The main competitors of the car called the BMW X3 and Porsche Macan.
Alfa Romeo has started to test their first crossover called the Stelvio on the famous Nurburgring. It is expected that the public debut of the machine can place at the motor show in Los Angeles in November 2016. Car sales in Europe should start early next year. The name of the new product was named after the eponymous mountain pass in Northern Italy. The main competitors of the car called the BMW X3 and Porsche Macan.
On the spy photos of the model is presented in its original body. Previously, engineers experienced units of the future crossover on test mullahs. The car will have a front bumper in the style of the Alfa Romeo Giulia, original grille and exhaust system with two tailpipes. The dimensions of the crossover will be slightly more than the BMW X3. Crossover sales in Europe should start next year. The model will be built on the Giorgio platform as the new sedan Alfa Romeo Giulia. The base version of the car will get rear-wheel drive, optional will be the available all-wheel drive.
The U.S. model will be equipped with a 2.0-liter gasoline turbo engine capacity of 276 horsepower. In addition, the engine range will include a 2.2-liter diesel unit. Modification Quadrifoglio Verde will be equipped with 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6 engine with recoil 505 horsepower.
The car needs to surpass its competitors at the time of acceleration to 100 km/h and lap the nürburgring. At the moment this achievement belongs to Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, which was able to drive “North loop in 7 minutes and 59 seconds.
