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Alfa Romeo Automobiles S. g. A. (Italian: [ˈalfa roˈmɛːo]) is an Italian luxury car producer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as A. L. F. A. ("[Società] Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili", "Lombard Automobile Manufacturing plant limited liability [Company]") on 24 June 1910, in Milan. The brand is famous for sporty vehicles and it has been included in car racing since 1911.

The company had been owned by Italian condition holding company Istituto for each la Ricostruzione Industriale between 1932 and 1986, when it became a part of the Fiat team. In February 2007, the Alfa Romeo brand grew to become Alfa Romeo Automobiles T. p. A., a part of Fiat Group Cars, now Fiat Chrysler Vehicles Italy.

The business that became Alfa Romeo was founded as Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (SAID) in 1906 by the particular French automobile firm associated with Alexandre Darracq, with Italian language investors. In late 1909, the Italian Darracq vehicles were selling slowly plus the Italian partners associated with the company hired Giuseppe Merosi to design brand new cars. On 24 06 1910, a new organization was founded named A. L. F. A., in the beginning still in partnership with Darracq. The first non-Darracq car created by the organization was the 1910 twenty-four HP, designed by Merosi. A. L. F. The. ventured into motor race, with drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the particular 1911 Targa Florio along with two 24-hp models. Within August 1915, the organization came under the direction of Neapolitan entrepreneur Nicola Romeo, who converted the factory to produce army hardware for the Italian and Allied war initiatives. In 1920, the title of the company was converted to Alfa Romeo with the Torpedo 20–30 HP the first car in order to be so badged.

In 1921, the Banca Italiana di Sconto, which backed the E. Nicola Romeo and Co, went broke and the particular government needed to assistance the industrial companies included, among which was Alfa Romeo, through the "Consorzio per Sovvenzioni sui Valori Industriali". In 1925, the railway activities were separated through the Romeo company, and in 1928, Nicola Romeo remaining. In 1933, the state ownership was reorganized under the banner of the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) by Benito Mussolini's government, which in turn got effective control. The company fought to return to profitability after the Second Globe War, and turned in order to mass-producing small vehicles instead of hand-building luxury models. In 1954, it developed the particular Alfa Romeo Twin Camera engine, which may remain in production until 1994. During the 1960s and 1972s, Alfa Romeo produced a number of sporty cars, but battled to make a revenue, so Istituto per la Reconstruzione (IRI), the state conglomerate that controls Finmeccanica sold the marque in order to the Fiat Group within 1986.