Alfa Romeo open to electrical efficiency vehicles regardless of ‘love’ for engines

Alfa Romeo has an extended historical past of high-performance inner combustion-powered vehicles, nevertheless it’s keen to discover the world of high-performance electrical automobiles (EVs) if they’ll seize the automaker’s Italian allure.

The model’s legacy was shaped via a plethora of iconic vehicles for each the highway and racetrack, a practice that has continued to at the present time with its high-performance Quadrifoglio sub-brand – all with out hybrid or electrical energy.

Regardless of that, Alfa just lately took a big step into the electrified world with its first-ever EV, the Junior, a lightweight SUV developed by leveraging a platform from mother or father firm Stellantis, which additionally underpins different small EVs such because the Jeep Avenger.

CarExpert can prevent hundreds on a brand new automotive. Click on right here to get an awesome deal.

We’re unlikely to see a full-fat Quadrifoglio variant of the Junior, and whereas there’s a higher-output Veloce model of the Junior EV abroad, it’s nonetheless a far cry from one thing Alfa would contemplate a correct efficiency automotive. Earlier reviews of electrical Quadrifoglio vehicles are additionally but to return to fruition.

When requested on the Junior’s Australian launch whether or not future efficiency Alfas could be electrical, the model’s head of product Mario Lamagna stated: “That is the query of the last decade”.

“We, in fact, love thermal engines, and we’re concerned with quite a few V6s… we’re, for positive, trying at all times at thermal engines, however with the longer term applied sciences, you are able to do plenty of attention-grabbing stuff, additionally with electrical powertrains,” he advised media.

“So there may be not a solution to your query that could be a truthful one.”