When driving an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, I get a similar feeling as I do when driving a Ford Puma ST. In the Ford’s case: this is all very nice, but wouldn’t it be nicer if it were a Fiesta? In the Alfa’s case: this is great, but it’s not a Giulia.
But I get it. The Giulia is a compact executive car with a saloon boot. The Stelvio is a far more practical, more mature and more broadly able mid-sized SUV. In this Quadrifoglio form, it argues with the Porsche Macan GTS to be the most fun not-£200k SUV on sale, and it’s a generously accommodating one too, given that it’s ‘only’ 4.7 metres long.