When Alfa Romeo appear its acknowledgment to the North American accumulation market, we accept to accepting been skeptical. In our defense, the barrage of the Giulia took best than expected, but it was able-bodied account the wait. From its aboveboard adventurous exoteric to its chichi cabin, the Giulia exudes Italian flavor, even in its abject trim. To reside up to its looks and heritage, an Italian car have to aswell accommodate a blood-tingling active experience, and the Giulia delivers there, too. Its active administration and bold turbocharged engine accomplish it an enthusiast’s delight. To advice it accretion a ballast in the actual aggressive sports-sedan marketplace, the Alfa Romeo undercuts a lot of rivals on price, but its alien reliability, let abandoned letters of engine and manual hiccups, build-quality issues, and the brand’s decrepit acceptability in Europe—remains Alfa’s better obstacle to success.
When Alfa Romeo appear its acknowledgment to the North American accumulation market, we accept to accepting been skeptical. In our defense, the barrage of the Giulia took best than expected, but it was able-bodied account the wait. From its aboveboard adventurous exoteric to its chichi cabin, the Giulia exudes Italian flavor, even in its abject trim. To reside up to its looks and heritage, an Italian car have to aswell accommodate a blood-tingling active experience, and the Giulia delivers there, too. Its active administration and bold turbocharged engine accomplish it an enthusiast’s delight. To advice it accretion a ballast in the actual aggressive sports-sedan marketplace, the Alfa Romeo undercuts a lot of rivals on price, but its alien reliability, let abandoned letters of engine and manual hiccups, build-quality issues, and the brand’s decrepit acceptability in Europe—remains Alfa’s better obstacle to success.
What’s New for 2017?
The Giulia is a new archetypal from the revitalized Alfa Romeo cast and, forth with the high-performance Giulia Quadrifoglio (reviewed separately), sets its architect on premium-branded, entry-luxury sports sedans from Audi, BMW, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz.
Trims and Options We’d Choose
For just $2000, we’d advancement from the abject Giulia to the Giulia Ti, which adds affluence items such as acrimonious foreground seats and council wheel, an 8.8-inch infotainment display, 18-carat copse trim, and 18-inch wheels. All but three exoteric acrylic colors amount extra, but we’d appropriately stick with Alfa Rosso, which seems to be the Giulia’s signature color. What we’d splurge on is the Ti Performance amalgamation for $1200, which includes:
