AIfa Romeo has named its new small SUV the Milano, as a tribute to its Italian hometown, and confirmed that it will reveal the car in April.
The Milano, which appeared for the first time in leaked images recently, will take Alfa Romeo back into the B-segment for the first time since in 2019, being aimed at long-time owners of the Mito supermini and Giulietta hatchback. It will also be the brand's first electric car.
Alfa Romeo has confirmed that the Milano will be sold with pure-electric and mild-hybrid petrol powertrains, but only the EV is currently planned to come to UK showrooms.
In reference to widespread recent reports that the car would be called the Brennero, Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato told reporters: "As a matter of respect for our history, the SUV will not be named Brennero, as I have read on social media. I told you two years ago that it wouldn't be Brennero."
The name Milano - which Alfa used in the 1980s on the American-market version of the 75 saloon - was chosen to emphasise "the connection between the car and the roots of Alfa Romeo", said Imparato.
Measuring around 4.1m long and 1.8m wide, the new Volvo EX30 rival will share its E-CMP platform with the Jeep Avenger, alongside which it will be built at the Stellantis factory in Tychy, Poland.
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