Alfa Romeo has made it clear it may totally electrical fashions over the following few years, and that appears to be beginning with the newly revealed Milano. It is a subcompact SUV, and whereas evidently it is going to be provided with an inner combustion engine (much like its platform-mate, the Jeep Avenger), Alfa has solely talked in regards to the EV powertrains to begin with. And no less than certainly one of them sounds fairly entertaining.
Styling-wise, there isn’t any mistaking the Milano for something however an Alfa. It is very curvy, and has the outstanding inverted triangle grille that is the model’s signature. It adopts some boomerang-shaped headlights that mix into extra air inlets on both facet of the grille. That inverted triangle grille can characteristic completely different patterns, such because the mesh with traditional “Alfa Romeo” script proven on the blue instance, or the zoomed-in Alfa defend sample proven on the crimson one. The tail includes a extensive rear that makes an attempt to ape the “kamm tail” of the Alfa Romeo TZ sports activities automobile. We’re unsure how profitable it’s at that, however it nonetheless seems to be strong.
The Milano is pretty small. It is available in at simply over 164 inches lengthy and 70 inches extensive, or across the dimension of a Kia Soul. It is also about 2 inches shorter in size than a Jeep Renegade, however that additionally makes it about 4 inches longer than the diminutive Jeep Avenger.
The inside is fairly typical Alfa, too. The ten.25-inch instrument display is housed in a double-barrel shroud, and the ten.25-inch infotainment display is mounted a little bit decrease and canted towards the motive force within the middle stack. Spherical air vents bookend the dashboard.
Powertrain particulars aren’t full, however the fundamentals are there. The usual variations will get a 156-horsepower single motor on the entrance, whereas the Veloce will get a 240-horsepower single entrance motor. Each get a 54-kWh battery pack. On the WLTP cycle, the 156-horsepower model will get 250 miles of vary. That may undoubtedly be decrease on the EPA cycle if the automobile had been to be provided right here. And whereas there isn’t any quantity for the Veloce, you can too depend on that being decrease than the usual mannequin.
The Veloce would not simply get extra energy, although. It sits an inch decrease on 20-inch wheels, and it will get stiffer entrance and rear anti-roll bars. The entrance brakes are upgraded to four-piston calipers with bigger 15-inch rotors. Capping all the pieces off is a Torsen limited-slip differential. It appears like an terrible lot of enjoyable (and in addition sounds a bit just like the setup for the Fiat 600e Abarth).
The Milano can be out there to order in Europe this summer season. However the query is, will America get it? If we did, we might most likely solely get the electrical model. The scale might be the most important impediment, although the actual fact it is a tad bigger than different automobiles on the identical platform, and is corresponding to some present U.S. market automobiles, it might need an opportunity. Timing would work out fairly effectively, as Alfa did say it would launch an EV within the U.S. in 2025. We have reached out to Alfa’s U.S. arm for information and can replace if we get a solution.
