Driven: 2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale Is Big On Style And Space, But Hybrid Needs Work | Carscoops
weren’t ready in time for this car so under the skin is the same architecture used in cars like the Jeep Compass and Renegade, and Fiat 500L and X. Not that you’d know it to look at. The Alfa has its own distinct interior and exterior styling, or at least it does in Europe, where the worryingly similar Dodge Hornet won’t be available.One area in which Alfa has always had to give second-best to Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes is in interior quality.
Also new is a 12.3-inch “cannochiale” digital gauge cluster. It’s housed under a classic double-bubble dashboard top, just, and the default layout, which features virtual versions of a round speedometer and rev counter even features 1960s-style fonts and an odometer designed to look like an old-fashioned revolving trip meter.
On the positive side, the turning circle is usefully tight, road and wind noise levels are pleasingly low, and though onlyin the UK get adaptive dampers, both the Ti and Veloce ride well. The adaptive car obviously feels more sophisticated on gnarly surfaces, but the Ti on its more basic frequency selective dampers still strikes good balance between being comfortable and feeling athletic.
For all its variable-geometry trickery, the turbocharged engine’s response to a kick of right-foot is poor, and it’s not helped by a seven-speed transmission that is also slow to respond.
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