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      Alfa Romeo breaks Nurburgring record with the Stelvio Quadrifoglio

      Bilal Ahmed Firfiray

      Bilal Ahmed Firfiray

      The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio becomes the fastest production SUV around the Green Hell. The Italian SUV lapped the north loop Nordschleife in a record time of 7 minutes and 51.7 seconds.

      Alfa Romeo breaks Nurburgring record with the Stelvio Quadrifoglio

      When launched at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, Alfa Romeo was expecting the Stelvio Quadrifoglio to go around the Nurburgring in about 7:59. But as it turned out, the Alfa’s SUV was a lot quicker. The Stelvio Quadrifoglio joins the ranks of its sibling, the Giulia Quadrifoglio which holds the record for the fastest four-door production car around the German race track. The Stelvio smashed the previous production-SUV record by a full eight seconds held by the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S (7:59.74).

      The Stelvio’s record run was piloted by Fabio Francia, the same driver who also set the track record for Giulia Quadrifoglio sedan in a time of just 7 minutes and 32 seconds. Powering the Quadrifoglio SUV is a twin-turbocharged 2.9-litre V6 breathing out 500bhp and a whopping 600Nm. All the power is sent to the Q4 all-wheel-drive system via an eight-speed automatic transmission. The gearbox can shift the cog in just 150 milliseconds in the Race mode.

      The Stelvio Quadrifoglio achieves the highest horsepower-per-litre in its class. The SUV comes fitted with lightweight carbonfibre Sparco racing seats as standard. Braking responsibilities are taken care by Brembo carbon-ceramic material (CCM) units.