Article content A man waved me down while I was parked in the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. “You know they had to redo the crash tests on these? They did them wrong — focused on front offset impacts when they should’ve prioritized rear-enders with it sitting on the side of the road.” Nothing actually malfunctioned in my week with the Quadrifoglio, but I can’t say I didn’t laugh — especially remembering the three warranty service invoices found in the glovebox of the last Stelvio I tested .
Alfa, sweet Alfa. But then: you aren’t getting this sort of thrill from a Toyota. More serious than the F-Pace SVR , more lively than the X-series BMW Ms , more authentic than the Merc AMGs — this is assuredly the most memorable of this generation’s aggro crossovers that probably oughtn’t exist.
The Alfa Stelvio has been with us since 2016, but the sun is setting on this mightiest of trims. Powered by a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 penned by the same fellow who did the Ferrari 488’s V8 — and utilizing some of the same quirks and design principles — the QF’s harkens back to the good ol’ days of the Busso V6, if without that breathy ol’ Bussy induction.
Turbocharging has its place, mind: the Alfa R.Z.’s 207-hp naturally aspirated 3.
0 couldn’t hope to touch this post-Busso crossover’s 505 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque — not to mention its 3.6-second run to 100 km/h. They’ve done this traditionally too: turbines flank the banks, unlike the ‘.