Today, almost all car companies large and small have been more or less involved in the new energy market, and even the "old stubborn" such as Lamborghini has also added hybrid models to the life creed of insisting on self-absorption as king, in order to continue to express the final intransigence with their heads held high. Perhaps, the pace of the advent of the electric era has accelerated.
And as another "outlier" in Italy, loyal to the driving style and unconventional design never seem to make people suspect that it will "defect", but finally, no one can get lucky under the tide of the times, personality can be your label, but can not become your shield, Alfa Romeo's first plug-in hybrid model, is coming.
Tonale, this symbolic tonal vocabulary comes to everyone with the new voice of Alpha Romeo, which not only retains the essence of Alfa Romeo, but also tries to show alfa Romeo in a new field of transition for Alpha Romeo, which will be a balanced and bold car.
The familiar inverted triangular shield shape of the grille, like the broad arms of a muscle man, has become an iconic element of Alfa Romeo, while the slender eyes show its artistic alternative style.
At the wheel arch above the front wheel rim on the side of the car, three models of vehicles including Sprint, Ti, veloce three configuration levels will be marked, and there is no table here, and we will talk about it in detail later.
The wheel style adopts the classic old-fashioned telephone dial roulette style, and some people say that it is like a petal, in short, alternative, unique, and unforgettable.
The rear light group is similar to the front of the car, all of which are wavy LED light strip design, through the lighting of the middle of the car logo, the overall shape of the narrow upper and lower width is a good way to highlight the sense of power of the lower disc.
Overall, the appearance is not amazing, but in the current SUV market, it can also be regarded as a personality. How many points do you score for this exterior styling?
Coming to the car, I have to say that Alfa Romeo is indeed a good hand in the creation of a combat atmosphere, the three-frame steering wheel with the slightly flat steering wheel shape, the Engine Start/Stop button is placed separately in the lower left of the steering wheel, the typical supercar visual sense, the huge paddle of the metal texture in the rear, just sitting in the driver's seat, the sense of movement emitted from the inside out is already impatient.
The standard 12.3-inch meter and 10.25-inch car screen can support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, while also enabling Alexa home-to-car & car-to-home communication with smart devices, meaning that everyone can implement some remote operation functions, such as turning on the air conditioner in advance.
In terms of safety configuration, the new car provides L2-level assisted driving capabilities, including adaptive cruise, emergency braking, pedestrian detection, front collision warning, lane keeping, blind spot monitoring and rear monitoring, etc., while increasing traffic congestion assistance and other functions, which is to keep up with the "intelligent" pace of the entire era.
In addition to these, the wide and long wings provide very good driving posture stability, allowing the driver to be firmly fixed to the seat even when driving intensely. However, whether this set of seats will be standard in the future is still unknown, referring to the giulia model before, only the luxury sports version of the model is equipped with sports seats, while the seat wrapping of the ordinary version of the model is not strong, and the actual experience does not provide a very good driving posture stability.
The same is true of the embroidery on the headrest of the seat, this red embroidery, like a high war song, as if always reminding you, keep excited!
Tonale is positioned as a compact SUV with a length, width and height of 4528*1835*1604(mm) and a wheelbase of 2636mm. From the parameter point of view, its space is not too generous, which is also in line with its more athletic positioning, and it is most appropriate to describe it as short and concise. Looking at today's market, more and more cross-level models are popular, and Alfa Romeo seems to have long been involved in this routine, making a big car is not its strength, small and fine is the essence of Alfa Romeo.
For this model, the powertrain is the top priority, as we mentioned earlier, tonale is the first plug-in hybrid model launched by Alfa Romeo, this time a total of two power versions are available, including: 1.3T turbocharged four-cylinder engine + rear-wheel motor composed of plug-in hybrid four-wheel drive version, the engine provides 180 horsepower, the motor provides 121 horsepower, the total output is 272 horsepower, The battery capacity is 15.5 kWh, mated to a 6AT gearbox, and has a pure electric 30 mph (48.28 km) endurance.
The all-fuel-powered version is a 2.0T four-cylinder turbocharged engine that delivers 256 horsepower and is mated to a 9AT transmission, while also coming standard with an all-wheel drive system.
The basic version of the pure fuel model configuration is called "Sprint", and the plug-in hybrid model is divided into "Ti" and "Veloce", of which the "Ti" configuration version can choose pure fuel or plug-in hybrid, while the top "Veloce" only provides plug-in hybrid models.
Interestingly, Alfa Romeo made a bold attempt on the Tonale model, the manufacturer will be equipped with an irreplaceable token (NFT), this token will record all the initial information of the vehicle in the cloud, when the future owner at the official dealer to repair, maintain and other behaviors of the vehicle, the computer will update the tokens in the car, this information will continue to be recorded, the official statement is to increase the vehicle's used car residual value, Because there can be more accurate vehicle maintenance records that cannot be modified at will. It sounds quite novel, indeed, Alfa Romeo is not only in the domestic market, but also in the global market, the retention rate is not excellent, and such a move can also be regarded as providing a new idea for everyone.
And this token program is not mandatory, if the owner does not want to have this feature, you can choose to exit this program.
At present, the new car has not officially announced the price, referring to the price of Stelvio, which is one level higher than it, the price of Tonale is estimated to be in the price range of 300,000 to 400,000, and Alfa Romeo's models have always been more favorable, and the price of the new car after the listing is still worth looking forward to. Let's guess what the price of the new car will be.