47 minutes ago, pumadog said:

The Astra was never planned to be made in Italy. The Pomigliano model was the Manta (on hold now) or C-crossover. The crossover is now made in Spain with Leapmotor.

I thought the Alfa hatchback on STLA One will also be produced in Melfi. This article seems to support that:

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Cappellano (Stellantis): "Melfi will have the production of one additional Alfa Romeo compared to the Italian Plan" Read more on Agenzia Nova

Cappellano is talking about the New Tonale. Manta was scheduled for Melfi, and it was a D-seg car, sister model to the No8. For Pomigliano they assigned 2 compact cars, one Opel and one Alfa, according to rumors. It was also a rumor that they would be 2 crossovers (I did as well) but given that we now know the Alfa compact car will be a hatchback, that one probably wasn't accurate. The Leapmotor-Opel will be an SUV, not a crossover, and has nothing to do with any of the aforementioned models.

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1 ora fa, STEVEC scrive:

Cappellano is talking about the New Tonale. Manta was scheduled for Melfi, and it was a D-seg car, sister model to the No8. For Pomigliano they assigned 2 compact cars, one Opel and one Alfa, according to rumors. It was also a rumor that they would be 2 crossovers (I did as well) but given that we now know the Alfa compact car will be a hatchback, that one probably wasn't accurate. The Leapmotor-Opel will be an SUV, not a crossover, and has nothing to do with any of the aforementioned models.

Cappellano is talking about both C Alfas. But the wording regarding Melfi is open for interpretation secondo me. But as there's a political meeting next week, things should be clearer.

The lines between hatchback/crossover and crossover/SUV are very blurry. Alfa Junior was introduced as a SUV while it has the same height as hatchbacks (R5, ID.Polo). Panda is called a hatchback while it's tall and riding high. Whatever the planned models for Pomigliano were, it was always unrealistic to expect the Astra to go south. I don't know any proper indication for that. Opel needs German presence and production to fulfil it's role. Rüsselheim needs product. And Italy isn't cheap either.