RSS Official: Alfa Romeo and IED ready Gloria concept for Geneva

[Ringo64]

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/" rel="tag">Concept Cars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/geneva-motor-show/" rel="tag">Geneva Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/" rel="tag">Alfa Romeo</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/design-style/" rel="tag">Design/Style</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-romeo-gloria-ied-concept/"><img alt="Alfa Romeo IED Gloria concept - front three-quarter view" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/02/alfa-romeo-gloria-ied-628.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 628px; height: 413px;" /></a><br /><br />It just wouldn't be right for the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva Motor Show</a> <em>not</em> to be stocked with exotic concept cars, so this new one from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/">Alfa Romeo</a> and design studio <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ied/">IED</a> should fit right in. Known as the Gloria Concept, the sleek four-door is the result of twenty Master in Transportation Design students at IED, with guidance from Alfa's own Style Center.<br /><br />Purely a design exercise, the Gloria Concept carries strong historical Alfa Romeo styling cues, neatly packaged within a slick, athletic body shape. The Italian company's traditional shield-shaped grille has been set prominently apart from the rest of the front end, and the leather straps near the windscreen are mean to evoke "memorable leather straps for the luggage compartments of the brand's historic cars." While chances are good that no actual engine will live under that shapely bonnet come show time, the designers have supposedly made room for a turbocharged V6 or V8 of some capacity.<br /><br />We anticipate that the taut, curvaceous surfacing will look even more impressive in person, when we report in from the Geneva show next month. Until then, you can click on the image above for an expanded view of the Gloria Concept, or follow on below to <a href="/2013/02/15/alfa-romeo-and-ied-ready-gloria-concept-for-geneva/#continued">browse the Alfa press release</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/15/alfa-romeo-and-ied-ready-gloria-concept-for-geneva/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Alfa Romeo and IED ready Gloria concept for Geneva</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/15/alfa-romeo-and-ied-ready-gloria-concept-for-geneva/">Alfa Romeo and IED ready Gloria concept for Geneva</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:45:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/15/alfa-romeo-and-ied-ready-gloria-concept-for-geneva/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20464274/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/15/alfa-romeo-and-ied-ready-gloria-concept-for-geneva/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare">

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[Ringo64]

I dunno about this... I like it but there are some weird parts that I don't