In its first year of being on the roads of North New Jersey, NYC & Upstate NY, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio has made a huge impact among customers looking for a luxury SUV that combines performance, an elegant design and loads of niceties inside. For the 2019 edition, a lot stays the same although some improvements have been made.

We were so excited that the Alfa Romeo Giulia was named the 2018 Motor Trend Car of the Year due to its advancement in design, engineering excellence, safety, efficiency, value and performance of the intended function. But this is just one of the awards won by this luxury sedan. This year, there were several more accolades earned by the Giulia. They include a repeat win for one and first-time victories from credible organizations like Good Housekeeping, U.S. World & News Report and the Italian Industrial Design Association.

The Alfa Romeo Stelvio has won the hearts of our customers, as well as automotive industry members from several organizations. This is evident by the number of accolades that this Italian luxury SUV has earned in its debut year being on the roads in North New Jersey, NYC and Upstate NY. So let’s talk about these 4 prestigious awards and why the Stelvio received them.

This year is the 90th anniversary since Alfa Romeo’s first victory at the Mille Miglia. This is a race that our brand has had 11 victories, 11 silver medals, 10 3rd-place finishes and 9 triples (or Alfa Romeo cars taking the Top 3 places). And we’re proud to say that the result of the 2018 Mille Miglia race, which ran from May 16-May 19 over in Italy, is another triple for our brand!

Did you know that modern cruise control was invented in 1948 by a mechanical engineer named Ralph Teetor and was first implemented 10 years later in Chrysler Corporation's luxury auto brand Imperial? Cruise control as we know it is designed to maintain a continuous speed in highway traffic.

But it’s far past 1948, so regular cruise control is no longer enough. That’s where adaptive cruise control comes in and your world is as big as you want it to be when driving an Alfa Romeo with adaptive cruise control. With that being said, see this system for…

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Unfortunately we have to postpone the Picnic Tour scheduled for Saturday June 2. The weather forecast looks pretty grim calling for morning showers developing into steady rain in the afternoon ... certainly not picnic or top down driving weather.

June tends to be a busy month so with that in mind, we'd like to get feedback on your availability for the remaining Saturdays in June. If we can't get a representative group together, we can reschedule the picnic later in the fall.

We will keep you updated.

Two new editions of 2 popular Italian luxury vehicles made their debut at the New York International Auto Show in NYC: the Alfa Romeo Giulia Nero Edizione and the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Nero Edizione! Both of these models were the talk of the showroom floor at the Javits Center because of the darkened design cues that you can plainly see from the Nero Edizione Package. They give some exclusive accents to the Giulia and Stelvio models that have the 280-horsepower 2.0L turbocharged engine under the hood.

Ramsey Alfa Romeo will be hosting an Alfa Romeo Owners Club trip the West Point Military Museum on Saturday April 21, where we’ll all drive through scenic Rockland and Orange County.

We’ll all be meeting at our showroom at 10 am to get the route details and will depart at 11 am for the West Point Military Museum. There's plenty of parking available, no security check and historically significant US Military Academy, US Army & Profession of Arms artifacts.

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Blind spot monitoring is designed to work as a second set of eyes that see what yours might not necessarily be able to without turning around & taking your eye off the road in front of you. Being optional in select Alfa Romeo models including the Stelvio & Giulia and standard in the Quadrifoglio versions of both, the blind spot monitoring system warns you when a vehicle or another object is traveling in your vehicle’s blind spot on either side.

It's been 32 years since Alfa Romeo has participated in a Formula One season, but we’re back in the saddle as our brand is teaming up with Sauber to present the C37! It’s ready to compete in the 2018 F1 season and we see it as being a winner!