
  26. I agree with LexusSoarer, looks great, shame about the name. Couldn’t they think of something better?

    Comment by carbonsigma, posted on March15 at 2:44 am
  27. global_lightning, the name apparently is short for Milan.Torino (Turin), hence Mi.To. What a moronic name.

    Comment by carbonsigma, posted on March15 at 7:09 am
  28. Very nice looking. Now more compacts could look like this, that’d be a good thing.

    Comment by SS4LIFE, posted on March15 at 9:25 am
  29. Not bad, but not all that exciting, I’d have to see it in real life.

    Comment by gtv6, posted on March15 at 1:28 pm
  30. that ahit look an hot mess

    Comment by bigp, posted on March16 at 11:11 pm
  31. It’s horrible. Are you all smokin’ crack? They shoehorned a 8C front and rear on a 2-box design. It’s a joke and cheapens the 8C in the process.

    Comment by Vroom, posted on March17 at 12:03 pm
  32. Are you kidding me? This has the shape of the VW Scirocco, but looks WAY better. This is one of the most beautifully designed compacts I’ve ever seen.

    Comment by snoboardguy21, posted on April3 at 10:51 am

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