In the course of 2022, Alfa Romeo boss Jean-Philippe Imparato advised Reuters the Italian carmaker would develop a brand new battery-electric automobile within the U.S. that may launch right here in 2027. Created for markets that prize giant SUVs, he stated, “Our provide for a big dimension automobile should match worldwide markets, American, Chinese language, European.” On the time, he forged doubt on whether or not the mannequin could be as giant as a BMW X5 (195 inches x 78.9 inches), and prompt it may mix crossover and sedan type components. Imparato would not be drawn on the manufacturing web site for this new automobile, however Reuters believed it most likely will not be constructed within the U.S. Six months later, in January of final 12 months, Imparato shared just a few specs of the approaching EV SUV with Automotive Information Europe, by then known as a “high-performance SUV” with motors placing out from 300 to 800 horsepower in the usual vary and round 1,000 horsepower in a Quadrifoglio trim, and an 800-volt structure would allow “recharging instances of 18 minutes max.”
At this level, this SUV had additionally formally grow to be a competitor to the X5, the BMW virtually precisely 10 inches longer than the Stelvio (pictured), which is presently the most important product within the Alfa Romeo portfolio and the best-seller within the U.S. What had stayed fixed was the potential of a tweener form, Imparato having stated that aerodynamic wants may result in a form between a sedan and a crossover.
With all that stated, a submit in a discussion board on of Spain’s Cochespias (by way of Mopar Insiders) pinpoints the manufacturing web site for the Alfa: The Detroit Meeting Advanced – Jefferson plant in Detroit that builds the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango. The knowledge comes from what seems to be a clip from a spreadsheet figuring out present and future meeting websites and annual manufacturing figures. A line for the “E-CUV EV,” this E-segment Alfa Romeo, refers back to the meeting advanced by its earlier identify, Jefferson North.
The subsequent-generation Grand Cherokee and Durango will sit on Stellantis’ STLA Giant platform, identical as this flagship Alfa Romeo. The Grand Cherokee enters manufacturing at Detroit Meeting in 2026, the Durango in 2027. The spreadsheet exhibits manufacturing projections for the Alfa variant of 1,961 items for 2027, 10,715 items for 2028.
The subsequent-gen Giulia and Stelvio, additionally on the STLA Giant platform, are going to be constructed within the firm’s Cassino, Italy plant, to allow them to maintain their geographical references. If the E-CUV data comes true, all that we could be sure of is that the massive crossover-sedan-ish flagship will not have a particularly Italian identify. What we are able to infer is that will probably be a lot nearer to the structure and design of the Grand Cherokee and Durango, a minimum of inside, than beforehand thought-about. By the way in which, the Grand Cherokee is 193.5 inches lengthy, the Durango stretches 201 inches, giving Alfa’s X5 fighter loads of room to play towards the X5. Nonetheless, the Jeep and Dodge are going to come back in hybrid and pure-electric variations, the next-gen X5 coming into manufacturing in August 2026 can also be going to supply inner combustion and pure EV fashions. The Alfa is sticking to electrical propulsion solely, which is why the deal with its form.
