Alfa Romeo Stelvio

[B&B Pig Man]

https://www.alfaromeo.co.uk/models/stelvio

Anybody got one / know somebody that has?
Any reviews?

Thinking specifically about a 4wd version.

@Cowabunga

 

[Campbell]

The Grand Tour were not too complimentary, but what do they know?

 

[bobk]

Alfa's have always been good cars until they disintegrate .

 

[ollandroverman]

Alfa's have always been good cars until they disintegrate .

You may laugh, but my friend is a biggish milage user and used to run his cars until they were worn out and costing too much to keep.
The longest lasting and by far the cheapest car he has ever had was an Alfa 156 he bough fairly new and ran until 200k miles. Other than servicing it only required 1 modestly priced alternator..... And that was it. For two hundred thousand miles!
And it was still fit to keep going when it left.
Cheap motoring with style.

 

[michael N123]

Get a proper Alfa and atleast you can fit a tow ball to this one

 

[itsalwaysme]

Shouldn't this be in Machinery

 

[Cowabunga]

Seldom see any Alpha's around these parts. The only thing I know about the Stelvio is what I gleaned from a YouTube review some months ago and, in truth, I don't remember a thing about it. So I know nothing! [with apologies to Fawlty Towers]

 

[Exfarmer]

I was looking at replacing my 3.5 d m sport x3 with a Stelvio after a friend recimended it it. Certainly the 2.2 is a nice little car but I did not think sufficient to make me want to change, but it is not a fair comparison since mine has a 100 hp more.
However 2 things my car has been replaced and I have not tried the new X3 and it is also running a derated engine. Pity as I understand mine is very clean .
The X3 has higher rated towing as I understand 2.8 compared to 2.5

However the 500 hp Stelvio Qudrifoglia is coming
But as Clarkson found , it cant tow, yet.

Hopefully i will update this thread in a few months , if I can get my hands on one.
That is if I have not fallen for the temptations of a Guilia, she is lovely in Quadrifoglia guise, but I suspect like a lot of Italian beauties Who may look my way, only after my money

 

[S00TY]

Get a proper Alfa and atleast you can fit a tow ball to this one

Ohh, if only I could sell the wife!

 

[MickMoor]

That's the Stelvio!

 

[ollandroverman]

The Stelvio Pass

This is the side i drove up in my V8 Defender.
If i had seen this view before i ascended i wouldn't have driven so enthusiastically!

 

[Exfarmer]

The Stelvio PassView attachment 646054
This is the side i drove up in my V8 Defender.
If i had seen this view before i ascended i wouldn't have driven so enthusiastically!

Ha, you were lucky, we came from the other side, and my son was driving

 

[ollie989898]

Lovely car but check out the new Jag E pace as well.

Also Lexus make some very nice on road SUV types.

 

[nick...]

Alfa's have always been good cars until they disintegrate .

Which dont take long.not many years ago they were Never painted underneath
Nick...

 

[Flat 10]

Shouldn't this be in Machinery

Yeah I thought that. How is this in anyway agricultural? And he's a mod!
And he no longer receives a subsidy.........
I'm packing up farming.

 

[Muck Spreader]

Which dont take long.not many years ago they were Never painted underneath
Nick...

The older 156's were actually better protected and thicker steel underneath then the later ones. Funny that they galvanised most of the body but not the floorpan. Still they always had more class than a 3 series Beemer.

 

[Roger Perry]

Just another view, the Consumer Reports annual review of best/worst cars just came out...... 640.000 owners turned in their experiences. The bottom slots were all Fiat products including Jeep............Land Rover came in at number three from bottom, new owners reported multiple small electrical problems.

 

[DrDunc]

You may laugh, but my friend is a biggish milage user and used to run his cars until they were worn out and costing too much to keep.
The longest lasting and by far the cheapest car he has ever had was an Alfa 156 he bough fairly new and ran until 200k miles. Other than servicing it only required 1 modestly priced alternator..... And that was it. For two hundred thousand miles!
And it was still fit to keep going when it left.
Cheap motoring with style.

When I was working developing cars, an alfa 156 was regularly used as a comparison.

(Think it was a v6 cloverleaf).

The handling was tremendous, the engine a joy, but it was the wonderful steering feel and feedback that set it apart as something really special.

It did regularly need brakes and the engine threw a leg out bed, but no shame to it as every mile was driven like it was stolen

 

[joe soapy]

Seen two Bentley SUV's in Tavistock recently

 

[Muck Spreader]

Seen two Bentley SUV's in Tavistock recently

According to Ettore Bugatti they started out making trucks, so no change really