For several years after the premiere of sports sedan from the Italian brand, Giulia continues to attract real drivers.
The popular sports crossovers have a number of minuses. For example, a high center of gravity, a large mass and not always moderately a powerful motor. In addition, the owners of such machines constantly follow the spirit of adventurism and drive them as far as possible in the dirt, to check whether the four-wheel drive is capable of the distribution system between wheels and figuratively speaking a 500-strong motor to conquer the roadless forest belt. With compact sports sedans, the other way is, they do not have all the above problems, so such a car becomes the right choice for Petrolhead or just a person who loving good cars.
If you speak it, then the best sports sedan for the past few years can be considered the Italian Alfa Romeo Giulia, which in the 2021 model year I updated somewhat and became a little better. I think you should first talk about the minuses of this car. Despite its fairly high price, this sedan is inferior in convenience and luxury to its German competitors. For example, the rear sofa, in Giulia, it is only needed to take a seat behind the driver - he has a short pillow, an uncomfortable tilt of the back and the place for the legs of an adult between him and the back of the front armchair is practically no. In addition, in the cabin updated Alfa Romeo Giulia still deduces the view and speed of the multimedia system. At the same time, the updated model received better finish materials and several revised ergonomics. The front sitting is still comfortable, but to fit them under themselves with the necessary accuracy will not work.
The basic variant of the sedan is equipped with a 2-liter turbo engine at 280 hp and 420 nm of torque that works in a pair with an 8-speed "machine" and rear-wheel drive. In more expensive equipment, a full drive system is available. The rear-wheel version accelerates up to 100 km / h in 5.5 seconds, the all-wheel drive is done by the same exercise by 0.4 seconds faster. The maximum vehicle speed is 240 km / h. The flow rate of the 2-liter version of Giulia with rear-wheel drive is 9.8 liters per "honeycomb" in urban mode and 7.1 liters per 100 kilometers when driving around the country roads.
But who is interested in basic cars, especially if there is a model with a Ferrari engine in the line? Right - to anyone! Top Giulia Quadrifoglio boasts a 2.9-liter engine with two turbines by 505 hp and 600 nm of torque that works in a pair with a 8-speed "automatic" and a non-alternative rear-wheel drive. Such a sedan behaves on the road much more interesting: acceleration from space up to 100 km / h occupies only 3.8 seconds, and the maximum speed is 306 km / h. Such a car consumes 13.8 liters per 100 kilometers in the city and 9.4 liters per hundred on the highway. Such characteristics translate sedan in the category of direct competitors for BMW M3, Audi RS5 Sportback and Mercedes-AMG C63 S.
What happens in the updated Alfa Romeo Giulia on the go? Even the basic motor associated with a well-tuned gearbox and sports suspension is able to deliver a lot of pleasure to the driver: the car is easy to control, playing and allows you to easily pass any turns at high speed. Despite the rather hard suspension to use this sedan every day you can also not without pleasure - other sports models are overly rigid, the owner of such a car can be easily identified by bruises at the bottom of the back. And if you order Giulia with an adaptive suspension, it will make the car perfect in any ride modes.
How much is such happiness? Unfortunately, this car officially ever imported to Russia - most likely, the case at a high price and Italian assembly of the model. However, other European and US markets this sedan is available. In North America, Alfa Romeo Giulia will cost $ 40,745. For this money, the client will receive a 2-liter turbo engine, rear-wheel drive, 17-inch wheels, two-zone climates control, leather seat upholstery, multimedia system with an 8.8-inch screen and eight speakers. For an additional fee, you can get a complete drive and differential of increased friction. More expensive versions are equipped with 18- and 19-inch wheels, sports steering wheel, aluminum inserts in the cabin, increased friction differential and much more. In addition to the above-mentioned in the basic execution, a logging collision warning system, rear parking sensors and LED DRLs are included. Active Assist 1 Package will add a car adaptive cruise control, automatic switching of overall light, the monitoring system of "blind zones", and a system warning system from the strip.