[Auto] 2025 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Review, Pricing, and Specs

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With its unmistakable Italian style and fleet-footed personality, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio is an outlier in the comparatively buttoned-down compact luxury crossover segment. A hearty 280-horsepower turbo-four provides the muscle to match the Stelvio’s nimble moves, and it sends its power through an eight-speed automatic to all four tires. The strong powertrain works with the Stelvio’s polished handling to deliver a lively driving experience that rewards every control input with a crisp response. Once you get past its responsive performance, however, the other side of the Stelvio’s personality presents itself: the interior material quality and feel of the switchgear trails those of key competitors like the BMW X3 and Genesis GV70, and while the instrument panel is nicely done, the Stelvio's small infotainment screen looks dated. Interior space is also limited, the rear seat is best for children while the cargo hold—arguably the reason for choosing a crossover over a sedan like Alfa’s excellent Giulia in the first place—offers 10 fewer cubic feet of capacity than the X3. But those are left-brain concerns; the right brain will be firing on overtime each time you hit a twisty road and press the turbo-four for some revs, or take a moment to admire the Stelvio’s styling as you approach it in a parking lot filled with less extroverted designs.

 

 

2025 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Review, Pricing, and Specs