Alfa Romeo has launched the primary picture of its alternative for the Tonale compact crossover, due in early 2028.
The picture showcases the rear flank of the automotive, with a brand new and sharper rear mild design and a scalloped wing. This counsel it may have a extra rakish, coupé-like roofline than the upright Tonale.
The brand new automotive, which has but to be named, will likely be certainly one of two Alfa Romeo fashions within the C-segment – the heartland of the European market – because the Italian model seems to be to rejoin the mainstream.
As with the religious successor for the Giulietta hatchback, will probably be primarily based on Stellantis’s new multi-energy, segment-spanning STLA One structure.
Alfa Romeo beforehand confirmed it should provide the hatchback with each combustion-engined and electrical powertrains in a bid to broaden its attraction, and the identical will apply for the Tonale alternative.
The ICE automobiles are seemingly to make use of developments of the mild- and plug-in hybrid powertrains presently supplied in different fashions throughout the Stellantis portfolio.
Asserting the hatchback at Stellantis’s investor day in Could, Alfa Romeo mentioned it could “leverage Stellantis’ world scale whereas differentiating its providing to proceed growing genuine Alfa Romeos”.
The brand new crossover will likely be instrumental within the model’s future, contemplating the Tonale was its second-best vendor globally in 2025. Its “main mild”, nonetheless, was the smaller Junior crossover.
The way forward for the model’s flagships, the Giulia saloon and Stelvio SUV, stays to be decided. The sibling fashions had been briefly retired in September 2025 however manufacturing was restarted months later as the event of their replacements was delayed.
The brand new Giulia and Stelvio had been initially because of be supplied solely as electrical automobiles however had been held again in order that they may very well be retrofitted with hybrid powertrains.
Alfa Romeo mentioned in Could solely that it was “learning options to proceed working within the D-segment”, hinting at additional modifications and certainly delays.
The present Giulia and Stelvio are confirmed to stay on sale by 2027.
Alfa Romeo’s world gross sales grew by 20% final 12 months to some 73,000 automobiles. That was, nonetheless, largely as a result of ramp-up of the high-volume Junior.
The Tonale was up to date with a recent look and a sequence of mechanical modifications final October, however the success of those modifications has but to be decided.
Autocar understands that fewer than 200 examples of the facelifted Tonale have been offered because it arrived in UK showrooms in January.
