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Chris Walton, Frank Markus

“This is truly the Italian Army knife of BDC.” “The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio comes from a different place, a new place, a higher place. I’ve never done a hot lap so far off the ground. I liked it!” Those were Randy Pobst’s first words after dismounting the Stelvio. Others joined the fun, finishing this sentence: It’s not an SUV, it’s … “a two-story supercar,” “a Giulia hatch with a lift,” “a sport wagon in need of an EpiPen.” Alfa Romeo’s high-rise hot rod earned its invite by winning last month’s comparison test of similarly manic muscle utes. And like the Kia Stinger, this 4,282-pound bruiser defied several predictions of a distant finish largely on the strength of its Ferrari-derived twin-turbo V-6, smart shift calibration, indefatigable brakes, and dynamic-handling-biased all-wheel-drive programming that…

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