What is a Stelvio? The Stelvio is a compact SUV built in the Cassino, Italy assembly plant, and sold worldwide by Alfa Romeo. The Quadrifoglio edition is an intricately crafted, high performance focused, luxury SUV, built for speed and handling.
The price of the 2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV starts at $45,950, and goes up to $87,370, depending on the trim, luxury and high performance options. Alfa is discontinuing the Stelvio Quadrifoglio soon, so this might be the last time you get to buy one in the USA.
To show off this incredible vehicle, Alfa Romeo sent me a 2024 Stelvio Quadrifoglio SUV to test drive and review. The base window sticker price for this AWD high performance edition is $87,370. The options on the test SUV are: the tri coat exterior paint for $2,200, the active assist plus package for $700, the dual pane sunroof for $1,495, and the staggered front 21″ x 9″ wide, and rear 21″ x 10″ wide, dark hole painted 5 spoke alloy wheels with front 255/40 R21″ summer tires, and rear 285/35 R 21″ summer tires, for $2,000. The manufactures suggested retail price (MSRP), including the $1,595 destination charge, is: $95,360.
After adding in the state and local sales tax, plus the DMV and dealer fees, the out the door and in your garage total purchase price came to: $107,280. At just over $107 Grand this Alfa Romeo is the most expensive, and most exclusive, Alfa Romeo you can buy today. So what do you get for your hard earned $107,280 dollars in today’s automotive world? You can get a very high end, luxury, high performance, SUV that will turn heads where ever you go. This Quadrifoglio edition just reeks of Italian sexiness in style and curves.
The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is an overachiever and proud of it. The sole engine is a hypnotic twin turbocharged 2.9 liter V6 gas engine that makes 505 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque. With a top speed of 176 MPH and a 0 to 60 time of just 3.6 seconds, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is the perfect vehicle for drivers craving high performance thrills, without sacrificing utility, and making it one of the fastest compact SUV’s for sale on the planet.
This engine pairs exclusively with an 8 speed automatic transmission, with steering wheel paddle shifters, that send power to all 4 wheels via a Q4 AWD system that allows for superior road command. By leveraging active transfer case technology, the system enables disbursement of power and torque in just under 0.15 seconds, to help maximize handling and control, when applied traction loss is detected.
It’s always fun to drive a 505 HP vehicle with a top speed of 176 MPH, but going really, really, really fast is only 1/2 of the equation. The other half means you have to be able to stop safely, and in a straight line, from 176 MPH. These magnificent machines have a Brembo ultra high performance carbon ceramic floating disc pad brake system, with Brembo 390 mm diameter vented and drilled rotors on the front, and 360 mm diameter vented and drilled rotors on the rear. The rotors look like extra large pizza pans from Domino’s and they can stop this Alfa Stelvio Quadrifoglio SUV on a dime.
Comfort, convenience, and luxury features start with: full leather front sport seats, a leather trim dashboard and upper door trim panels, a heated carbon fiber steering wheel, aluminum paddle shifters, heated front and rear seats, a hands free power tailgate, LED headlights, LED daytime running lights, LED dark tinted taillights, and an electronic dual mode, quiet and wide open, exhaust system with stainless steel quad tipped exhaust pipes.
The tech side is loaded with full speed forward collision warning with automatic braking, blind spot and cross path detection, adaptive cruise control with full stop, lane departure warning, front and rear parking sensors, highway traffic assist, traffic jam assist, lane keeping assist, traffic sign recognition, intelligent speed assist, active blind spot assist, driver attention alert,
Alfa Romeo is known as an upscale Italian sports and luxury automotive manufacturer, and the most important component of a genuine Alfa Romeo is emotion. This is the true meaning behind the tag line “La Meccanica delle Emozioni” that is, to ignite a driving pleasure that goes beyond measurements.
Call, click or visit your local Alfa Romeo dealer for a test drive, and a Bottom Line price review, on a 2024 Stelvio Quadrifoglio AWD SUV. And remember that the base price for a new Stelvio starts at only $45,950. Alfa Romeo – Engines, Technology and Innovation.
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This Bottom Line new vehicle review is a Nut & Bolt and Dollars & Sense editorial provided by Tony Leopardo. Tony the Car Guy is an automotive writer, editor and publisher in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you have a question, or comment for Tony, send it to tonyleo@pacbell.net and visit AutoWire.Net at www.autowire.net