One of Italy’s few SUVs had made a case for its existence with a Nurburgring lap record.
Posting an impressive time of 7:51.7, the Stelvio QV is now the fastest production SUV around the Green Hell.
Behind the wheel was Fabio Francia, who drove the Guilia QV to a record for fastest four-door sedan around the ‘Ring.

Additionally, Alfa Romeo says the eight-speed which is mated to the 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 shifts gears in 150 milliseconds in race mode.
This all adds up to a lap time that stomps the Porsche Cayenne’s previous record by eight seconds.

“We’re proud to now hold two Nürburgring lap time records with the Giulia Quadrifoglio as the fastest four-door production sedan and the Stelvio Quadrifoglio as the fastest production SUV.”
But not everyone is perfectly satisfied with the record just yet.

However, a certified lap of the Nürburgring is hard to falsify to those who were present, and an official timer doesn’t need to use a YouTube video as proof.
Though FCA Australia has confirmed the Stelvio is coming to Oz in early 2018, a timeframe for the arrival of the Quadrifoglio has not been announced.