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The Alfa Romeo Tonale lands in the USA, but changes its name: here is the Dodge Hornet

It's called Dodge Hornet , and it's not; an unprecedented model, as we had anticipated. Beyond the & agrave; of the close family relationship between Dodge and Alfa Romeo for the & quot; parent & quot; group Stellantis, to suggest that Tonale and Hornet are twins separated at birth & egrave; aesthetics : the designers have mainly intervened on the front, where the air intakes at the ends of the bumper, the grille and the luminous signature of the LED headlights have been modified, while at the rear and in the side glazing of the margin there is some; was less, therefore the kinship & egrave; quite obvious.


Net of the aesthetic customizations, such as the rims, the colored carryovers in the passenger compartment (which in fact is the same as the Tonale) or the strips that can be applied on the roof, bonnet and rear depending on the customer's requests to give the Hornet a Sporty air more marked, the differences more & ugrave; important between the Italian SUV and the twin proposed in America are under the hood , and are clearly related to the different approaches between the European and overseas audiences.

TWO MOTORIZATIONS, NO DIESEL OR LIGHT HYBRIDS losing the diesel and mild hybrid engines , intuitively not very 'American'. The access proposal is represented by the Dodge Hornet GT, while at the top there & # 39; & egrave; the Hornet R/T plug-in hybrid:

The change of the Hornet R/T & egrave; a six-speed automatic that allows the so-called PowerShot function: 25 extra HP (included in the 288 advertised) for 15 seconds maximum. There is no shortage of Brembo brakes and a specific steering calibration. Is not serious; The price of the R/T version has been communicated, but Dodge dealers in North America already have; started collecting orders in view of the delivery of the first units scheduled for 2023.

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