Alfa Romeo Tonale SUV

1.5 MHEV Sport Speciale 5dr Auto [2026]

If you want a premium car prioritising style over all else, then at the top of your car leasing list might be an Alfa Romeo.

The manufacturer is part of Stellantis, the umbrella corporation that owns a host of other familiar brands, including Fiat, Chrysler, Renault and Vauxhall.

Alfa’s parent company is based in the Netherlands and managed from the United States – yet it’s still, at heart, Italian – its own headquarters are still based in Italy, after all.

You may think of Lamborghini or Ferrari when you think of the nation’s most iconic cars. Still, Alfa is a more affordable leasing option that embodies the essence of Italian automotive engineering.

Alfa Romeos are also about performance – both acceleration and handling. It was, therefore, always going to be an awkward conversation with its traditional fanbase when it inevitably wanted to jump on the bandwagon with nearly every other manufacturer and make an SUV.

Yet the Tonale delivered, retaining the essence of what an Alfa is, while also offering something more practical. It is approaching four years old already – generally the midpoint for a car's lifecycle – so Alfa has given the Tonale a facelift, hoping to address some of its more justified criticisms.

While mid-life updates are rarely transformational, we’ll see if the Tonale is more appealing to lease than before.