Alfa Romeo has announced the pricing details of the
range-topping Stelvio Quadrifoglio, the 505 hp version of Giulia’s SUV sibling,
in the UK. It was never going to be cheap but at £ 69,500 OTR, the new Alfa
Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio matches the prices of the Porsche Macan Turbo
Performance Pack (£ 69,505) and of the Mercedes-AMG GLC63 (£ 69,820).
By pricing their high-performance SUV that close to
its established German rivals, Alfa Romeo proves their faith into their product
but it’ll take some serious convincing for customers to put down their
signatures for the top-dog Stelvio.
The new Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio certainly
has both Germans covered, in terms of horsepower: its twin-turbo 2.9-liter V6
produces 505 hp and 443 lb-ft (Macan Turbo Performance: 434 hp/442 lb-ft, GLC63:
469 hp/479 lb-ft).
You could argue that the Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S
(503 hp/516 lb-ft) is the real rival of the Stelvio Quadrifoglio, and you would
have a fair point but it’s still more expensive than the Italian newcomer,
starting at £ 75,670.
The Stelvio Quadrifoglio can hit 62 mph from a
standstill in 3.8 seconds; keep your right foot planted for long enough and
it’ll reach 176 mph flat out. And speaking of numbers, the Alfa set a very
impressive lap time of 7min 51.7sec at the Nurburgring.
The standard specification of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Quadrifoglio includes 20-inch alloy wheels tucked under model-specific wheel
arches, bi-xenon headlights with LED DRLs, leather dashboard and door cards,
leather and Alcantara seats, carbon fiber trim, an 8.8-inch infotainment system
with Apple Car Play and Android Auto.
The range of standard safety systems includes
Autonomous Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision Warning
and more. The chassis features an adaptive suspension, rear-biased all-wheel
drive and active torque vectoring.
Alfa Romeo UK says that the first customer cars will
arrive in the country this September.
