MILAN — Italy’s Alfa Romeo will work on a brand new large-size automotive in america to be launched in 2027, the model’s head Jean-Philippe Imparato mentioned on Friday, including nonetheless the group had not but determined the place to fabricate it.

Imparato mentioned the step was key to tailoring the design for abroad markets, serving to Alfa Romeo strengthen its place because the worldwide premium model of automaker Stellantis.

“Our provide for a big measurement automobile should match worldwide markets, American, Chinese language, European,” he mentioned throughout a media name, a day after mother or father Stellantis launched first half outcomes.

Alfa Romeo remains to be assessing whether or not the brand new mannequin can be an SUV, a crossover or a sedan but it surely is not going to in all probability be a basic massive SUV, similar to BMW’s X5 or X6, Imparato mentioned.

“We wish to discover the correct mix,” he mentioned. “It is a determination we are going to take by the top of this yr”.

In February he instructed Automotive Information Europe the automobile might be a cross between a sedan and a crossover.

Imparato mentioned growing the automotive within the U.S. didn’t imply it will be produced within the Nafta space.

“Producing within the U.S. will not be one thing now we have determined and it’s one thing we don’t wish to resolve now,” he added. Alfa’s two manufacturing websites are in Italy.