New Alfa Romeo Tonale in Depth UK Review 2023 - Does it set the tone?

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Striking, sleek and significant, Alfa Romeo's Tonale could hardly matter more to the Milanese maker. This compact SUV comes with electrified engines, a styling nod to the past and a very lovely cabin. Can it win over Teutonic brand customers looking for a change? It'll be interesting to see.
So Alfa Romeo reinvents itself. Again. A few years ago, it was as a maker cable of credible SUVs. Now, it's as an electrified brand. Well, a partly electrified brand anyway. There's no Alfa EV yet, but we do at least have a proper hybrid product - and a car that will set a course for the next generation of Alfas, this one, the Tonale. It's a small SUV that sits just below the Stelvio in the company's line-up.
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00:46 Background
03:10 Driving Experience
15:48 Design & Build
28:58 Market Model & Range
43:12 Cost of ownership
49:40 Summary
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[@jamesterakazis6624]

Wow, this didn't take long...at 0:37 seconds EPIC FAIL..."It lacks the Teutonic perfection of some of its competitors..." Let me tell you about some of my PERSONAL TEUTONIC PERFECTION EXPERIENCES DAWG .... M 3 Subframe Cracks M 5 Rod Bearing Failures M 6 Fuel Pump Failures 911 IMS Bearing Failures S 5 Head Gasket Failure S 7 So Many Electric Gremlins I Don't Have Time or Space To List Time to get into THIS CENTURY DAWG !! 2023 J D Power Initial Reliability Survey places Alfa # 3 way ahead of Porsche, Audi, VW (all pretty much the same crap), BMW (the worst) and Merc (need to spend over $100 K if you want to buy a well put together Merc) FORZA ALFA BABY !!!! THE KING IS BACK !!!!

[@michaelstaley2241]

Very good review throughly enjoyed it..

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[@bondjamesbond9041]

Good looking car. I prefer it in Alfa's Montreal Green. I have always been an Alfa fan and hope that they have sorted out the reliability and customer service. Glad VW did not buy the brand and hope that Stellantis give Alfa the freedom to develop their products and keep them "Alfa Romeo" while adding better build quality and reliability. Great review.

[@jamesterakazis6624]

DAWG...stop with the BS RELIABILITY CLICHE NONSENSE !! Have you ever owned a BMW ? PLEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEEE FORZA ALFA BABY !!!! THE KING IS BACK !!!!

[@michaelstaley2241]

Lovely car I have ordered one in Alfa Red I also own a mito excellent car …

[@jonathanagg3254]

Can I ask how long delivery is expected? Thanks

[@michaelstaley2241]

@@jonathanagg3254my coming in November..

[@DarthFurball]

Excellent balanced review. It does look gorgeous in Alfa Red or Montreal Green.

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[@jamesterakazis6624]

BALANCED ?

[@jamesterakazis6624]

Time to provide some balanced reporting to this review....at 2:57 more misinformation... " The Tonale is Alfa Romeo’s first new model in six years - but whereas the larger Giulia and Stelvio that came before it shared a bespoke, rear-wheel-drive Giorgio chassis, the new Tonale is derived from the ‘Small Wide 4x4’ architecture beneath the Jeep Compass, Fiat 500X and other vehicles. The Tonale and Compass are even believed to share the same 2636mm wheelbase - but despite the common platform (which traces its roots back to 2012), Alfa Romeo officials say significant changes have been made under the skin to ensure the shared chassis is worthy of an Alfa Romeo badge. “We had the opportunity to [use] a new plant, a new assembly line,” explained Alfa Romeo global product manager Daniel Guzzafame told Australian and Japanese media at the Tonale’s reveal. “That helped us a lot in evolving what was the ex-FCA C [small car] and C-UV [small SUV] platform into something that was meant for us, to maintain and respect the [Tonale] Concept [revealed in 2019], in terms of proportions and style, and the driving dynamics. “We started from a former FCA [Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Alfa’s former parent company] platform, and we evolved it in terms of track - the platform actually looks different, because the car will look different from other vehicles because of that track. “But also materials, weight distribution - because we used aluminium stamping - the suspension [is] specific, the electric architecture is new, the steering and steering column rack and, by consequence, the steering ratio is specific to Tonale. “I'm calling it an evolution because actually, if you take it part by part, the only thing common is the central floor,” Guzzafame concluded. However, the Compass can’t match the Tonale’s 50:50 weight distribution, unique frequency-selective dampers, available adaptive suspension, or other chassis components pitched at sharp handling. Platform sharing between mainstream and luxury cars is not uncommon; see Audi, which uses the same MQB platform underpinning the Volkswagen T-Roc and Skoda Karoq for the Audi Q3 small luxury SUV. Don't hear you calling out TEUTONIC PERFECTION BRANDS FOR SHARING A PLATFORM.... "...if you take it part by part, the ONLY THING COMMON IS THE CENTRAL FLOOR" TRUTH IN JOURNALISM PLEASE !!! You have a responsibility !!! FORZA ALFA BABY !!!! THE KING IS BACK !!!!

[@tiga8032]

8:04 Is it raining inside the car? Jokes aside, another great and very in depth review by OSV, you guys really pick all the angles for a potential buyer. Thanks

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[@colinrenfrew48]

It’s pretty, but it’s too expensive. I doubt the Germans will be worried.

[@richardhargrave6082]

Stellantis didn't buy Alfa, FCA merged with PSA, including their newly acquired Vauxhall/Opel to form Stellantis. The 4WD on the PHEV has nothing to do with JEEP, they just used the hardpoints and floorpan. No one moans when VAG use the same platform for everything, yet you're banging on about JEEP.... It is close to the concept car, as close as you can to productionise it. It looks far better in the metal than you suggest. I have only had a short test drive in a Tonale and I had a real look a around a few others at the dealer, the cabin is far better quality than you suggest, your knees must have really hurt crawling around looking for "scratchy plastics". The impression given in this review is that you really didn't want to like it from the start and made every effort to make sure you don't. There are three trim levels, there is Speciale, priced below the Ti and then Veloce The Giulia, Stelvio and Giulietta were not based on FIATs

[@willmatalan2177]

sensing a marketing contract from Alfa on its way to richard and @jamesterakazis6624 congrats lads

[@jamesterakazis6624]

At 32:20 ANOTHER MISINFORMATION !!! "It's tempting to make comparisons with the Jeep Compass since this Tonale has borrowed all its basic engineering from that car....." ALL THEY SHARE IS A CENTRAL FLOOR !!!

[@dawdawes]

Tried one, didn't like the hybrid, purchased a second hand stelvio instead

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How are you finding the Stelvio, Dave?

[@dawdawes]

@@OsvUkVehicleSupply love it, handles well, comfy and good fuel consumption from the, shhhh don't say it too load, diesel. Tows well also

[@HarryJamesBooks]

Way overpriced for what it is. Start climbing the spec and you can get into an ex-demo Stelvio for the same kind of money.

[@jamesterakazis6624]

That's the proper take away sir.... At almost $60 K US , you can get a 3 year old Stelvio Quad with about 25 K miles...that's not even a contest !!!

[@antonygray4114]

Dude that is a Mito not a Giulia in the sum up.

[@bondjamesbond9041]

It is a Giulietta. Take a closer at the picture, the car has four passenger doors. The Mito is a smaller car with only two passenger doors

[@antonygray4114]

@@bondjamesbond9041 We are both wrong it's a giulietta I just checked LOL. 🙄

[@jamesterakazis6624]

@@antonygray4114 THANK GOD IT'S NOT ANYTHING GERMAN DAWG !!!

[@HarryJamesBooks]

Can't speak for the UK, but here in Germany the interior choice is the deal breaker for me. They only offer black headlining's and black seats (leather or otherwise). If I wanted to drive in a coal mine I'd become a bloody coal miner 🙄🙄 I do wish reviewers would start calling manufacturers out on this lazy "any interior you want as long as it's black" bullshit. No, it doesn't look "premium" - it looks sh!t.

[@jamesterakazis6624]

Another WONDERFUL insight by you sir. This unfortunately is true of EVERY ALFA after 2021. They have cheaped out on the interior choices. I have a 2017 Giulia Quad (custom ordered) and a 2020 Stelvio Ti Sport (Trofeo White with the contrasting Red interior). Back then, if you got the Red interior, not only were the seats red but the lower dash, door card inserts, center console were all RED, plus you got red contrast stitching on the steering wheel and gear shift lever. NOW, if you order a red interior on a Giulia or Stelvio, ONLY THE SEATS ARE RED !!! They look TERRIBLE inside. It's like you stole the seats out of another car. Alfa, like Maserati, was always known for its interiors...time to step up the game boys !!! FORZA ALFA BABY !!! THE KING IS BACK !!!