MilaNO love for the Alfa junior? We check out Alfa Romeo’s first electric car | Electrifying.com
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Video Summary
- The car was formerly named Alfa Romeo Milano but renamed due to legal challenges related to its production location being outside of Milan, in Poland. - The new name “Junior” is a reference to an Alfa Romeo car from 1966. - The car is based on bits from other cars, specifically the Jeep Avenger and the Fiat 600e. - The company claims it offers best-in-class driving dynamics. - The car’s front design, featuring a giant Alfa Romeo badge, is controversial. - There are a lot of air intakes. - It has full matrix LED lights and four strips running as daytime running lights. - From a side angle, the bonnet/hood looks like it's open. - The black and white badge is very stylish. - The sides have simple designs. - The car is quite small, only three centimeters taller than a Giulietta. - There’s a nod to the Alfa logo on the side. - The tires are 20-inch and completely flush with the car. - The rear lights design look like a mustache. - The boot/trunk is class-leading with 400 liters of space. - It’s much bigger than an ID3. - There's a moveable boot floor for different storage configurations. - The Alfa Romeo cable tidy in the front is nice, but cables will likely end up in the boot/trunk. - It’s very Alfa inside the car. - The interior has nods to other cars like the Fiat 600e and Jeep Avenger. - A start/stop button is located in the middle, like a sports car. - High gloss black and piano black are irritating. - The two screens are both ten and a quarter inches. - There are also sports seats as an option that look very stylish. - One of its pros is a USB-C port. - Storage space in the back is limited. - The car will be available in two versions. - The first version uses a 154 break horsepower motor. - The first version motor gives a range of up to 250 miles. - Charging is at 100-kilowatt maximum. - A sportier 236 break horsepower Veloce version will also be offered. - A Veloce version using the same motor as the recently announced Abarth version of the 600e. - The Veloce features a mechanical self-locking differential to lessen wheel spin. - has a very direct steering ratio and a widened wheel track with specific front and rear anti-roll bars. - Veloce will feature a sports suspension and breaking system. - The car is priced at around 37,000 pounds. - This is a Marmite car.