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What Car? UK
|September 2024
Like the idea of a small SUV but feel the Juke, Captur and Yaris Cross aren't quite right for you? Well, here we look at every other small SUV on sale and split the cream of the crop from the curdled milk
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Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica
Alfa's first electric SUV aims to deliver driving thrills in a practical and well-priced package On sale September Price from £33,895
PT BARNUM FAMOUSLY remarked that "there's no such thing as bad publicity", and in the case of the Alfa Romeo Junior, we'd be inclined to agree. Following a ban on using the name 'Milano' by the Italian government (due to a legal dispute over the car being named after Milan but built in Poland), Alfa Romeo had to hastily rename its first electric SUV. This move garnered Alfa a lot of free mainstream coverage and resulted in what we reckon is a more appropriate name for its latest car.
'Junior', you see, references the iconic 1966 GT 1300 Junior, a compact car that was attainable, practical and fun - characteristics that Alfa believes its new small electric SUV embodies. After all, despite sharing its underpinnings with the Fiat 600e, Jeep Avenger Electric and Peugeot e-2008 (its Stellantis Group stablemates), the new Junior places a greater emphasis on driving dynamics.This story is from the September 2024 edition of What Car? UK.
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