The Audi Q3-sized SUV is available with front- or all-wheel drive, but no manual. Hot QV version unconfirmed but looks likely carscoops
, and not a moment too soon. There’s a huge weight of expectation resting on this small crossover’s shoulders.is in dire straits. While sales held fairly steady in the U.S. in 2021, they did so at a pitiful 18,000 units. Alfa managed 26,000 units in Europe, but that was down by close to 30 percent on 2020’s numbers, and around one eighth of what it was moving 20 years ago.It’s Alfa Romeo’s first compact SUV that rivals the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and Mercedes GLA.
The two regular hybrids both consist of 1.5-liter four-cylinder gas motors mated to 48-volt 15 kW electric motor, the entire package driving the front wheels alone through a seven-speed dual clutch transmission. The base model makes 128 hp on gas before its 20 hp shot of electricity is added, but the more expensive version gets a VGT blower that lifts ICE output to 158 hp and gets the same hybrid boost on top.
You also get a 15.5 kWh battery in the Q4, versus 11.4 kWh in the Compass, that delivers up to 50 miles of electric driving on the city cycle, and 37 miles combined, says Alfa. If true, those figures will make the Tonale PHEV even more useful than Ford’s unusuallyFor North America, aside from the 272-hp PHEV Q4 AWD, Alfa Romeo will also offer the Tonale Q4 AWD with a conventional, 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine delivering 256-horsepower and 295 lb.-ft.
Engineers also say that although the platform was originally conceived for ICE cars, it could be used to build a full EV Tonale in future, and that’s almost certainly a bigger priority. But CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato has previously confirmed that the first electric Alfa will debut in 2024, and that the company is consideringSadly, Alfa decided against offering a manual Tonale, a spokesman suggesting that the decision to position it as a premium product meant ditching a three-pedal option.
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