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This is Alfa Romeo’s first attempt at the Crossover market and they’ve decided to name it after the iconic mountain pass in northern Italy. That’s a fairly tall order given it’s one of the best roads in the world. Did they hit the mark with their first SUV? Find out as I discuss the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio!
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Love the car buuuuut…….no mention of the horrible reliability. You can find them at a 3rd of their original price after 4 years, because of poor reliability, scarce parts available and a small, expensive dealer network. These are the true guys. Beautiful car though.
LOVE my 2018 Stelvio compared to the X3 I had before it. It's one sexy red Italian beast, I really love the 20" wheels compared to the X3's 17" and it purrs.
❤❤❤❤❤Stelvio
There's a LOT of clicking in your audio, may wanna look into that as it's quite distracting
Great video. Going to dump my X3 for this beautiful creature.
Thanks for the video. I'm looking at a 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ti Sport AWD, 89K miles, White exterior, brown and tan interior, $21,500. Great price, but I'm still gonna try and talk them down some. Plus I'm waiting to hear if they have a military discount.
Major problem is all those cheap aspects are also in the $90k Q version.
I drove from La. To cabo and back, I love my stelvio. Going back after the year.
Thanks looking to buy a used one like this. At least now I know what to look out for.
Thanks for the advise ,when any american brand will be able to build something close to Stelvio at that time ,Alfa Romeo will have very nice knobs. Italians do not have time to waste around the quality of knobs we have rush to use the handling and the power ,that just double or triple displacement an american car can aceive. Let me know when an american cars can reach 140 HP/Liter. I'm curious to know how many hood not alligned with bumber have you seen . We built the most powerful and beautiful cars in the worlds ,we do not need any advise from the worst quality country of cars . I'm waiting the american SUV 2.0 liters about 5.8 sec 0/60 ,i hope to have life enough. Alfa never say that this is a luxury car. Let me know when an american brand will be able to give like Japan ,Korean and European cars more than 5 years of warranty, again probably i won't have life enough. Saturday i will buy an 2018 Stelvio Ti Sport . Alberto a f……ing proud ITALIAN born in TORINO in front FIAT plant, lived in TORINO ,51 years and now i''ll buy just HUGLY ALFA ROMEO OR FIAT here in usa for the rest of my life . Better no car than american car,we can't learn anything from this country about cars .Best Diesel car engine are born in TORINO thanks FIAT . Really we do not need somebody that teach us how to build Engine and Cars. Lancia Delta won 6 consecutives Rally championships with the same car ,never some brand did the same ,another little hugly italian car Lancia Delta. Sorry nothing personal ,Just some ITALIAN pride.
I own the Stelvio Quadrifoglio, and I love this car. It's a 2018, it's red and I don't have anything bad or ugly to say about this car. My son loves it also. I really like the 4 leaf clover on the sides because it sets it apart from the base model, and that 505 HP is out of this world. If you have the extra cash, buy the Quadrifoglio I'm sure you won't regret it. So fun to drive.
Yes it has some minor issues with plastic but Damm the drive of this car will make your forget that
Most of your negative points have been resolved in the 2021 update
I'm late as hell, just bought one. I do agree with a few of the cons. But….. I paid 25k for mine with 15k on the dash. Love it thus far, but I don't have panel gaps on mine fortunately. Great review.
I brought a 2018 stelvio sporty this pass Sunday.. I drove to work for the first time.. heading to work I notice (break service pad appeared on the dash board) also a red break sign activated.. and also leaving work it happen again heading home.. when I got home I Google it.. and so many recalls came up on this vehicle.. luckily I have an appointment this Saturday at the dealer.. Did anyone have this issue?
The brakes ARE good
Just picked up my 2018 q4 from the dealership and you are right this baby feels so good on the road I gave up a 330i for this and I'm glad I did this car even has more bills and whistles then my 2020 BMW. And it handles like a sports car not an SUV crossover.
I just want to know if you can hammer it over frost heaves on the way to go skiing?
I think the panel gaps can be fixed if you take it to a German paint shop and ask the to take it apart and put it back together
This is a brilliant car, far better than my Bmw X3 which it replaced. Minus points made are nit picking and not worth the mention.
Far out weighed by a great drive, steering, road holding, ZF auto box, paddle shift: that is what really matters. The rotary info control is light and very quick way better than stolid cumbersome BMW version.. Great power to weight ratio too Clever engineering all round.
If you want the high end stuff get the Ti Lusso model. You smile when you drive this car and so does everybody else. There's a reason for that and that reason is what its competitors lack. Love my Stelvio Ti Lusso!
First of all, modern automatics are faster than manual transmissions. Secondly, the g in quadrifoglio isn’t pronounced. As for fit and finish, and the plastic, this is a car for driving, at which it excels. Luxury in a sports car is not the softness of the plastic. A good enough review though.
Thnx Hanson . Enjoyed and got enlightened by your review
As an owner of a 2018 Stelvio, I can tell the hood was not closed properly. I bet the start / stop dash light was flashing all the time. This happened to me after I finished showing off the engine to my friends & didn’t shut the hood correctly.
totally disagree, your wrong about everything you said in the video, there is not one thing wrong with the alfa romeo stelvio
I'm a car guy. I'm a fast car guy. But my wife test drove and bought a Stelvio, and I can honestly say that it's the only SUV I would consider buying myself! What a great driving vehicle.
Crossovers NEED manual transmissions! We need to start a movement.
your picking of detail flaws are pretty ignorant when you dont even know how to close the hood properly…. ALFA made by Ferrari is a legend, race legend add to the hand made feel. have some respect dude when you have no idea about a vehicle with style and heritage, Go for an infiniti they are all built for people with limited understanding or interest.
I have the Alfa Stelvio Sport Q4 and I get tire squeal in Dynamic mode in manual shift…..I love it. Also, my husband is 6'5" and he telescopes the steering wheel hardly moves the seat. The gab is adjustable also, the same on my Mercedes. You really have to own a Alfa to understand the Alfa driving it a week is just not justification for harping on what you don't know…lol
With that much power from such a small engine I wonder how long the engine will last. There must be a lot of stress on the engine from high turbo boost. I hope the head gasket can handle it long term.