HIGH PRICE – Making an electric car that accelerates very fast is a relatively easy task: this is demonstrated by the large number of battery-powered cars with dragster performance. L’Alfa Romeo Junior Velocethe brand’s first electric car, must go much further. Will it make it? We’ll find out on July 9th, when we’ll be able to drive the new little bomb from Biscione, whose declared goal by the manufacturer is to have fun with whoever drives it. prezzo? And 48.500 euro.
MECHANICAL SELF-LOCKING – Engineers have worked practically everywhere to create theAlfa Romeo Junior Fastbut we cannot help but start from differential mechanical self-locking Torsen which acts between the front wheels, the drive wheels. In traction it applies a 36% lock, in release 34%. What do these numbers mean? That it reduces any difference in speed between the drive wheels, improving (on paper, then it all remains to be seen in practice) both cornering and traction, that is, the ability to transfer power and torque to the asphalt.
SPECIFIC STEERING AND SUSPENSION – On theAlfa Romeo Junior Veloce they also change the box steeringwhich now has a ratio of 14.6:1, more direct than that of the rest of the range. The front McPherson suspension struts are specific: the structure has been made more rigid to ensure both a better driving feel and greater precision of the front end. The shock absorbers and the trim is 25 mm lower. They couldn’t be missing tyres specific: Michelin Pilot Sport EV in size 225/40 R20. brakes have been strengthened, at the front we find the self-ventilating discs with a diameter of 382 mm. The possibility of excluding braking regeneration in the Dynamic driving mode is interesting: those who want as few “filters” as possible between themselves and the mechanics are satisfied.
280 CV E 51 KWH – The least convincing aspect of theAlfa Romeo Junior Velocetechnical data sheet in hand, is the capacity of the drums. Of course, it could only be 51 kWh net, as on the other electric cars created on this basis (Fiat 600, Jeep Avenger, Opel Mokka, to name three), but compared to the 280 HP of power and 345 Nm of torque that given “worries” a bit. Especially those who live in the city or, in any case, a few kilometers away from a beautiful road, one of those on which to enjoy a sporty Alfa Romeo. The real risk is that there will be very little space left for fun, between the outward journey and the return journey consumption (high) when you exhaust everything the engine is capable of.
