See how
well Alfa Romeo Stelvio vehicles stack - up to their rivals.
Despite the strong pull of the Quadrifoglio's bold performance, I think the base Giulia and Giulia TI models — with their 276 - hp, 295 - lb - ft, 2.0 - liter, intercooled turbo fours and hardly leisurely 5.5 - second 0 - 60 times — are fizzy like
the best Alfas of yore.
And finally... saying this is
the best Alfa in years in reality isn't saying much at all considering everything Alfa's made since the 70's and before has been abject garbage
To yet another pathetic attempt on behalf of the ver descending FCA to revive the Dead Man Walking brand of Alfa Romeo with their half baked efforts at badge engineering» & «And finally... saying this is
the best Alfa in years in reality isn't saying much at all considering everything Alfa's made since the 70's and before has been abject garbage»
Because it's
a good ALFA doesn't mean it's the best sport sedan ever like some of you guys implied... Nothing to jump around for really.
At $ 34,000 there are lots of more established and familiar cars that
better the Alfa in everything but Italian flair.
Inside, the Giulia has one of
the best Alfa Romeo interiors in a generation, thanks to its slick design, decent materials and solid build quality.
Violating several of my own hard - learned rules of smart old - car buying, I started having the work done instead of walking away from
a good Alfa that needed more work than it was presently worth.
Porsche succeeded and
bested the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio's then - record - setting lap by a whole second.
Porsche succeeded and
bested the Alfa...
All these systems guarantee driving safety, dynamism and performance in
the best Alfa Romeo tradition.
But in this class, what's arguably most important is how great a car drives, and there, none of the competitors can
best the Alfa.
It looks fantastic, and who could say no to a properly
good Alfa?
The Giulietta has assumed a place in the tradition of
the best Alfa Romeo models, drawing on its heritage of dynamic performance, without compromising on efficiency and convenience in everyday use.
Yes it's beautiful, but Alfa have been so fixated with building a Golf rival that instead of building
the best Alfa in years, they've given us a «B» grade Golf instead.
Not exact matches
As for the driving, Ben thought it was pretty
good, while I missed the lightweight, tossable feel of the
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio that was a finalist for BI's 2017 Car of the Year.
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Although
Alfa secured the services of Mario Andretti for 1981, it wasn't him that scored the team's
best result - that would be Giacomelli, who once again had a storming drive in the final race of the year.
Before the end of the year
Alfa already had a replacement, the much
better 179, which had a more ground effect - friendly V12.
Sauber already showed off its 2018 livery when it announced the technical partnership with
Alfa Romeo at the end of last year, but now we get to see the colours on its new car and it looks...
well, like this!
Alfa supplied engines to Osella for a few more years, but was gone for
good at the end of 1988.
At least I would have a
good excuse to hang onto my beloved
Alfa: It will make a great home gym.
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However, in my opinion, just like an
Alfa Romeo, on a
good day when everything was dialled in, it was glorious.
Helping keep the
Alfa Romeo Giulia planted to the pavement are a host of aids including an active front splitter for improved downforce, as
well as a an active differential with torque vectoring to keep it settled in high - speed corners.
Alfa have apparently managed it this time and
good for them, who doesn't like a nice
Alfa?
It's
better than trying to tell everyone that the new
Alfas are based on a Chrysler floorpan ad nauseam.
Bring a Trailer's 1965
Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Sprint Speciale is a perfect example, offering stunning design from one of the
best marquees in the business without the million - dollar buy - in.
Those same engineers — led by none other than Roberto Fedeli, the man who made Ferraris as
good as they were for 20 - odd years before being poached by BMW in 2014, and then poached back by Sergio Marchionne in 2015 to mastermind the technical rebirths not just of
Alfa but Maserati as
well — are equally proud of the Stelvio's chassis refinement.
Marchionne described
Alfa's heritage: «A rear - wheel - drive architecture, it was incredibly light, it was incredibly
good - looking, and it was incredibly powerful.
That means less family friendly, but it's so much
better put together and designed, although I'd say the
Alfa on the sport chassis I had handled
better, but was slower.
But there would be no reason for GM to hold on to Chrysler (competing with Buick and fancy Chevys), Dodge (Pontiac), Fiat (small cars selling
well only regionally), or
Alfa Romeo (requires boatloads of cash to develop new product).
Built on an
Alfa Romeo platform, the Dart delivers a smooth,
well - controlled ride, one that's tomb - quiet compared with the Caliber.
Maybe the
Alfa will do
well, it's a great car and I admire it but does not have the reputation as a true drivers car as yet.
You're not going to take it off - road, you're not going to haul a lot of stuff in it and you're not going to get through snow any quicker than in the stunning rear - wheel - drive only Giulia QF sedan unless you put winters on it (which would work nearly as
well on the sedan), so what's
Alfa trying to prove with another over-tall performance car?
Better yet, working with Mazda — which will almost certainly sell its version stateside — means it should be fairly simple to federalize
Alfa's model for U.S. consumption.
Premium hatchbacks have become big business, so should the homogeneity of German propositions have you rolling your eyes there are some left - field options:
Alfa Romeo's Giulietta is fairly disappointing and Lexus» CT 200h trades performance for economy, but the new Infiniti Q30 is worth a look - similar under the skin to an A-class, it's quirkier to look at and rides
better too.
alfa 4c - so
good it finished last, beaten by a mini in evo car of the year 2013.
> Interior and tech -
Alfa Romeo has launched an all - new infotainment system in the Giulia, but despite taking inspiration from the
best German systems, it does fall short of the
best in class.
Fittingly,
Alfa Romeo's effort has paid off - and whether Quadrifoglio or not, this is one of the
best cars the company has produced in a very long time.
The
Alfa's saving grace may
well be its relative rarity on UK roads, as in the sea of BMW 3 - series and Audi A4s, the fact it is not a German compact executive might
well be enough for most.