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Alfa Romeo has made it clear that it’s going to introduce absolutely electrical fashions within the subsequent few years, and it appears like it’ll begin with the lately revealed Milan. It's a subcompact SUV, and whereas it appears like it will likely be supplied with an inner combustion engine (just like its platform-mate, the Jeep Avenger), Alfa has solely talked about EV powertrains for starters. And a minimum of certainly one of them sounds fairly entertaining.
Styling-wise, there's no mistaking the Milo for something however an Alfa. It’s closely curved, and has the outstanding inverted triangle grille that’s the hallmark of the model. It adopts considerably boomerang-shaped headlights that mix into extra air inlets on both facet of the grille. That inverted triangle grille can have completely different patterns, just like the basic “Alfa Romeo” script grille proven on the blue instance, or the zoomed-in Alfa protect sample proven on the crimson one. The tail encompasses a extensive rear part that makes an attempt to imitate the “low tail” of the Alfa Romeo TZ sports activities automotive. We're undecided how profitable it’s at this, but it surely nonetheless appears stable.
Milan is sort of small. It is available in at over 164 inches lengthy and 70 inches extensive, or across the measurement of the Kia Soul. It's about 2 inches shorter in size than the Jeep Renegade, however that makes it about 4 inches longer than the smaller Jeep Avenger.
The inside can be fairly typical Alfa-like. The ten.25-inch instrument display screen is housed in a double-barrel shroud, and the ten.25-inch infotainment display screen is mounted barely decrease and positioned in direction of the motive force within the middle stack. Spherical air vents bookend the dashboard.
Powertrain particulars aren't full, however the fundamentals are there. The usual variations will get a 156-horsepower single entrance motor, whereas the Veloce will get a 240-horsepower single entrance motor. Each get a 54-kWh battery pack. On the WLTP cycle, the 156-horsepower model will get a spread of 250 miles. If the automotive is obtainable right here it’ll undoubtedly be low on the EPA cycle. And whereas there aren't any numbers for the Veloce, you too can assume it's decrease than the usual mannequin.
Nonetheless, the Veloce doesn't get extra energy. It sits one inch decrease on 20-inch wheels, and will get stiffer entrance and rear anti-roll bars. The entrance brakes have been upgraded to four-piston calipers with bigger 15-inch rotors. Kicking every little thing off is a Torsen limited-slip differential. It appears like a variety of enjoyable (and a bit just like the setup on the Fiat 600e Abarth).
The Milo shall be out there to order in Europe this summer season. However the query is, will America get it? If we did that, we'd in all probability solely get the electrical model. Measurement might be the largest hurdle, though the truth that it's barely bigger than different automobiles on the identical platform, and on par with some present US market autos, might give it an opportunity. The timing would work out very properly, as Alfa has stated it’ll launch an EV within the US in 2025. We've reached out to Alfa's US department for data and can replace after we hear again.