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Safety and Driver Assistance

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From Car and Driver

Safety and Driver Assistance Rating:

*Due to lack of NHTSA and IIHS crash testing.

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Since the Stelvio has not been crash-tested by either NHTSA or the IIHS, we cannot rate its overall safety. The Italy-bred crossover is available with a host of high-tech safety and driver assists. Too bad almost none of these active-safety features are standard.

Crash Test Results

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the nonprofit, independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluate vehicles for crashworthiness in the United States. NHTSA assigns cars an overall rating out of five stars. IIHS uses a different set of tests, grades cars on a scale of Good to Poor, and awards the vehicles that perform best across its tests with Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ honors, the latter of which requires that the subject’s automated forward-collision-braking system performs well.

Read more about how NHTSA and the IIHS crash-test cars here.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Test Results

2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio

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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Test Results

2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio

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Airbags, Child Seats, and Spare Tire Location

The Stelvio’s LATCH anchors have removable plastic covers that make it easy to install a rear-facing child seat, but front-seat passengers will have reduced stretch-out space. Our test car didn’t have a spare tire or an inflator kit, but Alfa provides an optional spare tire-for an extra $450, of course.

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Active-Safety Features

Every Stelvio ships with standard rear parking sensors and a backup camera with gridlines that turn with the steering wheel. While the camera’s quality is decent, the small image only takes up half of the screen as the other half is used for the parking-sensor graphic. This effect reminded us of the old 8-mm movies our parents would play during family reunions.

Apart from the safety-minded Volvo XC60, the Stelvio and most competitors have minimal standard active-safety features. Still, the Alfa’s optional equipment isn’t reserved for top trims or bundled with multiple packages. Instead, the Driver Assist Static package includes front parking sensors, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. It’s $800 for most trims; on the Ti Lusso, which has front parking sensors standards, it’s just $650. With that package selected, buyers can have the full suite of features for another $1500. It’s highlighted by adaptive cruise control that will operate in stop-and-go traffic.

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Backup Camera

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