{"id":35675,"date":"2026-02-06T13:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35675"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:55:04","slug":"ev-u-turn-2026-alfa-tonale-leads-return-to-gas-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/ev-u-turn-2026-alfa-tonale-leads-return-to-gas-lineup","title":{"rendered":"EV U-turn: 2026 Alfa Tonale leads return to gas lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Montreal<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Three years ago in Italy, the plug-in-hybrid Tonale SUV projected a new era for Stellantis\u2019s storied Alfa Romeo brand. The automaker\u2019s first electrified model, Tonale, would lead a parade of six fully-electric Alfas by 2030 as the Italian maker transitioned with other luxury brands \u2014 including Cadillac, Buick, Jaguar, Genesis, Volvo and Mercedes \u2014 to battery power. Just three years later, the industry has done a U-turn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And so has Alfa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For 2026, the refreshed Tonale SUV will only be offered as a turbo-4 model, leading a brand retreat to reliable gas power. Plans for an all-EV showroom by 2030 have been shelved, and the aging, gas-powered Stelvio SUV and Giulia sedan fill out the U.S. lineup. Like the rest of the industry, EV sales \u2014 including of the plug-in Tonale \u2014 slid without hefty government subsidies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/05\/PDTN\/88526488007-alfa-tonalelineup.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The gas-powered, 2.0-liter turbo-4 U.S. Alfa lineup for 2026: Tonale SUV, Giulia sedan, Stelvio SUV.\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The gas-powered, 2.0-liter turbo-4 U.S. Alfa lineup for 2026: Tonale SUV, Giulia sedan, Stelvio SUV.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/02\/05\/ev-u-turn-2026-alfa-tonale-leads-return-to-gas-lineup\/88525793007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal\u00a0\u2014 Three years ago in Italy, the plug-in-hybrid Tonale SUV projected a new era for Stellantis\u2019s storied Alfa Romeo brand. The automaker\u2019s first electrified model, Tonale, would lead a parade of six fully-electric Alfas by 2030 as the Italian maker transitioned with other luxury brands \u2014 including Cadillac, Buick, Jaguar, Genesis, Volvo and Mercedes \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35676,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35675\/revisions\/35676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}