Is The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Finally A Quality Car?

No doubt, Alfa Romeo is producing beautiful cars since decades. Usually, their models are like a tremendous piece of art that simply suits into every sort of environment. Especially the old ones like the Giulietta Berlina or the 2600 sprint just look fantastic. But let’s say, the have a bit of an issue with the quality since ever. But now, they come up with the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. After reading through plenty of articles, I was totally excited about this particular model. Even the best and most sceptical journalists gave it a thumbs up.

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Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio – Introduction

So what is my first impression?

Wow, what a beast! The Giulia is such a tremendous car, I’m still mind-blown by its look and performance. But the most outstanding fact is probably the amount of times I was in a conversation with random people approaching me where ever I stopped over. I couldn’t refuel without ending up being in a conversation with plenty of car enthusiasts.

But why is that happening?

Well, that has many reasons of course. One might be, it is a brand new car not seen that often on the street. Another reason might be the mixture of beauty and monstrosity the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio harmonizes in the most perfect way. And finally the performance…

Wait, Alfa just built a performance car?

Jesus, yes. Imagine, they just broke the record for a four-door saloon on the Nürburgring. The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio is mighty 13 seconds faster than it’s competitor – the BMW M3. THIRTEEN! That is light years in racing times. It is insanely fast.

Sounds fascinating! In numbers?

They’re using the same engine than the Ferrari California T – 2 cylinders removed. It’s a 2,9 Litre V6 that produces 510bhp – twin turbo charged.

The chassis is aluminium and steel, the 19-inch wheels are held in place by double wishbone front and multi-link rear suspension, it’s rear-drive only, the torque divvied up by a vectoring diff able to send 100 per cent of thrust to either wheel.

There’s also 50:50 weight distribution, the wheels are deliriously beautiful, the bodywork is sculptural, elegant, achingly desirable. But let’s summarise this again

• 510bhp / 600Nm torque
• Fastest four-door saloon on the Nürburgring
• Torque vectoring technology provides the differential with the ability to vary the torque to each wheel.
• 3,9 seconds 0-100 km/h
• 307 km/h top speed (!)

What about the steering?

Yet again, brilliant work. It’s let’s say soft-ish but throws you into corners like a real sports car. The steering is definitely one of my favorite aspects about the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. It sort of feels like Ferrari just built an Alfa Romeo.

The carbon brakes are intense, aren’t they?

They are, but you’re paying almost 10k extra for it. Just been explained by a Le Mans champion that you actually don’t need carbon brakes, they make more sense on the track because you have to warm them up in order to get the full power. This might be a good advice to get it for a more reasonable price.

Some words about the design…

Che bella! They just managed to build a really good-looking car. There is carbon fibre where ever you look at… The spoiler, it’s bonnet, the seats and the roof are made of carbon fibre. The exhaust makes it looking truly mad. It’s all about this harmony of an aggressive look with an astonishing beauty combined.

Besides, the carbon fibre seats are way more comfy than I expected!

Any disadvantages?

Difficult to find – but yes there are some with the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio

• Why on earth are they still building manual gearboxes with such feature of performance? To satisfy the enthusiasts maybe? I’m not sure. The automatic gearbox is another 6 seconds faster on the Nürburgring and I’m definitely looking forward to drive it – just because I know exactly it will be a change for the better.
• The oil sensor started to complain with cold temperatures
• The wind noise on the motorway are too intense

Would you buy it and is it finally a quality car?

The car is fantastic and I absolutely love it. It’s 100k with the manual gearbox and the ceramic brakes. So far, I’m not sure if i’d buy it- but I guess I will be sure as soon as I have tested the automatic gearbox… stay tuned!