- The public crowned the new compact sports car with 16% of the votes.
- Junior marks the brand’s return to the B-segment, one of the largest in Italy and Europe.
- It is the seventh Alfa Romeo model to receive this prestigious award.
Alfa Romeo has begun 2025 with a prestigious achievement: the Quattroruote audience has named the Alfa Romeo Junior “New car of the Year 2025. The vote, cast online by a passionate and enthusiastic audience, rewarded the Biscione brand’s latest masterpiece with 16% of preferences, surpassing the other 19 candidates selected by the editorial staff as the greatest innovations of the past year.
Sporty at heart, compact in size and Italian style at first sight. Junior also represents the new gateway to the Alfa Romeo world for everyone, Alfisti fans and beyond, who has been awaiting the brand’s return to the B-segment, one of the largest in Italy and Europe. To play a leading role, Alfa Romeo offers the sportiest and most exciting compact car to drive in the entire class, the only one that can enter into conversation with enthusiasts for the Giulietta and Mito and attract a new generation of Alfisti fans.
Available in two configurations, hybrid and electric, the new Junior joins the other six Alfa Romeo models that have already won this contest: 147 (2001), MiTo (2009), Giulietta (2011), Giulia (2017), Stelvio (2018) and Tonale (2023).
Antonella Bruno, Stellantis Country Manager, Italy, said: “The Alfa Romeo Junior is a model we believe in a great deal, and the results confirm that: almost 5,000 orders and 2,300 registrations in the second half of last year. Its distinctive design and brilliant performance are winning over a younger and more dynamic audience, with excellent feedback from customers.”
Raffaele Russo, Managing Director, Alfa Romeo Italia, added: “Receiving this award is a source of great pride for us and drives us ahead to do better every day. Quattroruote readers have appreciated the value and beauty of our Junior, a cool and unique object that combines an appealing style with the most advanced technology in terms of connectivity and driving dynamics.”
