ALFA ROMEO TONALE HYBRID
Wheels Australia Magazine|August 2023
PREMIUM SMALL SUV CARRIES BIG EXPECTATIONS TO REBOOT THE ITALIAN LEGACY BRAND
NATHAN PONCHARD
ALFA ROMEO TONALE HYBRID

AFTER SEVERAL attempts at reviving Alfa Romeo's global sales in recent years - namely via the new-generation Giulia sedan (2016) and the brand's first-ever SUV, the Stelvio (2017) - that monumental task has now been handed to Alfa's new premium small SUV, the Tonale.

Intended to compete with the Audi Q3, BMW X1/X2, Mercedes-Benz GLA and Volvo XC40, the Tonale debuts in Australia with a single mild-hybrid turbo-petrol drivetrain in two front-wheel-drive variants - the Tonale Ti ($49,900 before on-road costs) and Tonale Veloce ($56,400 before on-road costs). Later in 2023, these will be joined by an all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid version.

Notable equipment highlights include adaptive matrix LED headlights with sequential indicators, full-width LED tail-lights, 'telephone-dial' alloy wheels (18s on Ti, 19s on Veloce), a 10.25-inch infotainment screen with navigation, wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, wireless phone charging, and a 12.3inch configurable TFT instrument cluster and 'Alfa Connect' services with Amazon Alexa compatibility.

The up-spec Veloce gains adaptive damping, red four-piston Brembo front brake calipers, rear privacy glass, perforated Alcantara/leatherette seating (instead of cloth/leatherette) with red stitching, aluminium shift paddles and door-sill plates, adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, blind-spot assist, rear cross-traffic alert, side parking sensors and a 360-degree camera.

To gain the latter safety equipment, the Tonale Ti requires an optional $2500 Technology Pack, while both Tonale variants can be optioned with a $4500 Lusso pack that includes heated/ ventilated front seats, heated steering wheel, heated windscreen washers, perforated leather-faced seating with grey double stitching, eight-way electric front seats with driver's memory and a 14-speaker Harman/Kardon stereo (replacing the stock six-speaker set-up).

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