Alfa Romeo Tonale Delayed Because CEO Isn’t Happy With It

The preliminary system was to unveil the Alfa Romeo Tonale, a compact crossover the Italian brand desperately requirements to assistance dramatically raise profits, someday this summer season. That launch has now been delayed by at least a few months, an inside supply educated Automotive News Europe. The purpose reportedly has very little to do with manufacturing facility shutdowns or a semiconductor chip shortage, but alternatively due to the fact the brand’s freshly installed CEO, Jean-Phillippe Imparato, was not happy by what he observed.

Previously in charge of Peugeot, he took over Alfa Romeo earlier this calendar year pursuing the FCA-PSA Groupe merger to create Stellantis. The Tonale’s challenge was the plug-in hybrid variant. Imparato wishes general performance advancements and these modifications will require supplemental time. Alfa Romeo declined to remark on the subject.