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Alfa Romeo has announced it will kill its in-house 'Giorgio' vehicle architecture, due to it never being designed to accommodate electrified powertrains – despite the company spending more than a billion dollars on its development the previous decade.

The refreshed Alfa Romeo Giulia and Alfa Romeo Stelvio have been unveiled at the 2019 Los Angeles motor show. The biggest changes to Alfa's flagship models have taken place in the cabin. As an earlier leak indicated, both the Stelvio and Giulia now have a heavily revised infotainment system, which not only features a larger 8.8-inch display, but also touchscreen functionality.

The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio has set the first SUV lap records around three of the UK's top race tracks – Brands Hatch, Donington Park, and Silverstone. Following its triumph at the iconic Nurburgring Nordschleife, where it recorded a 7 minute 51.7 second lap (fastest SUV), the production-spec Stelvio Quadrifoglio set down the first proper timed lap times for an SUV at the three British circuits.

Alfa Romeo has revealed a pair of F1-inspired special editions based on the Giulia Quadrifoglio and Stelvio Quadrifoglio performance models for the Geneva motor show next week. Dubbed the 'Alfa Romeo Racing special series', the limited-edition models celebrate the company's entry into the Formula 1 championship with Sauber.