Alfa Romeo · Sports SUV · 2024

Alfa Romeo Stelvio

It is the Giulia on a raised platform, and the family resemblance shows at the first fast corner: the same very quick steering, the same eagerness to turn in, an agility you do not expect from a two-tonne SUV. The Q4 all-wheel-drive system normally drives the rear axle and sends torque forward only when needed, so it still behaves like a rear-driven car. This is the SUV for people who dislike SUVs: those who need the height and the space but refuse to drive a wardrobe. The flip side is comfort — the ride is firm and cobbles come straight through — and the absence of a third row: it is strictly a five-seater. The 520 hp Quadrifoglio is among the fastest SUVs ever built, but that is a choice of the heart, not the head.