Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio - long-term review

Taking the Stelvio to the Pennines on a glorious 500-mile road trip and back was delightful. The sun was out, the roads were great and the twin-turbo 2.9-litre V6 was doing its best to inform everyone in the vicinity of its input from Ferrari. The Q4 AWD system and limited-slip diff combine to offer silly cornering speeds for an SUV, and the steering allows you to place it perfectly on narrow country lanes.

Unfortunately, all of this was completely ruined by an annoying gap in the sun visor. No seriously. I noticed it as soon I put the visor down to shield me from the Pennine sun. The gap sits in your peripheral vision ALL THE TIME. It was as though I'd left the little vanity mirror open and the light was permanently on in front of my face. Very distracting.

Oh, and once you see it, you ALWAYS SEE IT... as Charlie now agrees. Sorry, Charlie. 

How can such a tiny thing become such an annoyance? Am I being a pedant? Maybe some £2.50 gaffa tape would help solve the problem, but then again, adding more spend to the £96k list price would feel, you guessed it, pretty annoying indeed.

Words: Elliott Webb