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1980--1990

Alfa Romeo can no longer sustain the expansion that it enjoyed under Luraghi,and not even the Joint Venture with the Japanese car manufacturer Nissan(AR.N.A;Alfa Romeo Nissan Automobili), for the production of a new car,produces the expected results.In 1986,Finmeccanica sells Alfa to the FIAT Group,which assigns it with Lancia to a new Group unit called “Alfa Lancis S.p.A”, which becomes operational in 1987.In the same year, the Alfa Romeo Stile moves to an industrial complex at Arese; the building is designed in co-operation with the renowned architect Adalberto dal Lago using criteria based on the one ahnd on creative working,and on the other on the rational arrangement of the operational departments. “Revival” is at hand; New Alfa Romeo ranges are developed and the company strives to maintain its technological autonomy associated with its product and badge.In the world of Formula 1,the eighties begin with a revolution in turbo engines and the advent of aeronautic technology in the design and construction of the cars