Shares basically everything with the upcoming Alfa Romeo Tonale.




Base Hornet GT starts at $30K with 265 HP 2.0-liter turbo, 9 speed automatic and AWD are standard. Koni shocks are standard along with dynamic torque vectoring. 6.5 to 60

R/T moves to a Plug in Hybrid powertrain tiny 1.3-liter turbo 4, routed through 6-speed automatic, 285 HP with electric motor out back. 6.1 to 60. More than 30 miles of EV range. Pricing from $40 to $45K.


It's a bit stunning how little effort they put to differentiate sheetmetal and hard points. I'm sure Alfa team can't be terribly happy, but they're probably happy to just get any sort of new product at all.

Plenty of reports:

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/08/16/...le-hybrid-awd/

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2...hev-suv-debut/

 

Nice work pbm317.
I like that car and looks good to me, glad they resurrected the hornet.

 

So.......Stellantis must have the copyrights to the Hornet name now. Previously, it was owned by Hudson in the 1950s and AMC in the 1970s.

 

Chrysler bought AMC.

 

Fair point. I had not considered that...but, yes, you're right. With the sale went the copyrights.

 

35 years ago.

 

Meh, should be a decent rental car I guess

 

Soft and generic. Will likely languish like previous products.

 

Awww man, you don't like?
Maybe op will post some interior shots, just for fun.

 

Didn't they learn badge engineering doesnt work? It will only kill the premium brand. AR Tonale is not the genuine Alfa product and every Alfa purist (those who actually still buy Alfas unlike others) is aware of that fact. Maybe the first year they will sell some Tonales to soccer moms and that would be it. Alfa doesn't have a comfort of Lexus/Toyota badge engineering because it doesn't have a solid foundation to fall back on like how Lexus has Toyota. And even in Toyota's case nothing is locked cause their first BEV CUV bZ4X is a mediocre product at best and RZ will suffer even more because of it. Basically RZ will fail much like HS did down the line.

This Tonale/Hornet experiment will go very wrong for Alfa Romeo.

 

haha. Too funny

Any EV that can’t go 600-700+ km in range is a mediocre product.

I like the effort on the exterior. The Dodge looks WAY better at the front. Alfa Romeos have always looked ugly to me

 

 

Looks like they'll start putting a logo in the center now for future Dodges