Sentences with phrase «alfa suv»

The new Alfa SUV is set to inherit a shortened version of the Maserati Ghibli platform.

The Alfa SUV will get the same eight - speed automatic transmission as the Maserati range, but a manual transmission looks less likely.

Not only should we have the Alfa 4C in production - ready guise, but we could see the first 4C Roadster Concept and the production Alfa SUV.

Without any speedo, my sense of speed is shot and it really is a challenge to keep up with the modern Alfa SUV through corners without tipping onto the ragged edge of the Giulia's handling repertoire.

Driven by Pirelli test driver, Fabio Francia — the same man who set the Nurburgring lap record for the Giulia QV — the Alfa SUV that beat the Range Rover was powered by the same 375kW / 600Nm twin - turbo 2.9 - litre V6 as the fast Alfa sedan.

We say «at last» because the first Alfa SUV sketch happened over 13 years ago - remember the Kamal concept?

It's agile and engaging but on the bumpier Northern Irish roads it exaggerated the feeling that the Alfa SUV was more rear - wheel drive sedan than tenacious hot hatch.

The Stelvio is the first of several SUVs to come, and whilst purists may not be entirely supportive of an Alfa SUV, it's the hero we need rather than the hero we want.

Then, we're sure, choosing the most fun engine in the Alfa SUV will be much easier, if not at all surprising.

Although that model is not yet approved for production, our sources suggest an Alfa SUV is a strong possibility in the future.

Not exact matches

Now the most unlikely Alfa of all has arrived, the Stelvio SUV.

Like the Quadrifoglio (Italian for «four - leaf clover» and representing the highest - performance trim of any Alfa Romeo model) version of the Giulia sedan on which the Stelvio SUV is based, it features a twin - turbocharged 2.9 - liter V - 6 making 505 horsepower and 443 pounds - feet of torque.

One possibility to further increase production is the addition of an Alfa Romeo SUV that would be based on the Maserati and Jeep.

The Stelvio is Alfa Romeo's first SUV.

The SVR's closest rivals in terms of size, price point and ethos are all German, though in terms of performance SUVs as a whole Alfa Romeo's Stelvio Quadrifoglio is quicker off the mark (0 - 62mph in 3.8 sec) and should cost under # 70,000 when it hits the UK.

The star of the Los Angeles show, perhaps along with Jaguar's I - Pace, Alfa's performance SUV offers more than a hint of an Italian Porsche Macan in its styling — but that is no bad thing.

Alfa Romeo knows that to be a real player, a profitable big - time manufacturer, it needs an SUV.

«We announced — and this is going to be presented I would say in one of the important auto shows in autumn — a more compact SUV for Alfa Romeo,» Wester told Motoring.

Alfa's first SUV feels like a lot more than a half - baked effort.

The Giulia - based Alfa Romeo SUV, which was previously targeted for a spring 2016 debut, may not be ready until the beginning of 2017.

The new SUV will have underpinnings pulled straight from the new Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan.

Supermini: Peugeot 208 GTi by Peugeot Sport Hot hatch: Honda Civic Type R Sports saloon: Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce Supersaloon: Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Sports car: Lotus Elise Sport 220 Coupe: BMW M4 Competition Pack SUV: Porsche Macan GTS GT: Bentley Continental GT Supercar: McLaren 720S Hypercar: Bugatti Chiron Car of the year: McLaren 720S

The Stelvio is a taller and more muscular hatchback version of the rear - drive Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan with which it shares the platform and Alfa's «la meccanica delle emozioni» (the mechanics of emotion) design spirit, though the bulk of the SUV's design dilutes the sedan's sleek lines and shape.

A new report from Automotive News outlines the new Alfa Romeo SUV that's heading closer to its global debut.

Despite being substantially based on the Giulietta, the platform of which will also underpin Alfa's first SUV, the design is completely different and the Dart has been expanded to fit American tastes: despite being branded a «compact» in the US it's bigger than the Giulietta in every dimensions.

CARS.COM — A sure contender for sexiest of the slew of new SUVs to be unveiled at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show is the Alfa Romeo Stelvio.

We don't know yet what the new SUV will be called, but an earlier Alfa Romeo SUV concept (pictured below) was called the Kamal.

CARS.COM — The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is being billed by the automaker as the «world's fastest production SUV,» but it won't come cheap.

It isn't, it has to be said, the most exciting car we'll be seeing in LA, and not even the most exciting SUV - Alfa Romeo's expected and long - awaited Stelvio is sure to take that title - but in VW's latest behemoth it may begin to attract some of the customers who've lost confidence in the brand since its diesel troubles.

One step above this compact crossover, Alfa Romeo will likely use the same rear - wheel - drive platform from the Giulia and large sedans for a mid-size SUV that will compete against either the BMW X3 or X5.

Now, Auto Express reports that this Alfa Romeo SUV will arrive in 2016, a year earlier than we previously predicted.

If an SUV is unavoidable in your garage, and until now only Porsche's Macan Turbo was on your radar, you'd be missing out by not adding Alfa Romeo's Stelvio Quadrifoglio to your list.

This yet unnamed SUV will ride on the new rear - and four - wheel - drive platform that's set to underpin the new compact Alfa Romeo Giulia sport sedan.

Alfa Romeo may be one of the last automakers to arrive to the SUV party, but it's not arriving quietly.

Alfa Romeo benchmarked its SUV against Porsche's 434bhp Macan Turbo fitted with the Performance Package.

Our first drive of the Alfa Romeo's new Stelvio shows signs that it could be a contender for the small SUV crown.

Alfa's upcoming Stelvio SUV should sell better while offending purists more, but in truth, Alfa should be quite happy selling 6,000 Giulias its first year out, the 8,201 of three models it sold in 1986 being the most cars it ever sold in the U.S. in any one year.

Taking a regular Stelvio, itself one of the few SUVs with some character a driver can engage with, Alfa Romeo's engineers, led by Roberto Fedeli, whose CV includes Ferrari's 599, F12 and 458 Speciale, and the Giulia Quadrifoglio, set about developing not only a rival to the Macan Turbo, but a class leader, too.

No, it's no BMW or Porsche or Alfa Romeo «sport / activity vehicle,» and that may place it in your mind on the wrong side of Automobile's «No Boring Cars» credo, but if like me, you're wary and weary of those European automakers and their attempts to defy their centers of gravity to make their SUVs handle «almost like a sports car,» you might see the 2018 Buick Enclave Avenir as a worthy do - almost - everything garage mate for your Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ or Miata / Fiata or Porsche Boxster / Cayman.

The Nürburgring lap time battles intensifies as Alfa Romeo boasts its Stelvio Quadrifoglio is the fastest SUV

Short of the Cayenne Turbo, BMW X5 M, the Range Rover Sport SVR, and maybe the new Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, your big B is going to walk away from every other hi - riding SUV in existence.

Alfa's first SUV will start from # 33,990 for a RWD diesel model - but Quadrifoglio prices are yet to surface

CARS.COM — Alfa Romeo has planted its flag at Germany's Nurburgring, claiming the crown of world's fastest production SUV for its Stelvio Quadrifoglio, which... Read more

Built off of the same architecture that underpins the new Giulia mid-size performance sedan that we drove in October (and absolutely loved), the new Stelvio is Alfa's first - ever SUV and arrives just in time to capitalize on the renewed interest in the class.

Alfa Romeo claims the Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV can lap the Nürburgring quicker than all other production vehicles in their respective segments.

We've seen small cars such as Mini Cooper, Spyder, Volkswagon, Triumph, Sunbeam, Alfa Romeo and MG that you could nearly park under a Hummer, Jeep, Land Rover, Land Cruiser or one of our SUV's on site.

Alfa already has impressed drivers with its latest generation of sports cars and GTs, and while it might still seem strange that such a motorsports legend would produce a crossover SUV, everybody knows that's what it takes to ensure success these days.

Fiat Chrysler dealers at a recent conference in Las Vegas got to see some of the company's most exciting future products, including the next Dodge Charger, a Dodge Barracuda convertible, a Hellcat - powered Jeep Grand Cherokee, and an Alfa Romeo SUV.

It's a great car in its own right, but given it is Alfa's first SUV, it's borderline brilliant on first acquaintance.

Following a long absence from the U.S. market followed by a lengthy gestation period after it announced a return to America, the Alfa Romeo product pipeline opens wider and flows faster with the introduction of the new 2018 Stelvio midsize luxury SUV.