If you’ve been looking for an all-wheel drive electrified compact crossover with Italian flavor, well, your choices have been rather limited. That changes with the 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale, a plug-in hybrid with a starting price of $42,995.
That’s for the base Sprint trim, naturally, which won’t show up until later in Q1 of this year. The other trims, Ti and Veloce, will be priced at $44,995 and $47,495 respectively. As often happens, the more expensive trims are available immediately. Funny, that. A destination charge of $1,595 is not included in those prices.
Whilst your author cannot claim to know the minutiae of this country’s byzantine EV credit system, Alfa says the Tonale does qualify for the $7,500 Federal EV tax credit while it is available. This is thanks to the car’s status as a bonafide PHEV, one which is capable of an electric range of more than 30 miles when conditions are right. Its 15.5 kWh battery works in concert with a 90-kW electric motor to turn this trick. In addition to this, the Tonale has a 1.3-liter turbocharged gasser which contributes to an advertised 285 horsepower. Every Alfa Romeo Tonale will include all-wheel drive.
“We look forward to launching the all-new Alfa Romeo Tonale and competing in the premium compact sport-utility vehicle segment with the brand’s first plug-in hybrid offering,” said Larry Dominique, Senior Vice-president and Head of Alfa Romeo North America. Left unsaid are any words about the very similar Dodge Hornet, a rig that will likely be priced south of this Alfa thanks to a different options mix and target market.
This marks Alfa Romeo’s first heavily electrified offering, a prospect that will either intrigue or terrify a person depending on their personal experience with Alfa electrical systems from the Bad Old Days. Yes, yes – it’s been ages since the land was littered with pretty cars broken down on the hard shoulder, but American memories can be rather long. Ask any politician.
Alfa says the globally available Tonale is part of a radical evolution taking place at the brand, one which looks forward to a new era of electrification. If you’re curious, Alfa Romeo sold a total of 12,845 vehicles in the 2022 calendar year, about evenly split between the Giulia and Stelvio, representing less than 1 percent of Stellantis volume in this country.
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