Gorgeous car. The Italian stylists really do know how to do it. A bit of coin in the asking price. Then again all cars seem to have increased in price substantially since the covid years.
You know full well you will never trade your boring Rav4:for a exciting Alfa as people who buy Toyota's will never consider a euro especially Alpha that has a chequered history in terms of reliability
Alfa Romeo have always made mostly pretty cars. There are a few dogs. And they are drivers cars for countries other than Australia where it is quicker to walk. Think 160K in it's home land. The old ones used to be made from spaghetti cans and rusted the same way. I have owned Alfas. Sounded good, drove beautifully, just sold them before they fell apart. Don't mind the look of this one. But at that price forget it.
Is a pretty little thing - haven't driven one but despite being quick it doesn't come across as having the spirit of an Alfa sadly... It sounds pretty average compared to Alfas of old too! And the engine temperature shooting up like that when you start climbing into it is a bit of a worry - especially on a 15 degree ambient day!
The Alfa is almost a second faster. That's quite significant. Also helps that the Nissan is full electric drive so it has the advantage of instant response and max torque from 0rpm.
@@drivingenthusiastaustraliaIt's a dual clutch. The torque converter is for the 2.0L turbocharged for North American market. And by the way, no boring CVT and no efficiency. This thing is not fuel efficient at all.
No CVT and also no efficiency. Have seen a fuel consumption test on the highway between this and the huge Mazda CX90 PHEV both with the battery "depleted" and they had the same consumption CX90 being twice as big as this, with a bigger engine and more power.
Massive acceleration improvement with brake hold. Everything just goes well under full throttle
Gorgeous car. The Italian stylists really do know how to do it. A bit of coin in the asking price. Then again all cars seem to have increased in price substantially since the covid years.
The Alfa has always been an achingly beautiful car. Should I trade in my Rav4 Hybrid for one of these?
I think so you need to have fun. Or the little T-Roc R is an absolute beast. You live once ....some say.
God no. Don’t do it
You know full well you will never trade your boring Rav4:for a exciting Alfa as people who buy Toyota's will never consider a euro especially Alpha that has a chequered history in terms of reliability
@robertceroli3512 if the Alfa worked all the time, it'd be an Audi wouldn't it?
@@bernieadam1985 Alfa is much more fun than an Audi, Audis are boring (except those super powerful ones for 150k USD)
I am sure you weren't responsible for the gutter rash😅 Another great review - thanks
I know right, poor Alfa. I saw it when I picked it up. Ruins the style 🤌
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia First thing I saw too!
Alfa Romeo have always made mostly pretty cars. There are a few dogs. And they are drivers cars for countries other than Australia where it is quicker to walk. Think 160K in it's home land. The old ones used to be made from spaghetti cans and rusted the same way. I have owned Alfas. Sounded good, drove beautifully, just sold them before they fell apart. Don't mind the look of this one. But at that price forget it.
Is a pretty little thing - haven't driven one but despite being quick it doesn't come across as having the spirit of an Alfa sadly... It sounds pretty average compared to Alfas of old too!
And the engine temperature shooting up like that when you start climbing into it is a bit of a worry - especially on a 15 degree ambient day!
That’s oil temp. You’d expect oil temp to increase at sustained high load, so nothing abnormal here
Why is the Nissan X-Trail epower has 157kw but similar 0-100 time ?
The Alfa is almost a second faster. That's quite significant. Also helps that the Nissan is full electric drive so it has the advantage of instant response and max torque from 0rpm.
It’s a dual-clutch not a torque converter, I’m 99% sure.
I tried to find out for sure but as far as I can see it is a torque converter auto in the PHEV. The other Tonale variants get dual-clutch.
@@drivingenthusiastaustraliaIt's a dual clutch. The torque converter is for the 2.0L turbocharged for North American market.
And by the way, no boring CVT and no efficiency. This thing is not fuel efficient at all.
It's definitely has some punchy performance, but it's unreliability will kick in fast.
No CVT and also no efficiency. Have seen a fuel consumption test on the highway between this and the huge Mazda CX90 PHEV both with the battery "depleted" and they had the same consumption CX90 being twice as big as this, with a bigger engine and more power.