2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Super Sport

With one glaring exception, Alfa continues to make the Stelvio a better value for 2024. By reducing the number of 2.0-liter trims from five to four and pushing many of the features reserved for the upper trims to the base model (called the Sprint), Alfa has improved the Stelvio's value proposition. Consider these standard features: adaptive cruise control, blind-spot warning, forward collision mitigation, heated front and rear seats, and a heated steering wheel. That said, Alfa deleted the Quadrifogilio's advanced torque-vectoring rear differential and replaced it with a conventional mechanical limited-slip. The new differential is less capable of influencing the Stelvio's handling. However, the new mechanical LSD appears on the Competizione 2.0-liter trim. Previously, the Quadrifoglio was the only trim that offered it.

Competitors to the Stelvio include the Audi Q5 Sportback and BMW X4, both of which aim for the sportiness of the Alfa with aggressively sloping rear rooflines rather than taking a wholesale approach to performance tuning like the Stelvio does. But they also offer fresher designs, nicer interior materials and bigger infotainment screens. And if you're looking for something to compete with the utterly bananas Quadrifoglio, consider the BMW X3 M.