Unveiled at the Alfa Romeo museum in Arese, driven on the shores of Lake Como: the Tonale is at the same time the first model launched by the brand under the aegis of Stellantis and the heir of a historical tradition capable of thrilling car enthusiasts all over the world like few other brands (try to mention Alfa Romeo to the designers of any brand and you will have the proof).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Why Como? Not just because on the winding – and narrow! – roads that surround the lake, where we drove the 160 HP 1.5 hybrid version, it is possible to appreciate the agility of the Tonale’s body, but also because Como is the birthplace of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the voltaic pile and eponym of the volt unit of measurement. A tribute to Italy’s historical and scientific heritage and a return to the origins of the battery, therefore, at a time when electrification is a process inseparable from mobility.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Tonale is the first Alfa Romeo unveiled since\u00a0Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0took over as the brand\u2019s design director last summer. \u201cWhen I arrived on July 1st the car was finished, so we did together with the team a work of refinement of small details,\u201d he told Auto&Design during the preview at the Alfa Romeo Museo Storico in Arese, Milan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>