ALFA ROMEO is ready to supply its Junior Veloce electrical SUV with 30kW greater than initially marketed. As an alternative of the initially acknowledged 177kW, the small phase SUV will now ship 207kW.
Metered out alongside 345Nm of torque, the Alfa Romeo Junior Veloce guarantees plentiful front-wheel drive efficiency, a degree the Italian model says will likely be dished up with “essentially the most direct steering within the phase” (at 14.6:1).
The outline hints that the Junior Veloce will convey with it a beneficiant serving to of Italian goodness, the package deal additional providing 25mm lowered suspension, fatter anti-roll bars entrance and rear, bigger 380mm entrance brake rotors, four-piston monobloc callipers, a Torsen-style entrance differential and 20-inch alloy wheels with sticky high-performance rubber.
A Junior This autumn can also be understood to be within the works, providing a rear-mounted electrical motor to ship all-wheel drive.
“The Alfa Romeo engineering growth group has finalized the dynamic growth of the mission. Checks have proven the output of the electrical motor to be 280hp, in step with the Giulia, Stelvio and Tonale Veloce fashions,” mentioned Alfa Romeo in a press release.
“The brand new electrical motor will likely be making its debut within the new compact sports activities automobile, the sportiest model within the line-up on this configuration.”
If the data already handy doesn’t persuade that the Junior Veloce will certainly be a tidy little nook carver, Alfa Romeo mentioned that engineers from packages together with the 4C, 8C, Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio, Giulia GTA and the 33 Stradale have been referred to as upon for the mission.
Sadly, Australian patrons might want to wait at the least one other 12 months to expertise the Junior for themselves.
Stellantis Australia mentioned the Junior will make its Aussie debut within the second half of 2025, with each petrol and electrical variations anticipated.
At entry degree, the petrol-powered Junior incorporates a 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with 48-volt gentle hybrid help. It develops 100kW of energy, put to the entrance wheels through a six-speed dual-clutch transmission. An all-wheel drive variant is anticipated later.
Two battery electrical (BEV) Junior variants may even be supplied from launch, a 115kW customary possibility and the high-output Veloce detailed above.
Each are front-wheel drive and have a 54kWh lithium-ion battery pack. WLTP vary is listed at as much as 410km with a 100kW DC charging time of half-hour detailed for the 10-80 per cent customary.
As seen elsewhere within the Alfa Romeo vary, the Junior options the model’s uniqe DNA drive selector providing Dynamic, Pure and Superior Effectivity settings.
The Junior is visually characterised by various grille designs between grades – every with the famed Leggenda script – Guilia TZ impressed tail-lights, and Matrix LED headlights (on high-grade variants).
Within the cabin, a ten.25-inch digital instrument cluster sits forward of the motive force with a second 10.25-inch set central within the dashboard for infotainment duties. The infotainment display controls many of the Junior’s ancillary features, together with the local weather management.
The air vents are formed within the Quadrifoglio (four-leaf clover) motif, whereas high-grade fashions rating Sabelt sport seats.
LED ambient cabin lighting, sat nav, massaging seats with digital adjustment, keyless entry and ignition, aluminium pedals, and Alcantara upholstery are additionally obtainable all through the Junior vary.
Security options embrace adaptive cruise management, AEB, entrance and rear acoustic parking sensors, lane centring help, and a reversing digicam.
The Junior measures 4710mm in size, 1780mm in width, and 1500mm in peak. Cargo area is listed at 400 litres with a hands-free powered tailgate obtainable.