Best things about Giulia : 1. It's not German 2. It's Gorgeous 3. It's Heaven to drive 🥰

Yes very under rated! If people gave it a fair chance against the competition they will see how great it is to own and drive, not to mention how gorgeous it looks!

I am lucky enough to own a black Veloce (Brake Performance/Black Pack model) with glorious black diamond cut petal alloys. It makes me and my passengers smile with joy every time I drive it especially in Dynamic driving mode. Just wonderful and a real head turner. Brilliant value for money. Next stop a AR QV 510hp in a few years!

Best car i ve ever had. Still have it still love it

Not sure I would say underated as the reviews have been good generally. It is still the reliability that puts people off. People have the same incorrect perception that Alfas go wrong a lot. But they don't. Not since the late 80s. I have had a few Alfa's and currently have a 2019 Giulia Veloce and it is great. The Warranty stats have the Alfa level with the Germans (above Audi and Merc and just below BMW). So I just wish people would stop thinking that Alfa's will go wrong all the time. Get an Alfa and be different from all the boring German cars out there.

Love my Giulia, the way it handles is amazing, 280hp is enough for our roads, The car is like a dirty little secret that not many people know about and I'm happy it's like that.

Had an Alfa 159 (2.4 5-cyl diesel) for 11 years, great fun to drive and very reliable. Bought a Giulia Veloce 2l petrol three years ago. No problems, and the best drive I've ever had.

If you are a driver you take Alfa, if you are retired you take Mercedes, if you think about selling before buying you take Audi, if you have personality issues you take BMW.

First year of ownership out of the way, 10,000 miles and my only problem was getting an interior piece of plastic replaced that was damaged in transit. I like it better than my 3 series I traded.

I have a 2018 Stelvio in Misano blue: Almost the same sport feeling as Giulia but more space for the family. I had no problems at all . Great car

I have been an Alfa Romeo owner for years. They are not about the latest tech. They are not about being flash. They are all about performance and style. In that order. I love the jealous looks I still get in my 159. They are about driving. People either love the tech, or they love the drive.

Got a misano blue Veloce, sunroof, diamond cut spoke alloys, yellow breaks, Harmon Kardon stereo, leather dash (makes a huge difference to how the car feels inside), and sports pack (Q2 diff, adaptive suspension etc, not many go for this). I love it. I genuinely love the car. It might not be a quad but I don’t think I could sell it. It’s beautiful to look at, drives amazingly and is quick enough to have fun without killing yourself or anyone else. I love the fact they’re rare, and I’m pleased I spec’d mine up even if I exceeded the £40k tax threshold. Amazing car.

I'm very happy with my diesel! It's a looker and everywhere I go i get attention lol! I wonder how the US market got a lot of lemons,I am totally satisfied with mine as it has been dead reliable and a lot of fun! I don't want to sell it ever

Fantastic car It deserves a flash with the low beams every time you find one coming in the road

sadly enough enthusiasts and online content creators are giving this car more marketing and visibility, than Alfa Romeo itself. They made a perfect car and they managed to sell it to nobody, while the competition brain washes their customers in thinking their imperfect products are the best they can ever get

I wouldn't call it underrated, since every review has said much the same: brilliant to drive, looks gorgeous, a bit old school in terms of features, but I think I understand what you mean. It doesn't sell in anywhere near the numbers it deserves. The flip side of that is that, as pointed out, it has a certain cachet because not many people drive one, but I do feel sorry for Alfa. They really put effort into this car and it shows and I doubt they've made the money on it they should have. One slight flaw this car has that wasn't mentioned is to do with the gearshit paddles: yes they're lovely, but they're also in the way of the indicator and windscreen wiper controls! You have to reach around the paddles. I guess it wouldn't be a real Alfa without something stupid about it. Another flaw is that the door sills are really large and water gets underneath the doors; still outside the door seal to be sure-there's no ingress into the car-but it means the door sills always get dirty very quickly! Another thing that never seems to get mentioned, but I think it's important, is that it has double wishbone suspension up front. You won't find this on any of its rivals and I am sure this contributes to the car's great handling. As for the wind noise, yes I guess it's there, but if I have the radio on volume setting 10 (which isn't very loud) I don't notice it.

I have a '21 Stelvio Q4, new since April, '21, loaded. The machine is magnificent. FYI I was an Audiphile for 30 years.

I pick up a Veloce in a couple of weeks and yes the 22 model does have rear vents plus a single USB plus limited slip differential. Very excited and lived trekking it out for a test drive. People just stopped and stared as we went by

Bloody love this vehicle and really want one. I had an alfa 156 veloce 2.5v6 back in the day and it was lovely. Hopeless a/c, dodgy electrics but put a smile on my face every time I went out in it. Such a nice noise and free-revving engine.

The trouble in the UK is German car snobbery. The "look at me" crowd. I'd rather have this car any day.

Isnt she lovely too. Like a young Rebecca Jackson, and her little giggle going round the corner is so adorable.

An excellent review, as have been the long term videos. I've owned a Giulia since 2019. At the time, I chose the Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Sprint (+ many options) as a company car (from Jaguar XE, BMW 3) because of how it drives and how makes you (and any passengers) feel every time you travel in it. Only a few relatively minor software issues, but otherwise very reliable. Everyone who travels in it says how safe and comfortable it feels on the road. Perfect driving position. I do wish (sometimes) that the accountant/tax rules here in Belgium would have allowed for a Veloce, but the car is more than fast enough for most daily conditions and situations.

Just signed a 3 year lease for a '23 Estrema in Alfa Rosso, and I couldn't be more excited. I actually looked at the M340i and C43 (in a segment that Alfa lacks an entry) and settled on the Giulia after test driving both. Yes they were both faster, but finding one in an interesting colour was impossible, finding one with the options I'm looking for was also next to impossible without paying $400 more a month, and yeah, everyone has one. They are boring to look at, and if you're not drag racing all day, they are boring to drive.

Alfa romeo is a car for enthusiasts not for those that only buy cars for status. I hope I get to own one in the future.

I have a 2019 Giulia Sport Ti Q4 (Veloce before they called them that in the USA?), and it is hands down the best car I've ever owned. So good that I bought the car after the lease was up. I have never done that with any other car, and I'm 60 years old now. So I've had a lot of cars! The handling, comfort, power and LOOKS just check all the boxes for me.

I own a 2022 Giulia TI and I absolutely love it. I’ve owned BMW 330I, 530, Lexus IS300, and an MK7 GTI… the Giulia is hands down the best looking and funnest car to own and drive. Do yourself a favor and test drive one if you’re in the market for a new vehicle. It punches above its class.

One of the MOST Beautiful Car saloon in The World🌍🔝🏆👑🌟🤗🇮🇹

Great Alfa and review👌

Air vents and a USB socket in the back are available as an optional extra. I love my Veloce!

Love my Giulia QF!

OK, here’s my opinion as a 25 year technology professional. I’m going to buy an Alfa Romeo for the driving experience. The speed, the torque, the handling, and the materials. The last thing I care about is the infotainment system. I’m going to plug in my iPhone, and I am going to use Apple CarPlay to display Waze, Google maps, or Apple Maps as my navigation system of choice. I also hate to touch screens, so I’m going to be using the rotary dial to control the interface. And from my testing, the rotary dial working with infotainment system does and more than adequate job. Also, I love that author mail hasn’t slapped in ugly ass tablet on an otherwise beautiful dashboard.

Incredible review. The sync between both of you and the knowledge you both bring is brilliant Thank you for this Hoping you'll do another one on the new Giulia

I’ve just come out of a great German car into a Giulia Sprint Most cars you ride in, the Alfa you drive Even at 30 mph it’s enjoyable

Awesome review. I will buy,but the QV.

I really like this car, the only thing I don't like is that the Veloce is a 4 cylinder engine. A V6 would have been far more fitting and would allow it to compete with the likes of the BMW 340i and Audi S4.

The Giulia Veloce is so pleasant to drive 😀❤😸

Awesome car

Great review beautiful car.

If this car had been produced by Audi, BMW or Mercedes, now the world car market would be screaming for a miracle and hundreds of thousands of them would have been sold. It is all "in the hype" contrary to Alfa Romeo. Long live Alfa Romeo!

Extremely pleasing on the eye The car is good looking too

I've had BMWs, And Mercedes for years, and now a Stelvio, and I can honestly say the Stelvio is the better car, and you do feel a little special in it. You just look like another prick in a BMW or Audi.

Bought a humble 2018 2.2 diesel with 100,000 miles a couple of weeks ago for £10k. I’ve done 500 miles so far and I’m delighted with my choice and chuffed I was able to get one in my relatively modest budget.

Best purchase of mi life with the MX5

The Giulia deserves to sell better in the UK when you think Alfa Romeo was the inventor of the sports saloon! plus it has better styling/design than it's rivals plus the fact that Alfa Romeo now ranks 1st in customer satisfaction league tables in the USA according to Rons Rides youtube channel!

Extremely cool review ….. just gotta love it 😎 you do have my immediate subscription 🤗 There is something special about Alfa, poor quality, it is impractical…. drives like a dream, sounds like a Ferrari and simply fantastic 😍

Great review beautiful car and an alternative to the usual German brands.

I have a MY21 Q4 Veloce and it is a fantastic car. People, still today, tell me they love it. (They often drive a boring german leasecar) I still can’t understand why the Giulia wasn’t a bigger sales success…

Looks awesome. Leasing might be ok. Would never buy that or anything from current Audi and BMW lineups.

Looks amazing drives amazing why wouldn't you just get one I know I would.

I have one for over two years now and it's the best car I've ever driven, and it's sooo beautiful... Push it hard around some corners with good tyres and it will try to rip your face off, if you like understeer, then go ahead and buy an Audi.

It is underrated because majority does not care about driving dynamics, handling and steering precision, also majority takes German cars quality religiously.

The 159 1750 Ti conviced me that Alfa Romeo is thé car for drivers. It never let me down and I loved it’s stunning design (like many others, got a lot of 👍🏼’s) and the way it drove. Now I own a Giulia Sprint, dark grey and black specs Veloce interior (must have!). The car is simply wonderful! The looks, the drive, the fun etc. The car is chipped to 300 BHP and 408Nm (the engine came to life📈) An upgrade I can advice for 200BHP). And yes I feel sorry for Alfa that they don’t sell a lot of them, but on the upside; it makes this car exclusive just like the other Italian exotics costing at least twice as much. So who’s the winner here? 😉

People need to understand all entry level luxury vehicles have quirks and gremlins. You just have to try them all to see which one you enjoy the most and which one you would like to fix up from time to time be it German, Italian, British, etc.

For my 159 there isnt an option for turning off the lock sound either (in the menu) but after searching on the internet I could disable it by following a certain order of pressing buttons and holding them down for x seconds, that did the trick. Dont know if such a way is engineerd out of newer models though

handling this car its awesome .

After 12,000 miles, a car should still feel quite together. Still a good point in the video to make.

Absolutely gorgeous, well worth any of it's faults.

Hi I've been following Jame's longterm review amongst other reviews on the Giulia. I'm in agreement with James's opinion of going for the Veloce spec. I went to the local dealship yesterday in Willenhall, West Midlands on Friday. I was disappointed to only see 1 model on show which says a lot for not seeing many Gulias on the road. However, I was able to have a good look at the Estrema. It was lovely. I sat in every seat and I was tingling. On the various reviews I'd watched I was aware some countries have a Q4 version. I was disappointed to learn no offering of this in England. I'm concerned how this car copes with the wet and snow being rear wheel drive. Has this car needs to be an all-rounder in all weathers could you give me feedback on driving in the rain? Looking forward to a reply and comments. Thanks V

Love my Ti Sport!

Giulia QF is the only saloon car in the world that comes with carbon fibre driveshaft, plus structural components.

Alfa Romeo Giulia fantastic car 🔝🔝🔝

I consider the German rivals to be unreliable, designed to turn into money pits after the warranty expires. My partner's 328i even had mediocre handling and dead steering. It required Lemforder control arms and Bilstein struts to begin to feel like a sports saloon.. So if the Alfa can stay out of the workshop, it may be worth considering.

It needs to be good, as they wont update for 15 years, like the Giulietta

Seriously considering one of these...

What’s better diesel or petrol!

An amazing car. For those who are fan of this car, skip 5:50 to 8:50, because it is very cringe to see.

Hopefully they put in the tonale infotainment center in this car in the next couple of years

I have a 2019 and it has both usb and climate controls in the back . it must be an option

More reliable than most and least the seats did all need replacing in my new Mercedes A35

Wouldn’t bother getting a bog basic Veloce. The only choice is a quad with a milltek exhaust . I want to hear That roar and my heart pumping when I’m accelerating . You live life once and my quad will not leave me . Too dam good

still my fav in the segment

10 mths in to my ownership of a new QV and I absolutely still love it BUT 99.9% of the the time it is a complete waste as my commuter and digital av speed camera heavy driving just means the power and handling is a waste. Fuel economy of under 19 is poor; already gone through 1 set of tyres; and due a first service after only 9k miles. A Veloce may be a far better option. But then there is that 0.1% of the time when there car is worth it..........

Imagine how stupid people have become if they buy a car and one of the main selling points it's how responsive are the screens .

James, would you chose this over the BMW 4-series you had before?

I so want a Quadrifoglio ❤

Alfa Romeo produces vehicles with sexy appearance, but sadly hardly anyone actually buying those, as e.g. Mercedes sell about 25000 units each month in the US, Alfa Romeo 1500. Who knows how long Stellantis will tolerate these numbers, there are some rumors out there, that even the end of the Alfa Romeo production is on the table.

Sadly on a twisty road almost every other car will always be slower then any giulia.... I find myself wishing that those drivers of 911s in front would just park the car instead of driving a racing line just to stay 'faster' then my slow giulia... (911 is faster in a straight line, and with a decent driver probably as fast in corners...). But the giulia is creepy fast even with stock tires and a numb head linke me on the steering... It's just incredible predictable and sharp like a knife on turn in, forgiving mid turn... And mechanical grip is beasty for a saloon... This thing is by far the fastest cornering car I have driven to date, and that comparison includes a heavily optimized 240sx (180SX). With RSR Semi Slick tires... 🙈 - the Nissan is verry close maybe slightly faster in the dry, but RSR 235s is a hardcore tire for such a light car (1100kg). My giulia sits on 225s Continental Standard tires... And is not measurable slower.

Came here for the gearstick rub...

I’m really tempted to buy the Veloce , only thing that turns me off is the poor residual values / PCP deals.

Because this is a car that you buy with your head not heart. And there are loads of cars you can buy with your head. Look at 12 year-old guiletta, it still looks original, probably drives worse than competition but people still buy it. Giulia on the other hand is just another good looking sedan, not beyond its time. It will age same as any c class or 3 series. I think lexus sedans and civic mark 10, is more different than crowd, which Alfa should also have been.

Julia :))

1:37, I thought the 200hp was consuming much more less than the 280hp

Doughnuts .... that reminds me.

are you alright there, see everything above your dash? no? get your seat up a bit perhaps?

I've considered one of these beautiful cars only recently but the negatives out weigh the positives for me, firstly the reliability issues but I admit these may well be exaggerated? Second the nearest dealer is about 40 miles away and as we only have one car we could be stuck without transport if the dealer needed to keep the car for whatever reason, also not convinced they have the technical ability to fix anything complex but I still keep looking on Auto Trader most days.

Becouse people like suv and are not able to drive! Very simple. This Car is Mega

If I had 50k to spend on a car I would buy it.

She is FIT

Good video but tha navigation really isn‘t that hard :/

Alfas have always been stunning cars to look at and drive. Got to say though this one for me misses the mark. Its just not different enough esp the rear which could easily be any other european car I think new a alfa is a great option with warranty but a 7 plus year old one would be a huge gamble for anyone as the reliability stigma will never go away. You cannot churn out shite for years and expect folk to forget overnight.

Considering the cost, I'd expect better technology. A Ford Focus is more kitted out than this. Nice to see you presenting this rather than taking my crap on Tiktok lol

I don't know why with a 2022 video you couldn't have grabbed the new version to test.

It’s not underrated, it’s just that consumers are now well aware of the poor reliability of Italian sporty cars and the maintenance/repair cost.

Maybe get one in a different colour

It is underrated because minions were told they break!! Keep on spreading b.s. mi ions witjout spirit for me to get them for free!! Hahaha

And that is why people read the manual first.

Love the looks, terrified by the reliability.

Of underrated as this starts from you reporters on. Noone dares to admit publicly through your articles that it is the best in its class. Why? Because of the stereotypes and following everyone like sheep.

You talk about reliability issues yet again .as I always say any car is as good as its owner

These types of cartoonist reviews are so 1970, yet all current youtubers are guilty. 280 hp is overkill, everything above 200 hp is overkill, when are you going to ever use it. More important for real people points of view is to focus on fuel efficiency, torq power and soupleness of the engine and gear switching, handling of the car, comfort and day to day usability and price quality ratio.