Alfa Romeo Junior hatchback

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Alfa Romeo has had a turbulent couple of decades, and the motoring press constantly questions whether the next product will “save” the company. But though uptake of the (brilliant) Giulia and Stelvio models has been slow at times, the company is still here and it’s still pumping out new products. The Tonale may have been a bit of a disappointment in some ways, but the new Junior is here to provide an even more compact offering at the foot of the Alfa Romeo range.

Though it’s set to be offered in electric and hybrid forms, the electric versions will clearly be among the more intriguing, and particularly this top-of-the-range Veloce version. Though electric vehicles have rewritten the rules when it comes to performance, Alfa is promising more than just straight-line speed from this driver-centric version of the Junior. With its own suspension and powertrain, Alfa’s engineers have clearly put a lot of work into the ‘hot hatch’ of the Junior range, but has that effort paid off?