Regarding the AlfaRomeo brand, most of the news seen recently revolves around the Giulia GTAm test drive, as well as the listing of the 2022 Giulia... aspect. But strictly speaking, I always think that Alfa Romeo's car is really good, and many people agree with it, but if you really want to buy it... Well...... yes?
Wonder if Tonale will be introduced to the country? If so, with reasonable price positioning, maybe it can make Alfa Romeo both applaud and a seat in china?
---------- metamorphosis
The Alpha Romeo brand, which has always had a strong sports DNA, enters the domestic market like a hero who is obsessed with the world's martial arts, powerful but incompatible with the jianghu, and there is a thousand mountains and I go alone, but I ask to see the posture of Bole ... How many people buy a car and pursue driving pleasure so much? After all, most consumers buy a car, the weight is still good-looking, more scientific and technological configuration, spacious riding space, quality reputation, brand value!
However, Tonale may be a work in which Alpha Romeo joined the "Martial Arts Convention"...
The Tonale is a compact SUV positioned lower than the Stelvio, but Alfa Romeo has invested a lot of "metamorphosis" in it, first of all, it is more environmentally friendly - it no longer squeezes the power of 2.0T and 2.9T engines like Giulia and Stelvio, but uses a new 1.5T engine, a 1.3T MultiAir engine with an electric motor... yes! This is the first new energy vehicle ever by Alpha and Romeo, and it has finally kept up with the tide of environmental protection!
The Tonale is available in three power configurations, starting with two of the hybrid models, which are equipped with a new 1.5T inline four-cylinder engine with a compression ratio of 12.5:1 with 350 Bar high-pressure direct injection technology, dual variable valve timing technology, Miller cycle technology, etc. Based on this, the car manufacturer set two different power values of 130hp and 160hp, and the latter was switched to a VGT variable-section turbocharger, which is more dynamic and more responsive.
Both calibrated engines are equipped with P0 belt drive motors, and integrated with the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission into a P2 configuration, which can output 15kW and 55Nm motors, forming the most popular 48V mix system in European cars.
As for the top-of-the-line Tonale Q4, it adopts a plug-in hybrid form and has a four-wheel drive structure. With the support of the 1.3T MultiAir engine and motor, it can output a maximum horsepower of 275hp, and it takes only 6.2 seconds to 0 to 99.78km/h.
In addition, because the plug-in hybrid system is equipped with a 15.5 kWh capacity battery, it can allow the vehicle to travel 80 km of pure electricity on urban roads under full power conditions. With a fast charger of 7.4kW, the battery can be fully charged in 2.5 hours.
As for the control, in fact, Xiaobian is not worried at all, because tonale comes with a steering machine with 13.6 steering ratio, Brembo four-piston brake caliper + ventilated brake disc, and koni factory jointly developed FSD damping adjustable shock absorber or and Magneti Marelli jointly developed two-stage valve electronic shock absorber, electronic self-locking differential..., very hard goods!
But Xiaobian still feels that it is better not to have so much hard equipment and reduce the price of the car, perhaps it is the way for Tonale to enter the country to survive...
------ technology is more comprehensive
The day before yesterday, the editor said that Lamborghini launched an NFT auction of art, and this car Alfa Romeo used this non-homogeneous token technology on Tonale, making Alfa Romeo the first car factory to link the car with the NFT digital certificate. As for the benefits are... In the future, when the vehicle is put into the second-hand car market, it can have a more trustworthy reference value, which is of little significance to my personal feelings, but for the domestic second-hand car market with chaotic quality, it is also an institutionalized reference direction!
The actual point is the 12.3-inch digital meter on the dashboard, the 10.25-inch central control touch screen, more importantly, the built-in Alfa Connect service tool and the OTA wireless upgrade function, and there is a voice assistant that allows users to operate many functions through speaking, which is more in line with the current consumer preferences of high-tech consumption attributes than the previous Alfa Romeo products.
Level 2 advanced driver assistance driving system is also stationed on Tonale, automatic following, lane keeping, traffic sign recognition... It's all there.
---- less biased and more stable
Alfa Romeo's car has always had a romantic atmosphere from Italy in terms of appearance and interior design, but it is also a bit maverick to say that it is really a bit maverick, resulting in people who like it, and people who don't like it can't love it. But from the design style of Tonale, Alfa Romeo seems to be gradually connected to the ground, although the large inverted triangular grille ("Scudetto" shield) at the front of the car is indispensable, but the front face configuration as a whole has returned to "normal".
The "3+3" headlights, inherited from the SZ Zagato and Proteo concept cars, are designed with an LED adaptive matrix that provides daylight, dynamic turn signals, and "welcome and goodbye" lighting at the same time. Hey! Alfa Romeo is also playing with lights too!
The rear shape is more low-key and tends to the current popular design style, using a through-type taillight design, but the light bar in the taillight adopts a sinusoidal curve design, which still looks like it does not live up to the artistic atmosphere that this place should have in milan.
The interior design style is very young, although it can not require a compact SUV to have much space in the car, but it has to be said that Alfa Romeo is indeed very good at creating a driving atmosphere, Alcantara, neoprene fabric, through a variety of decorative techniques design and combination, in which there is an inexplicable sense of joy, and the overall texture also reflects a good level.
--Will it be introduced? Will you buy it?
Although the price of Tonale has not yet been introduced, but based on product positioning, I believe that its price will be lower than Stelvio, if it is introduced into the country, it is estimated that its opponents will be Lincoln Adventurer, Cadillac XT4, BMW X1... These models.
but...... I believe you also know how Alfa Romeo is doing in the country... In the past, the tone of the product + the high pricing of the sword-going product has made it fall into a niche cycle of "I am optimistic, but I do not buy". Whether or not to introduce Tonale into the country is really difficult for the car manufacturer.
Therefore, Xiaobian does not make more encouragement and evaluation here, only suggesting that if Tonale is introduced into The country, since its power, technology and technology are keeping up with the times, and the design is more grounded, then the pricing should really be close to the people...
Come all come, don't you like it?