Editing Alfa Romeo (section)

====Post-war evolution====
In 1946, after the [[Italian constitutional referendum, 1946|abolition of the monarchy]] and proclamation of the [[Italian Republic]], the figure-eight knots of the Savoy were replaced with two curvy lines.{{sfnp|Fusi|1978|page=419}} Concurrently the badge was completely redesigned, and further reduced in size to {{convert|54|mm|in|abbr=on}}, a diameter unchanged ever since.{{sfnp|Fusi|1978|page=809–810}} Made of stamped steel, the new badge bore the traditional elements—the scripts, the cross, a newly stylized ''biscione'' and a thin laurel wreath—embossed in antique silver, over a uniform [[Rosso corsa|Alfa Red]] background, which had replaced the blue, white and light blue fields. This red-and-metal badge was used until 1950, when the company switched back to a traditionally enamelled and coloured one; in 1960 the badge was changed from brass to plastic, without substantial differences in design.{{sfnp|Fusi|1978|page=419}}

At the beginning of the 1970s the all-new [[Alfa Romeo Pomigliano d'Arco plant]] (near [[Naples]]) was completed. When in 1972 the [[Alfa Romeo Alfasud|Alfasud]] produced there became the first Alfa Romeo passenger car manufactured outside Milan, the word "Milano", the curved lines and the hyphen between "Alfa" and "Romeo" were eliminated from the badge on all Alfa Romeos.{{sfnp|Fusi|1978|page=419}} At the same time it was redesigned, most notably acquiring a modernised ''biscione'' and [[type face]].

After a mild restyling in 1982, which deleted the wreath and changed lettering and all chrome details to gold, this iteration of the badge remained in use until 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/31227/alfa-romeo-nuovo-marchio-logo |title=Alfa Romeo, il nuovo logo nel segno della tradizione |first=Adriano |last=Tosi |website=omniauto.it |date=24 June 2015 |language=it |access-date=7 July 2015 |archive-date=28 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628144445/http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/31227/alfa-romeo-nuovo-marchio-logo |url-status=dead }}</ref>