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THIS HIGH-STEPPING fashionista is the 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio, a five-seat, all-wheel-drive midsize crossover, in premium/entry-luxury country, with prices ranging from the low-$40,000s to mid-$50,000s. It’s tardy to the party.

An Alfa Romeo SUV has been in the works for about 15 years, and such a vehicle has always been the linchpin of any theoretical return of the sporty Italian brand to the U.S. market. No doubt Alfa’s dealers would have seen more foot traffic if corporate had started with the SUV model two years ago,…