With the automotive world anxiously awaiting the officialization of the FCA-PSA merger, rumors are now appearing that if this is confirmed, Alfa Romeo could launch a small electric SUV.
According to the British Autocar, the small electric SUV from Alfa Romeo should hit the market in 2022.
If its birth is confirmed, it is more likely that the small electric SUV from Alfa Romeo will resort to the CMP platform that is used, for example, by the Peugeot e-2008.
a plan for the future
It is worth remembering that on the same day that Mike Manley, FCA CEO, revealed that in the future of Alfa Romeo there was room for a B-SUV (at the end of October of last year), the intention of having an FCA-merger was also announced. PSA At the time, it was anticipated that the new model would share the basis and mechanics with the “cousins” Fiat 500X and Jeep Renegade — or, perhaps, with its next generations.
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However, in addition to using the PSA CMP platform, it is impossible not to consider the possibility of Alfa Romeo's small electric SUV using the same platform as the new electric Fiat 500, which will serve more FCA models (larger than the 500).
For the hypothesis of a small Alfa Romeo electric SUV based on the CMP to happen, it will depend on the final confirmation of the merger between FCA and PSA, whose process is still underway, with its conclusion expected at the end of this year, or at beginning of the next.
Despite this "detail", and there is still no absolute certainty on which basis it will be based, within the Italian brand the development is already taking place, in terms of design, with a spokesperson for the brand stating that it will not look similar to Tonale , but it will, predictably, maintain the “family air”.
It seems the Alfa Romeo Tonale may have a "younger brother".
For the rest, little is known about this possible small Alfa Romeo electric SUV (other than the year of launch and its positioning), with all these doubts still about technical issues.