Is Alfa Romeo Going Mad? - Toughts on Cars

Well, a revolution is happening at the Alfa Romeo headquarters first the mid-engined 4C, and now the Giulia.

The Giulia started off, at least in my mind, with a meeting where a man called Giovanni entered a room full of Alfa Romeo bosses wearing a tuxedo, eating pasta and screaming “Stop, we no need no Fiat’s with an Alfa Romeo badge! We need to go back to the real Alfa breed!”

Well, let’s just think that this really happened, the Alfa Romeo engineers followed that tip. They took the design of the 159 and 156, and elevated it to 2015. I confess I’m a fan of the looks.

Under the hood it’s a 503hp, 3.0-litre V6 Bi-turbo petrol engine capable of 0-62mph (0-100kph) in 3,9 seconds and that puts it at the same table with the BMW M3 and Mercedes C63. Unlike the 156 and 159, the Giulia will be available with rear wheel drive or four wheel drive.

Alfa Romeo claims 50/50 weight distribution and with the use of lightweight materials the car will show around 1500kg (3300 lbs) in the scale.

So, a relatively light, powerful, dynamic sports sedan like we didn’t see coming out of Milan in a long time? Yes please!