Yep!! And we are proud owners of one

Well, it’s only underrated for people that lease their cars. Not SOLD.

I own a Giulia Ti Sport. It's a fantastic car.

Garrett W I think it’s better to lease the Giulia rather then finance

To avoid any maintenance problems

Our Giulia Veloce is too 🏁❤️

Which one do you enjoy owning more? The Stelvio or the Giulia?

Good to know- love the inside styling.

It's a well built car. And incredible to drive as well. Even the 2.0L model.

A4 and 3 series are way funner to drive but the giulia is amazing

Totally agree with you, I have a 18 giulia ti sport awd, it handles awesome

george ibrahim funner to drive than an Alfa Giulia. Are you on crack?

george ibrahim no way are they more fun to drive than the guilia!! Fact!! Drive one... I’ve owned them all, Audi bmw, Mercedes and jaguar

I can certainly agree with all that as having owned 3 e46 bmws , one of being the m3, an Audi A4 , Mercedes c300, and a Jaguar 35t I can honestly say the Alfa is the best driving and most playful car I’ve ever owned. Such an alive feeling that bmw has seemed to have lost and others have never achieved. Steering is top notch and unmatched by the Germans

Ferrari go for races and they have them fixed as well. It's good to always know where they are in every situation. In the past it wasn't a problem to take the hand out and reach the central stick. ...now suddenly it is a problem to reach them behind the wheel? I don't think so.

Same here... I’ve leased bmw, jaguar, Mercedes and thus far this car has been the most reliable. Granted the service sucks ! But that’s just because I just came from driving a jaguar and the service is above and beyond.

@@Dr.Aculah what you mean the service sucks ?

@@Travis73917 Alfa Romeo is serviced in my area by Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealers. Occasionally you'll find a Maserati dealers that service the Alfa Romeos. When i say the service sucks.... I mean it sucks compared to other luxury competitors. My last car (Jaguar) their service department always went above and beyond. Offered things along the lines of "service car pick up and return". I personally have had terrible experience with 2 dodge/jeep service departments.

@@Dr.Aculah is the prices cheaper for going to the jeep dodge ram Chrysler dealership for the alfa?

Travis Crosby Not really. That’s one of the downsides. Other brands in this segments include oil changes (at least here in my local area) some offer 3 years or 1 year. Alfa didn’t, oil change is about 3 times the price of a Jeep/dodge vehicle. At least for me.

In my area if you can even find one used they’re still over 37k. I’ve been waiting for the bottom to fall out to pick up a cheap used one but I’m still waiting...

I found one with 3.5k miles on it and an asking price of $47k. Could not believe how bad its residuals are

@@swanblake I bet it was a 2017? Don't buy a 17 Quad, lots of electronics problems. But anything 2018 and after appears to have good reliability.

The QF holds its value better than the competition. Unlike BMW there aren’t thousands sat around in used car lots. You won’t find a “cheap” QF of any age.

@@aureol40012 I agree, though a dealer flat out told me to not buy a used 2017 (it was out of my price range anyways) because they struggled with electrical problems. They're too fast/pretty/fun to not retain decent value.

I need to part ways with my 2019 Giulia TiS Q2 LSD (loaded except for the extra load of a sunroof😎) It’s at 50k and would be a perfect candidate to turn into a “baby” QV with some mods😬

2018 Ti Lusso Q4 myself. Love it. Only bad part about not commuting anymore is not getting to drive it every day.

Whaaaaa? You mean the turn signals? I think they pretty much work the same as our BMWs and I don’t see any issues with it …strange😏

If you want an Alfa such things don’t matter. I used to drive an 80 mile round trip to service my Giulia. They once had it for 10 days for warranty work. I was in a Stelvio for that time. Not a problem.

@@aureol40012 I am completely agree with you here. There is no challenge to drive ~100 miles to service a car which you love to drive. This is something that "you got'a do what-cha got'a go" thing if a human being is already had a taste of being inside such a car and loves it. Alas, this is not a huge group of people and manufacturer prospers when they sell a lot of cars. And sale numbers increase. This will not happen if new customers will not come along. And among new clients - there is ones that is still considering their pros and cons while making a decision.

I actually own the Motor Trend press car. I have no problems and neither did they.

EOtekk precisely.

@@aureol40012 I bought 2 and no problems yet. Just let them be. Much of the 'reliability' nonsense has to do with the way Alfa left the states in the 90's. When you bought a mercedes in the early 00's there is nothing left because they rusted away just standing there. When reviewing a new mercedes this never comes up in the review. Just enjoy driving yours and let them talk. That's wat I do.

Agreed.

@@dirkcuypers6669 Thank God there are a couple sensible people among all of these trolls! C&D had one car ...ONE car that had issues with multiple idiot journalists. After the 2017 model, the reliability went way up and then they upgraded the infotainment for all of the ninnies who probably don't know jack about driving feel and experience and pushing a car to its limits. They are the people who whine about the size of the backup camera....as if you spend more than 5% of the time driving in reverse. The Giulia QV is an awesome car. I just hope the negativity and false info doesn't drive them out of the US and prevent future models. I've driven a lot of BMW's and these Alfas have so much more soul.

The system is really not substantively different from any of the other adaptive cruise control and lane centering systems so I didn't think it was worth a mention.

Get a high performance car... then have it drive itself. Yeah, that checks out.

Alex on Autos erm, yes it is.

jake atkinson What are you, 12? If you think it’s different, make an argument as to how.

​@@AAutoBuyersGuide I will keep that in mind when choose who I should watch for car reviews. Moreover, that's an incredibly lame answer!!!

I have a 2018 Ti Sport. It's sublime. Highly recommended.

​ @Randy's Orchids and ​ @Paul V if you don't mind me asking. How many miles you have on your car? Any issues or concerns?

@Randy's Orchids thank you! Looking forward to seeing more of your experience with your Giulia.

Similar comparison but I bought the Stinger GT1.

@@timw2083 That would have been my second choice. But I got a good deal on my G70 Sport.

You aren’t the people Alfa are after. You are clearly buying cars with the dullest of criteria. If you’d genuinely put ANY BMW over this car then you are clearly a bit of a pipe and slippers kind of guy.

jake atkinson ok dude. Seems like you need a hug or something since you’re comment is obviously trying to get a reaction. I’ve driven all the models and I liked the Alfa but it’s trash infotainment (back in ‘18) and fact it’s worth 50% less after 1 YEAR is a joke. You can afford to lose that in depreciation you’re a richer man than I.

@@Jacobk66 50% in 1 year. BS. Haha. It's on par with M3's.

There hasn't been a lexus worth buy other than the GX 470 in half a decade

I’d go for gullia

@@james2042 The LC would like a word

@@trdrav4 you mean the gt car that has a 5.0 v8 that needs to be revved out to 5000+ rpm for any sort of power, and has horrible handling characteristics? I can get a dodge challenger that does the job better for half the price. If you wanna talk about equal price points, the E53, M5, RS5, and even the C8. Hell I forgot about the IS which also not a bad lexus buy

Lexus buyers don’t get the luxurious experience of knowing their mechanic on a first name basis.

The problem is that Alfa is sitting under the Fiat umbrella and Fiat is not doing well in North America. Hence FCA’s fear of investing large sums into marketing, but the brand not succeeding anyway because Fiat has no “Americanized” models to sell. They should have released Alfa as a completely separate network, I think, or connected it to the Chrysler/Jeep network instead of Fiat.

@@afcgeo882 I totally agree. Fiat is a dead brand here and tying Alfa to it was a very bad move, potentially fatal.

Darrell I think the other issue is not having larger vehicles. They’re afraid to compete against Maserati, which is also not doing too well.

@@afcgeo882 Which is strange IMO. Maserati should be positioned at a higher price tier as a more premium product. Of course, Maserati's current lineup is a joke. There is more than enough room for both of them under the same roof. Their product positioning, planning and marketing has been absolutely terrible.

Darrell That’s my point exactly. They want to increase Ferrari sales with family-friendly models. They keep Maserati down so as not to take away Ferrari sales. Their Lancias and Alfas are kept down to not compete with Maserati and Fiat is just a shit box. At this point, the Peugeot lineup looks far smarter for North America than FCA’s Euro brands.

the BMW grill reminds me of Bugs Bunny's teeth

@@ryanm.3681 Except uglier

Best joke of 2021 😂

@@nessuno5403 Yet it attracted you!

@@buildmorefarms1007 yes, your idiocy did 😄

@@nessuno5403 haha you're triggered!

I'm 6'2, and fit perfectly. My brother drove my Giulia and he is 6'6. Just get one without the sunroof.

Probably because of this thing called a pandemic. Have you heard of it?

It's specifically the 2017 Quad that was publically having electronic problems

Alfa in general has average reliability at best. It’s comparable to Range Rover/Jaguar in my opinion. That is usually fine for high end luxury cars as they’re far more complex and are leased, but their resale values are horrific. However, when you apply that reliability to a $40k base car, it’s not a good proposition. The repair costs become crazy in proportion to the sale price.

@@afcgeo882 pursuant to what? Ignoring anything before Fiat and Chrystler started operating Alfa (so ignore anything before it came back to the US in 2016), how does Alfa have bad reliability? Like I said, go ask any dealership and they'll all admit the 2017 Quad Giulia struggled with its electronics for whatever reason. I had a 2017 2.0L Giulia and 0 problems with it. Bought a 2020 and so far so good.

Jean-Paul Le Clercq Persuant to the fact that Alfa has a history prior to 2016. Why would you discount it? Also pursuant to its record since 2016. It’s not just the 2017 Giulia that suffered from infotainment issues. All models did and in 2018 as well. Also, they’ve had other serious faults too. My cousin (by marriage) is an FCA technician for high end cars (Ferrari, Maserati some Dodges and Alfa) in New York and he keeps me up to date. Giulia has a 13% chance of not needing repairs over initial 3 years according to CR. Car and Driver had tons of reliability issues with their 2018 Quadrofoglio, throughout their 40k mile long-term test. Some well-known (common issues): Remote start (TSB exists) Battery compartment cover leaks Brake pad sensor wiring issues (TSB exists) Air Conditioning condenser icing up (Giulia and Stelvio issue) A/C blower stops working while driving, but only if the auto start/stop is turned to “ON”. Misfires after the W05 recall update. Auxiliary water pump (low pressure, for turbo) Constant electronics issues (codes thrown, gauges not working, oil sensor, etc) There are unfortunately many others. These issues are common to North American and European Alfa-Romeos and to models other than the Giulia. Alfas unfortunately have always been less than reliable, though certainly gorgeous and fun to drive.

@@afcgeo882 I didn't have any of those issues. My infotainment would occasionally reboot. It's also the first generation of a vehicle, I'd expect some small issues here and there. Can you tell me how many issues first gen hondas had? I drove a 1997 Acura 3.2TL that had like 4 different recall fixes early on. Is Acura an unreliable car? I think it's fair to say we we'd need to see how the vehicles are doing off warranty 5-10 years down the line. If the car avoids major mechanical problems, then I think it can be deemed as reliable.

James Mastroianni I would disagree. Unless you track everyday, nobody would reject having a full set of safety features. Sometimes people tend to reject new features like acc/lkas, but once they get behind the wheels they quickly get used to such features and wish they had have these features earlier.

@@bikingmoments I was helping a very wealthy friend pick out a car (she just didn't wanna be bullied by a dealer since she's a woman) and I asked a benz and bmw dealer about them and both said more people want it without than with

You’re talking about turbos of the 1980’s and 1990’s. Modern turbos have wide torque bands and twin scroll turbos have one scroll for low RPMs and one for higher RPMs. This is common to all twin-turbos.

@@afcgeo882 You are completly wrong. Just do yourself a favor and compare them, before you post comments, as i did the work myself as well, before posting my initial comment. Take the 2.0 Multi Air Q4 in the Giulia for example. The rpm range of 90 % of maximum torque doesn't even reach 4000 rpm and that's without considering turbo lag. The normal 2.0 Multi Air is even worse. Just to mention, both are twinscroll turbocharged engines, which isn't the same as twin turbo, which you seem to got confused with. Just for comparison: A BMW M340i only has a rpm range of about 4000 rpm, where it reaches >90 % of maximum torque, not considering turbo lag.

Because they’re expensive trash fires that are fun to drive, but are money pits after the 3-year warranty is done. If you bought one, you’re doing it wrong.

The power output of the 2 liter leaves little room for such an option. The R/D costs would be high, but sales/earnings low.

They should use the Maserati V6. It has significantly less power than the Quadrifoglio. That would be the perfect mid -range model.

EOtekk Why do they even need another trim? Why should they spend extra money to design it? It’s already a giant money pit.

@@afcgeo882 There's nothing to design. All they have to do is drop in an existing motor. So then you would have power outputs of 280, 345, and 505.

EOtekk 😂 You’ve never worked on a car, have you? Aside from the motor maybe not fitting in, that requires a different transmission and a re-design of all the auxiliary systems for them to still fit into the engine bay properly. Then the car has to go through months of testing. For what exactly? What’s the gain here? By the way, the 3.0 V6 on the Ghibli is built by Ferrari. They are only this month scheduled to switch to an in-house 3.0 and no one yet knows what it will be like, but we know it’s based on the Alfa Quad’s 690T. Maserati’s line-up is leaving V-8s and switching to Alfa’s engines, re-tuned. The other one being the 2.0TT. So what are you advocating for? A de-tuned V6 from a Quad? WHY?

They went from having way too many to not having any in a couple model years. I think the dealers were forced to bring so many in they pushed back and their pretty much out of everything now.

@@Jacobk66 Production (Corona) issues. Heard the new batches have now left the ports in Europe bound for US

Except it's literally a Frankenstein with zero looks and driving dynamics compared to the seductive Giulia. I agree it has nice tech, however.

Thomas Ferraro Jr. Disagree on the driving dynamics comment, definitely, though would say the Alfa and XE are the leaders in the segment handling. Looks in the eye of the beholders, I like most small luxury sedan, love the uniqueness of the Alfa front, profile is good as are many sedans in this group.

@@93455Driver The Genesis didn't touch the Alfa for driving dynamics. Genesis has improved but it's numb at the limits. No comparison in that regard. It's competent, but lacks feel. I drove them all. My QV is just a blast. Again, G70 tech is better. It's a nice car, whichever you decide. Cheers

Thomas Ferraro Jr. Understood, the QV is definitely special.

Comparative review, bud.

The entire car is already the coolest around ....

Funny, I had that on a Volvo and I never really used it.