{"id":37379,"date":"2025-03-27T09:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=37379"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:11:21","slug":"alfa-romeo-junior-q4-test-drive-efficient-but-not-perfect-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/alfa-romeo\/essai-alfa-romeo-junior-q4-efficace-mais\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo Junior Q4 test drive: efficient! But..."},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the invitation ofAlfa Romeo<\/a>in Italy's Langhe region, to try out the Q4 version of the B-SUV Alfa Romeo Junior<\/a>.<\/strong> It's a model I'm beginning to know by heart: after static discovery in Milan in April 2024<\/a>, the Junior Veloce 280 hp test at Balocco<\/a> and the 24-hour race in Germany with the Junior 156 hp<\/a>now comes the Junior 145 hp Q4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, before starting this test, this is the second time I've driven a Stellantis car equipped with the 1.2 L EB2 engine,<\/strong> since I had already tested it on the Lancia Ypsilon Ibrida in 100 hp version<\/a>. I found this block perfectly suited to the Ypsilon city car. What's more, I'm not going to give yet another presentation of the Junior's interior or exterior design. So I'm going to concentrate on the car's behavior and the benefits of the Q4 solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q4 operation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Alfa Romeo Junior 145 hp Q4 is therefore a hybrid thermal model,<\/strong> with a 21 kW electric motor at the front, as in the 136 hp version, and another 21 kW at the rear. Both motors come from emotors, more precisely from the M2 eRAD model. All this is coupled to the six-speed eDCT transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rear electric motor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you'll have gathered, this is not a true all-wheel drive system, as we've seen on some previous Alfa Romeo models (or those of other carmakers). Instead, it's a rear-mounted electric motor that is only activated under certain conditions, depending on the driving mode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n