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Alfa Romeo Stelvio - Gasp!

Alfa Romeo Stelvio - Gasp!

Date: 2018-06-01

Alfa Romeo ventured into the medium-sized premium SUV segment and the Italian passion for style, art, fashion and sensual design must have set the cat amongst the pigeons with their new Stelvio SUV.

I felt my jaw slacken as I slid into the cockpit of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio. The ergonomic fluidity of the design was so appealing. The craftsmanship of the leather cladding and the sheer sexiness of everything from the door handles to the rear tail light cluster added one thrill after another.

And in true Alfa style, the Stelvio was a stallion when I made any demands of the powerful 2.0l Turbocharged petrol engine, I got 206 kilowatts of response. The 4 cylinder aluminium engine has a "2-in-1" turbo with 200-bar high-pressure direct fuel injection, which will swish you from standstill to 100 in just 5,7 seconds.

Add that to the eight speed automatic gearbox and Alfa's Q4 all-wheel drive and this car goes as well as it look, maybe even a little better.

The elements of delight just keep coming with the Stelvio, the Alfa Connect system and Alfa DNA selector were some of the highlights for me, however the Stelvio is crammed with safety features and technology elements that had me dreaming of Sophia Loren.

I did not want to let this one go.