They are saying that with age comes knowledge, so it ought to come as no shock that on the eve of Alfa Romeo’s a hundred and fifteenth anniversary, the corporate that initially made its identify competing in endurance races just like the Targa Florio and Mille Miglia with flame-spitting sportscars is presently trying to improve its market share with a wise, high-riding crossover.
Produced in Stellantis’ Pomigliano d’Arco meeting plant close to Naples, Italy, alongside its mechanical twin, the Dodge Hornet, the Tonale plug-in hybrid launched final 12 months helped the Italian automaker discover a foothold at a time when most of the auto conglomerate’s manufacturers have been struggling. Now, a non-hybrid model of Alfa’s reply to fashions just like the BMW X1 and Audi Q3 has joined the fray, sporting turbocharged energy, customary all-wheel drive, and the identical sharp styling at a considerably decrease base value. However outdated habits die exhausting, and as I found over the course of some days with the most recent iteration of the Tonale, even Alfa Romeo’s most pragmatic choices have their fair proportion of quirks.
The brand new base mannequin comes with a double overhead-cam 2.0 L inline four-cylinder engine producing 268 hp (200 kW) and 295 lb-ft (400 Nm) of torque. The turbocharged mill is paired with a nine-speed automated transmission and an all-wheel drive system that may ship as much as 50 % of the accessible torque to the rear wheels. Whereas these numbers are down a bit in comparison with the Tonale Hybrid, at 3,715 lbs (1,685 kg), the two.0 L Turbo is greater than 400 lbs (181 kg) lighter than the PHEV mannequin.
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Alfa’s iconic goofy tooth-grin.
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A protracted drive to Palm Springs revealed that the moonroof will get in the way in which for taller drivers.
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The Tonale’s 2.0 L 268 hp turbocharged engine.
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A protracted drive to Palm Springs revealed that the moonroof will get in the way in which for taller drivers.
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The Tonale’s 2.0 L 268 hp turbocharged engine.
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The two.0 L Turbo affords extra exact dealing with in consequence, whereas its mid-five-second dash to 60 mph (98 km/h) is much like the hybrid’s, regardless of the latter’s energy benefit. EPA gasoline economic system figures of 21 mpg metropolis (11.2 L/100 km), 29 mpg freeway (8.11 L/100 km), and 24 mpg mixed (9.8 L/100 km) point out that the two.0 L Turbo is thirstier, although. On a drive from LA to Palm Springs and again—which included a little bit of canyon driving alongside the way in which—I noticed a median of about 26 mpg (9 L/100 km).