Strapping a 280 horsepower electric motor into a car measuring 4.17 metres long produces a particular kind of tension — the kind Alfa Romeo used to exploit in the 147 GTA. The Junior Veloce revives that instinct on Stellantis’s e-CMP platform, delivering 345Nm of torque through the front wheels and a 0–62 mph time of 5.9 seconds. The sprint figure is secondary to the thing itself: Centro Stile kept the surfacing clean rather than aggressive, and the Veloce trim adds genuine suspension tuning rather than a cosmetic package dressed up as performance.
WLTP range is approximately 210 miles from a 54 kWh battery; 100 kW DC fast charging takes the pack from 20 to 80 per cent in around 30 minutes. The wheelbase is 2,560mm — compact by any modern measure — and the proportions show it. Where recent electric hot hatches have arrived bloated and abstract, the Junior Veloce is the size a car like this should be. It represents a re-entry into something the brand had been absent from for too long.
£42,295 — alfaromeo.com