Alfa Romeo Targeting Nissan And Audi With New Compact Crossover

Alfa Romeo has refocused its future product plan and will launch a new baby crossover designed to rival the Nissan Juke in the next two years. The crossover will also be the Italian company’s first model to be offered with the option of fully electric power, official documents have revealed.

The firm was relatively late bringing its first SUV, the Stelvio, to market in 2017 and since then Alfa has yet to broaden its SUV offering. Aware that it is losing out on valuable market share and profits, Alfa is refocusing its SUV plans and will bring two smaller models to market in the next 24 months. The first will be a version of the Tonale concept, first seen at last year’s Geneva Motor Show, but a smaller electric crossover will follow.

skytop - 1/23/2020 4:55:24 PM

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I have had three Alfas (Spiders) over the past thirty five years. How was it? Borrowing the motto from Fiat, "Fix it again, Tony!" describes them best. Fun to drive but not fun to fix.

PUGPROUD - 1/23/2020 6:43:01 PM

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I gave up after one Alfa Duetto for the same reason despite the fun factor. "Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me." Fool me thrice ( fill in the blank) !

MDarringer - 1/23/2020 6:54:08 PM

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I had a Giulia for about a month and in that time it stranded me and routinely went into limp mode. The dealer went belly up so the courtesy car they had floated to grease a possible buyout went bye bye. I had indicated to them I was done putting up with the car anyway.

Foncool - 1/24/2020 7:03:01 AM

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Interesting, in previous posts you left the impression that you worked for the Alfa dealer that now appears to have gone belly up?

MDarringer - 1/23/2020 6:22:09 PM

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So the Toenail is targeting Nissan? Talk about aiming low.

The Toenail is just a Renegade/Compass/500X rebodied, so what took so long?

SuperCarEnthusiast - 1/23/2020 10:22:56 PM

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The Stelvio is a compact size crossover already. The new Alf got to be a subcompact size!

MDarringer - 1/23/2020 10:44:00 PM

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Duhh It's just a Renegade/Compass/500X rebodied...

countguy - 1/24/2020 5:01:13 PM

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Have yet to set one Alfa out on the road.

Truthy - 1/25/2020 10:59:17 AM

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The Compass/Renegade/500x is a piece of crap. Adding a new version seems optimistic at best.