RE: Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio: UK Drive

[herebebeasties]

Chestrockwell said:

You struggle to get 29 in a 2018 2.0 turbo? That’s insane, there must be something wrong with yours, otherwise what’s the QF like! :O

But it's a 280hp 2.0 turbo lugging a big old thing around, with mahoosive mechanical and aero drag. I'd be surprised if you got more than 30mpg out of it. My 280 Skoda Superb, which is lighter and (I presume) has less drag, isn't much better.

[boitjie]

LOL bucket seats in a SUV

[Mound Dawg]

kambites said:

M1C said:

Someone will likely now get a tape measure out to prove me wrong...but i'd say they appear smaller than an Audi Q5, for example.

It's marginally bigger than a Q5 in every dimension.

Q5 just looks bigger. It's Audi's "road dominating" styling.

[Ares]

boitjie said:

LOL bucket seats in a SUV

Less 'LOL' about Bucket Seats in a 7min 50sec Nurburgring contender?

[theplayingmantis]

Dont like the rear end looks - not busy enough imo, but a decent drive in the lesser variants when i did a day at millbrook in them.

will have a test in this when my deal gets their demo in soon.

[Ares]

theplayingmantis said:

Dont like the rear end looks - not busy enough imo, but a decent drive in the lesser variants when i did a day at millbrook in them.

will have a test in this when my deal gets their demo in soon.

Unusual for a car nowadays to be cited as not busy enough from a style perspective - most manufacturers are criticised for over styling and being too fussy!

[J4CKO]

I quite like it, though not sure why Alfa feel the need to adorn the front of every car with a Merkin shaped grille.

[V6Alfisti]

J4CKO said:

I quite like it, though not sure why Alfa feel the need to adorn the front of every car with a Merkin shaped grille.

I had to google Merkin

It goes back to the design started over 70 years ago





The 'Merkin' without the grill slats seems to have started from the Montreal in the 70's, I quite like it and the continuing change keeps it French / not a pastiche.

[BVB]

I tried a basic version of the Stelvio recently, a glhirecar, 2.1 diesel. Stunningly good, much better than all other SUV's I've driven, which is pretty much all of them apart from the Urus.

[aspender]

herebebeasties said:

But it's a 280hp 2.0 turbo lugging a big old thing around, with mahoosive mechanical and aero drag. I'd be surprised if you got more than 30mpg out of it. My 280 Skoda Superb, which is lighter and (I presume) has less drag, isn't much better.

My 280PS Stelvio has averaged just shy of 25mpg over 8k miles in the last year. At least half of that was with roof bars and bike holders on mind.

[Ares]

aspender said:

herebebeasties said:

But it's a 280hp 2.0 turbo lugging a big old thing around, with mahoosive mechanical and aero drag. I'd be surprised if you got more than 30mpg out of it. My 280 Skoda Superb, which is lighter and (I presume) has less drag, isn't much better.

My 280PS Stelvio has averaged just shy of 25mpg over 8k miles in the last year. At least half of that was with roof bars and bike holders on mind.

Wow. I get similar to that on average in my Giulia QF, and thats with very little motorway running.

[boitjie]

Ares said:

boitjie said:

LOL bucket seats in a SUV

Less 'LOL' about Bucket Seats in a 7min 50sec Nurburgring contender?

If you want to do that then stick with the Giulia QF ...
If you gonna have a SUV (even a fast one!) you might as well be comfortable!

[RicksAlfas]

This sounds a good SUV, but it's a real shame Alfa didn't build a Giulia Sportwagon. I don't think estates and SUVs are interchangeable, but the market and the manufacturers seem to. Jaguar did the same.

[Ares]

boitjie said:

Ares said:

boitjie said:

LOL bucket seats in a SUV

Less 'LOL' about Bucket Seats in a 7min 50sec Nurburgring contender?

If you want to do that then stick with the Giulia QF ...
If you gonna have a SUV (even a fast one!) you might as well be comfortable!

You don't think the Carbon seats are comfortable....?

[Ares]

RicksAlfas said:

This sounds a good SUV, but it's a real shame Alfa didn't build a Giulia Sportwagon. I don't think estates and SUVs are interchangeable, but the market and the manufacturers seem to. Jaguar did the same.

Alas, the world doesn't want Estate cars....it does want SUVs.

[RicksAlfas]

boitjie said:

LOL bucket seats in a SUV

They are an option. You don't need to have them.