Alfa Romeo Tonale, a close-in concept of a plug-in hybrid SUV

We knew that Alfa Romeo was going to be present in the > Geneva Motor Show and we knew that in this event he was going to present us an advance of his next compact SUV. Said and done. The Italian brand has revealed the Alfa Romeo Tonale a few minutes ago. It is a concept car that represents a medium SUV, all without neglecting the technique or, of course, the stylistic design that the company always boasts.

But there are more details so the prototype Alfa Romeo Tonale is a vehicle of great importance for Alfa. And this is, in addition to your first SUV-C, its first plug-in hybrid car . Surely you already have a better idea of ​​responsibility and what can change the future of the brand this concept car today, since many aspects depend on it.

Your aesthetic represents the path that Alfa foresees in your design studies, although clearly it has features that we will not see so soon in its production vehicles, such as the fluid lines, the narrow pillars or some of the shapes and folds of the bodywork. Be that as it may, serves us perfectly as an advance , and it seems that future traits are going to be finer and more marked.

We also see in the image of the interior a very passionate passenger compartment and maybe a bit futuristic, but it already makes our intentions clear of digitization in the interior. The instrument panel is a 12.3-inch screen while the center display of the dashboard, which is used for the infotainment system is 10.25.

In its press release, the Italian firm makes it clear that, although it is a hybrid plug-in SUV, the intentions do not they are far from leaving aside the passionate and sportive spirit of the brand also in terms of dynamic . There is no missing command to control the different driving modes, although the "Dinamyc" is renamed "Dual Power" in this Alfa Romeo Tonale, delivering the maximum performance of the two engines.

When will we see the serial production model derived from this concept in marketing? Well that we would like to know also to us, because Alfa has not released pledge. Surely we will go at least the second half of next year 2020, although this is just intuitions ...