The SUV boom has brought us some very hot high-riding vehicles, such as the Bentley Bentayga, Lamborghini Urus and Rolls-Royce Cullinan – not to mention the upcoming Ferrari Purosangue.
These may be the crème-de-la-crème, but there are more affordable ones out there, which are suitable not only for the weekly shopping and taking the kids to school, but also some track action.
One of them is the Alfa Romeo Stelvio. In base form, it’s a very well put together SUV, which you can read all about in our long-term review here and here.
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But in the top-of-the-line grade, it has some Ferrari blood running through its veins. The Stelvio Quadrifoglio is powered by a twin-turbo 2.9-liter V6 engine engineered by Ferrari. The lump is shared with the Giulia Quadrifoglio and produces 510 PS (503 hp / 375 kW) and 600 Nm (443 lb-ft) of torque.
That’s already more than what you’d get in the outgoing BMW M3, and probably a tad extra than in the upcoming one. And flat-out, the high-performance Italian SUV will eventually top out at 283 km/h (176 mph), and go from 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in just 3.8 seconds.
In the following video, the Stelvio Quadrifoglio didn’t reach its top speed, but at 270 km/h (168 mph), it was very close. The run took place on a German Autobahn, so you may want to clear your schedule for the next 3 and a half minutes and check out the clip.