2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio

Make

Alfa Romeo

Model

Stelvio

Year

2018

Listed price

$14,995

Location

Akron, Ohio

Transmission

8-Speed Automatic

Mileage

61,670 miles

Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sport AWD VIN ZASFAKPN1J7B79511 | 61,670 miles Alfa Romeo built the Stelvio to be a driver's car first and a crossover second. This one left Cassino with the hardware that makes that claim true. Why We Acquired This Vehicle The Stelvio is the first sport utility vehicle Alfa Romeo ever built, and the company approached it the way it approaches everything else - by starting with how the car should feel from the driver's seat and working outward. It shares the rear-biased Giorgio architecture with the Giulia sedan, carries a carbon fiber driveshaft as standard equipment, and steers with a quickness that no rival in the segment has been willing to match. It was assembled in Cassino, Italy, and it drives like it. This example arrived with its original window sticker, so its specification is documented rather than assumed - and the document is worth reading. Against a $41,995 base, it was delivered at $47,535, and what is striking is where that money went. Almost none of it went to electronics or convenience gadgets. It went to the chassis, the wheels, the brake finishing, the cabin materials, and the glass overhead. This is the order sheet of a buyer who cared how the car drove and how it looked, and not much else. The verified appointments are detailed in full below. It is finished in Stromboli Gray Metallic over a Black and Red leather interior - a restrained exterior with a genuinely Italian cabin behind it, which is the right way around for this car. At 61,670 miles it has been driven rather than stored, and we would rather represent an honest driver with a documented history than a low-mileage example with an unexplained one. At a Glance Highlights Sport AWD Package 19-Inch x 8-Inch Sport 5-Hole Aluminum Wheels Sport-Tuned Suspension Gloss Red Brake Calipers with White Script Sport Leather-Wrapped Steering Wheel Aluminum Paddle Shifters Bright Aluminum Pedals Aluminum Interior Trim Gloss Black Window Surround Moldings Black Roof Rails Dual-Pane Sunroof Gloss Black Shark Fin Antenna Cold Weather Package Heated Front Seats Heated Steering Wheel Heated Washer Nozzles Stromboli Gray Metallic Exterior Paint Exterior: Stromboli Gray Metallic | Interior: Black and Red Leather 61,670 miles 2.0-Liter Direct Injection Turbocharged I4 8-Speed Automatic Transmission Q4 All-Wheel Drive Original MSRP as Delivered: $47,535 ZASFAKPN1J7B79511 + Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specification The Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to Finish Our Perspective At Perfect Auto Collection, we do not measure a vehicle by its badge alone. We ask a quieter question: how does it present, and would we be proud to place it in our own collection? This Stelvio makes its case the moment it moves. On paper it is a $47,535 build, which is not an extravagant number - but the sticker shows a buyer who spent it in the right places, on the parts of the car that are felt rather than the parts that are listed. In person the gray-on-red combination is far more convincing than the specification sheet suggests, and the chassis is the real argument: quick, light, and eager in a way the segment generally is not. It is an Italian car with Italian intentions, and it has been kept as one. Why Enthusiasts Value This Model The Stelvio matters because of what Alfa Romeo refused to compromise on when it built one. The Giorgio platform underneath it was engineered for rear-drive balance and low weight, and the standard carbon fiber driveshaft is the sort of decision no volume manufacturer makes in this class. The steering rack is among the fastest fitted to any production vehicle of this type, which is why every review of the car eventually stops discussing utility and starts discussing how it turns in. The 2.0-liter turbocharged engine is Alfa's own all-aluminum design rather than a corporate unit, and in this application it produces 280 horsepower and 306 lb-ft - enough to move the Stelvio to sixty miles per hour in the mid-five-second range, which places it ahead of most of the German competition it was priced against. The DNA drive mode selector genuinely changes the car's character rather than adjusting a throttle map and calling it a mode. What informed buyers look for is specific: the Sport specification rather than a base car, a documented build and service record, and an example that has been maintained by someone who understood what they owned. Those are the ones worth seeking out, because with an Alfa the difference between a well-kept car and a neglected one is larger than the badge on the nose, and documentation is what separates a listing that claims a car is sorted from one that can show it. Factory and Vehicle Highlights Sport AWD Package 22J The Sport AWD Package 22J, a $1,800 option, is the specification group that defines this vehicle. It bundles the sport wheel and tire package, the sport-tuned suspension, colored brake calipers, aluminum cabin trim and pedals, the sport steering wheel, aluminum paddle shifters, gloss black window surrounds, and black roof rails. Why it matters: This is the single most consequential box on the sticker, because it changes both how the Stelvio drives and how it looks - the suspension calibration alone separates a Sport from a base car in a way no amount of later modification replicates. It is also the package that determines resale interest in this generation: buyers looking for a Stelvio are, almost without exception, looking for a Sport. 19-Inch x 8-Inch Sport 5-Hole Aluminum Wheels The car rides on 19-inch by 8-inch sport five-hole aluminum wheels wearing 235/55R19 all-season tires, upgraded from the standard 18-inch fitment. Why it matters: The five-hole design is a direct reference to Alfa's telephone-dial wheels of the 1960s and 1970s, which is why it looks correct on this car and generic on nothing else. The extra inch also fills the arches properly and gives the sharp steering a shorter sidewall to work against. Sport-Tuned Suspension The sport-tuned suspension replaces the standard calibration with firmer spring and damper rates. Why it matters: This is the part of the package that cannot be seen and matters most. Alfa tuned the Stelvio for body control rather than isolation to begin with, and the sport setup commits to that decision - it is the reason this vehicle changes direction like a sedan rather than settling and heaving like a crossover. Gloss Red Brake Calipers with White Script The brake calipers are finished in gloss red with white Alfa Romeo script, in place of the standard silver calipers with black script. Why it matters: Behind five-hole wheels with that much open space, the caliper is not hidden - it is a visible part of the design, and red against Stromboli Gray is the detail that keeps a restrained exterior from reading as anonymous. The Brembo front brakes they cover are standard equipment on this model and genuinely capable. Sport Leather-Wrapped Steering Wheel The sport leather-wrapped steering wheel replaces the standard flat-bottom wheel. Why it matters: On a car whose defining characteristic is a steering rack quicker than almost anything else on the road, the wheel is the component that communicates it. The sport rim is thicker and shaped for a hand at nine and three, which is where this car asks to be held. Aluminum Paddle Shifters Steering column-mounted aluminum paddle shifters are fitted in place of the standard arrangement. Why it matters: Column-mounted paddles stay fixed while the wheel turns, so the upshift is exactly where the hand expects it mid-corner rather than rotating away. They are also large, cold aluminum rather than plastic - an unmistakably Italian piece of theater that Alfa borrowed from cars far more expensive than this one. Bright Aluminum Pedals The pedals are finished in bright aluminum with rubber inserts. Why it matters: They are among the few things in a cabin that are looked at every single time the door opens, and drilled aluminum is a small, honest signal about what the car was built to do. Practically, they also give a driver a more consistent surface for heel-and-toe inputs than molded rubber. Aluminum Interior Trim The cabin trim inserts are finished in aluminum rather than the standard treatment. Why it matters: Aluminum suits this interior better than wood ever could, because the Stelvio Sport is not pretending to be a luxury vehicle - it is an Italian performance car with a tall roof. The metal picks up the red leather around it and keeps the cabin looking technical rather than plush. Gloss Black Window Surround Moldings The window surround moldings are finished in gloss black in place of the standard bright trim. Why it matters: Removing the chrome from the glasshouse is what lets the Stelvio's roofline read as one dark band rather than being outlined and broken up. Against a mid-tone metallic gray it is the difference between a shape that looks modern and one that looks like a rental. Black Roof Rails The aluminum roof rails are finished in black rather than the standard bright aluminum. Why it matters: They carry the same logic as the window surrounds and they carry the load of a roof box or bike rack, which is the practical half of why anyone buys this shape of vehicle in the first place. Finishing them dark keeps that capability from advertising itself. Dual-Pane Sunroof The dual-pane sunroof, a $1,350 option, opens the roof across both rows of seating. Why it matters: The Stelvio has a relatively low roofline and a dark cabin, and the twin-panel glass is the most effective correction available for both - it transforms how open the rear seat feels in particular. At $1,350 it is the second most expensive line on this sticker, which tells you the original owner spent time in the car rather than just around it. Gloss Black Shark Fin Antenna A gloss black shark fin antenna is fitted, included with the sunroof option. Why it matters: It replaces a conventional mast with a low profile finished to match the darkened roof trim, so the last item on the roofline follows the same visual rule as everything else up there. Cold Weather Package The Cold Weather Package, a $795 option, adds heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, and heated washer nozzles. Why it matters: This is the package that determines whether an Alfa can be a year-round car in Ohio rather than a seasonal one. It is also frequently missing on examples originally delivered to warmer states, which makes its presence here a practical advantage for a local buyer. Heated Front Seats The front seats are heated, part of the Cold Weather Package. Why it matters: Leather seats are cold in a way cloth is not, and this cabin is trimmed in leather throughout - the heating element is what makes the first ten minutes of a February drive pleasant rather than something to be tolerated. Heated Steering Wheel The steering wheel is heated, part of the Cold Weather Package. Why it matters: In a car defined by its steering, having bare hands on a warm rim rather than gloved hands on a cold one directly affects how much of that feedback actually reaches the driver. It is a comfort feature that happens to preserve the car's best quality in winter. Heated Washer Nozzles The windshield washer nozzles are heated, part of the Cold Weather Package. Why it matters: Frozen washer jets are the specific failure that leaves a driver looking through a salted, smeared windshield on the first cold morning of the year. Heating them is unglamorous and it is the single most useful item in this package on a Midwest winter commute. Stromboli Gray Metallic Exterior Paint The car is finished in Stromboli Gray Metallic, a $600 optional paint. Why it matters: It is a deep, slightly warm gray that shifts toward charcoal in low light, and it suits the Stelvio's soft, curved surfacing better than a flat color does - Alfa's bodywork relies on reflections to show its shape. It is also the finish that lets the red calipers and red interior register as deliberate accents rather than competing for attention. 2.0-Liter Direct Injection Turbocharged I4 The Stelvio is powered by Alfa Romeo's 2.0-liter direct-injection turbocharged four-cylinder, an all-aluminum engine of the company's own design producing 280 horsepower and 306 lb-ft of torque. Why it matters: It is not a corporate engine borrowed from elsewhere in the group, and it out-powers most of the German four-cylinder competition this car was cross-shopped against - enough for the mid-five-second sprint to sixty. The torque arrives low and stays flat, which is what makes the Stelvio feel quick in ordinary driving rather than only when it is being provoked. 8-Speed Automatic Transmission The engine drives through an eight-speed automatic transmission, assembled in Germany. Why it matters: Alfa calibrated this gearbox for speed of response rather than smoothness at all costs, and in the sharper drive modes it will change gear in a fraction of the time a comfort-tuned automatic takes. Paired with the column paddles it gives the driver genuine manual control rather than a suggestion box. Q4 All-Wheel Drive Drive is sent through Alfa Romeo's Q4 all-wheel-drive system, which runs rear-wheel drive by default and sends power forward only when traction demands it. Why it matters: The default rear bias is why this vehicle steers and rotates like a rear-drive car instead of pushing wide at the front like most all-wheel-drive crossovers. It delivers winter capability without costing the Stelvio the handling character that is the entire reason to choose one. Behind the Wheel The first corner tells you everything. The steering is extraordinarily quick just off center, and a Stelvio changes direction with an immediacy that takes a few miles to trust and then becomes the reason to drive it everywhere. There is very little body roll to work through, the front end bites, and the car rotates rather than plowing. Nothing else with this seating position behaves the same way. The engine backs it up. Two hundred eighty horsepower in a vehicle of this size is genuinely quick, and the delivery is muscular from low revolutions rather than peaky - it pulls out of a corner without waiting for a downshift. In the sharper drive modes the throttle sharpens, the gearbox holds ratios, and the exhaust finds a harder edge through the dual tips. Inside, the black and red leather and the metal trim make it clear this is an Italian car rather than a competitor to anything from Munich or Stuttgart. The driving position is low for the class, the instrument binnacle is hooded and driver-focused, and the glass roof keeps a dark cabin from feeling closed in. For the right owner, this is not a crossover with a sporting trim level. It is an Alfa Romeo that happens to be practical. Preparation and Buying Confidence Before presentation, each vehicle is evaluated for cosmetic condition, mechanical integrity, and the ownership experience it is prepared to deliver. Our process includes a comprehensive exterior and interior detail, with paint correction where appropriate. Key wear items such as tires and brake components are evaluated against our internal preparation standards. This vehicle is offered with our 7-day return policy and a 2-month / 300-mile limited warranty, subject to eligibility and written terms. 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