Summary
The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is a small electric SUV that arrived in the UK in 2024 as Alfa Romeo’s entry-level EV. It shares its platform and electric drivetrain with several Stellantis models, including the Peugeot e-2008 and Jeep Avenger, but is positioned as a more style-led and driver-focused alternative.
Available in standard and more powerful Veloce forms, the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica offers brisk performance and sharper handling than many small electric SUVs. UK media reviews generally praise its steering response and overall driving feel, particularly in Veloce specification. However, the standard version is less engaging, and pricing is higher than several direct rivals offering greater electric range.
Interior quality and technology are widely considered competitive for the class, although rear space and boot capacity are typical rather than class-leading.
The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica scores very highly for zero tailpipe emissions in the Expert Rating Index, and projected running costs are low. Warranty cover is competitive. Media review scores, however, have been more moderate than the brand’s sporting image might suggest, and a Euro NCAP safety rating has not yet been published.
As of February 2026, the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica holds a New Car Expert Rating of A, with a score of 70%. It scores top marks for zero tailpipe emissions and benefits from low running cost projections and solid warranty cover, while average media review scores moderate the overall result.
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Junior highlights
- Sharp steering and engaging handling
- Strong performance in Veloce form
- Distinctive Alfa Romeo styling
- Competitive in-car technology
Junior lowlights
- Higher pricing than several direct rivals
- Electric driving range trails some competitors
- Standard version less engaging than Veloce
- Rear space and boot capacity only average
Key specifications
Body style: Small SUV
Engines: electric, battery-powered
Price: From £33,895 on-road
Launched: Summer 2024
Last updated: N/A
Replacement due: TBA
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Media reviews
Highlighted reviews and road tests from across the UK automotive media. Click any of the boxes to view.
Featured reviews
“The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is a stylish small electric SUV that’s easy to drive and well equipped, but it doesn’t feel as distinctive as you might expect from the badge.”
Model reviewed: 115kW Speciale
Score: 6.4 / 10
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The Car Expert
Stuart Masson
“The Alfa Romeo Junior Electric is handsome and comfortable, but only the top spec model is as sporty to drive as its looks suggest.”
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
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Carwow
Mario Christou
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Auto Express
Model reviewed: Range overview (includes hybrid version)
Score: 8 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior is, far and away, our favourite of the Stellantis collection of small SUVs based on the CMP platform. It possesses that familiar Italian flair, while the sporty-looking cabin features decent technology and some interesting design touches, plus is practical, although only really in terms of luggage capacity.”
Author: Alex Ingram, Ellis Hyde
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Score: 9 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica Veloce is the best mainstream Alfa in a generation. It hits the bullseye on numerous levels. Not just because it’s great to drive, but also because it’s well packaged, contains lots of usable technology, and is seriously high on quality, inside and out. In fact, it shows just how good a small electric car can be if the details are done right. Overall it’s an absolute belter.”
Author: Steve Sutcliffe
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Auto Trader
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“There’s plenty to suggest that, however much you spend on your Alfa Romeo Junior, you’ll be getting one of the very best small electric crossover-SUVs on the market.”
Author: Mark Nichol, Dan Trent
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Business Car
Model reviewed: Speciale
Score: 8 / 10
“Alfa’s first EV looks to live up to its maker’s reputation amid platform-sharing constraints.”
Author: Sean Keywood
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Car
Model reviewed: Veloce
Score: 8 / 10
“The Junior Veloce is jolly good fun on UK roads and certainly has enough compliance to deal with their patchy surfacing. Despite being a little softer than the Abarth 600e, it’s still a tenacious little tearaway that combines what we love about hot hatches with an EV twist.”
Author: Alan Taylor-Jones
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Model reviewed: 54 kWh Elettrica
Score: 6 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior is a stylish, compact EV that’ll almost certainly do well in the increasingly crowded B-segment. It’s arguably better-looking than its rivals and has a spec sheet that keeps it competitive. Still, it feels like a missed opportunity – at least with this powertrain and trim.”
Author: Curtis Moldrich
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“I’m not blind to it being closely related to the largely unremarkable Jeep Avenger, or that it’s still cramped in the back and has a short range. However, it is the electric car that’s got closest to the feel of a properly good old-school hot hatch for me, despite ever-present stability control.”
Author: Alan Taylor-Jones
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Carbuyer
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior is great to drive and exudes an air of quality, making it a brilliant first EV for the brand”
Author: Charlie Harvey, Andy Goodwin
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Driving Electric
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The first fully-electric Alfa is a special car, but it also offers plenty of sensible qualities.”
Author: Shane Wilkinson
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Electrifying.com
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is good fun, especially in the fast Veloce trim, and with style pizzaz that few rivals can compete with – but it’s not cheap.”
Author: Vicky Parrott
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Evo
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Junior is Alfa Romeo’s first ever pure-electric model, but don’t let that put you off. The Veloce is a practical offering with a real performance edge.”
Author: Sam Jenkins
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Green Car Guide
Model reviewed: Speciale
Score: 7 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is a welcome addition to the choice of small electric SUVs for car buyers. It offers the Alfa badge and individual styling, and although the driving experience offers some fun, it’s closer to what you would expect from other brands in the Stellantis family such as Vauxhall rather than Alfa.”
Author: Paul Clarke
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Heycar
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Compact, electric SUVs are where growing numbers of car buyers are heading, with the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica aimed right at their hearts. With its distinctive looks, a good zero-emission range, entertaining agility and stacks of kit, it’s an engaging, good value package you shouldn’t ignore.”
Author: Keith WR Jones
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Honest John
Score: 8 / 10
“Almost every new car this company launches is steeped in expectation but the early signs are that the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is worthy of pinning hopes on it being a sales success. A compact, electric SUV is right on the industry’s smart money just now, so with its distinctive styling, good electrical range, appealing driving characteristics and fine value, it ticks many customers’ boxes.”
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Parkers
Model reviewed: Veloce
Score: 8.4 / 10
“One of the funnest EVs out there.”
Author: Alan Taylor-Jones
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7.6 / 10
“Alfa Romeo’s first EV should reinvent the marque.”
Author: Curtis Moldrich
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The Independent
“Such is Italy’s reputation for stylish motoring that we expect our Alfas to look nice, if nothing else. Mamma mia, what were they thinking?”
Author: Sean O’Grady
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Score: 8 / 10
“The Alfa Romeo Junior is an exciting new electric SUV that looks great, is well priced and drives in the enthusiastic way you’d expect from this famous Italian brand.”
Author: Richard Aucock
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The Sun
Model reviewed: Range overview
“This might look like a little crossover, but it’s got the terrier-like character of a front-drive hot hatch. The steering is direct and accurate.”
Author: Rob Gill
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The Sunday Times
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“While Teslas and Porsche EVs, for example, may have a great deal more straight line speed, the performance of the Alfa Junior Veloce is in a Goldilocks zone – not too much, not too little. It is, quite simply, fun.”
Author: Will Dron
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The Telegraph
Score: 6 / 10
“This compact electric SUV isn’t in any way bad, but it fails to live up to its illustrious badge.”
Author: Alex Robbins
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Good looks and superb handling combine to lift Alfa’s second electric car and third SUV above the norm.”
Author: Andrew English
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Top Gear
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The Alfa Junior is a lot of fun in Veloce form… just know the range means you’ll be having that fun briefly”
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Safety rating
Independent crash test and safety ratings from Euro NCAP
No safety rating
As of February 2026, the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica has not been tested by Euro NCAP.
Eco rating
Independent economy and emissions ratings from Green NCAP
No eco rating
As of February 2026, the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica has not been assessed by Green NCAP.
The Green NCAP programme measures exhaust pollution (which is zero for an electric car) and energy efficiency. Electric cars are much more energy-efficient than combustion cars, so the Junior is likely to score very highly in Green NCAP testing whenever it ever takes place. Check back again soon.
Running cost rating
Monthly cost of ownership data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by Clear Vehicle Data
| Battery range | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
| EV models | 242 miles | B |
| Electrical efficiency | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
| EV models | 4.7 m/KWh | A |
| Insurance group | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
| All models | 32 | C |
The Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica is a relatively affordable car to own and run, according to whole-life cost numbers provided exclusively to The Car Expert by our data partner, Clear Vehicle Data.
The battery range of this EV – 215 to 255 miles, depending on the model you choose – is competitive for a model of this size, and its electrical efficiency (the EV equivalent of miles per gallon for a petrol or diesel car) is excellent. The car’s insurance bracket is a little higher than the market average.
As of July 2025, we don’t have five-year servicing costs for the Junior, but we’ll update this section as soon as we get the data.
Reliability rating
Reliability data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by MotorEasy
No reliability rating
As of February 2026, we don’t have enough reliability data on the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica to generate a reliability rating.
The Car Expert’s reliability information is provided exclusively to us using workshop and extended warranty data from our partner, MotorEasy, sourced from both official dealerships and independent workshops.
As soon as MotorEasy has sufficient data on the Junior, we’ll publish the results here.
Warranty rating
New car warranty information for the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica
| Overall rating | B | 77% |
| New car warranty duration | 5 years |
| New car warranty mileage | 75,000 miles |
| Battery warranty duration | 8 years |
| Battery warranty mileage | 100,000 miles |
Alfa Romeo’s new car warranty is better than average, and better than most premium-name brands in a similar price bracket as the Junior.
The duration for the overall warranty is five years, with a limit of 75,000 miles. In addition to the standard new car warranty, there is an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty for the battery components.
If you’re looking to buy a used car that is approaching the end of its warranty period, a used car warranty is usually a worthwhile investment. Check out The Car Expert’s guide to the best used car warranty providers, which will probably be cheaper than a warranty sold by a dealer.
Recalls
Official DVSA safety recalls that have been issued for the Alfa Romeo Junior
As of February 2026, we are not aware of any DVSA vehicle safety recalls affecting the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica. However, this information is updated very regularly so this may have changed.
You can check to see if your car has any outstanding recalls by visiting the DVLA website or contacting your local Alfa Romeo dealer.
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