Rave reviews for new Alfa Giulietta

pburns

I know the Brish car journos usually give a new Alfa the benefit of the doubt but they're bordering on declaring it best-in-class. Interior looks fantastic...

http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Alfa-Romeo-Giulietta/248791/

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results/First-drives/Alfa-Romeo-Giulietta-14-TB-170-2010-CAR-review/

Nonoperational

I think it looks great and it is badly needed for alfa. Lets hope it's a success.

af_thefragile

It looks really ugly from the front.
Though it has a nice rear end.

They really shouldn't have had given it the Mito's front end.
The Mito is probably the ugliest Alfa made to this date!

EPM

Looks like it's come good. Was expecting the usual good but could do better lines but doesn't seem the case. Should be comparison tests soon enough to give a better indication

samsemtex

Ive read a couple of reviews where they say it is very competent but they all mention that it likes any kind of spark. They say in Evo that unlike Alfas of old you dont particularly want to get back into it and keep driving. And it doesn't like to be revved :eek: Even the cloverleaf is supposed to be a little dull.

So Alfa have found some decent build quality but lost their spark...I'm all :)

Lex Luthor

my jury is still out on the looks...interior apart from the seats and clocks, doesn't look at all like an Alfa. Bit disappointed with that side of things. It used to be when you sat inside an Alfa, the interior was so different and beautiful to anything else, that all you mates were envious of you...not with this one.

The engines seem to be the biggest leap forward though. Since the emissions based tax system they were lagging behind but now seem to have caught up and the 1.4 Multiair seems to be the pick of the bunch for the masses

toomevara

Looks good but its going to have to go some to make me abandon my A3.

CarMuppet

what a name..... "Alfa Romeo Giulietta"... hmmmmmm

Cheers,
CarMuppet

RobertM

Topgear says


"Honest. If you're thinking of buying a Golf, put the Giulietta on your ‘to really consider quite seriously' list. It drives well - excellently, in fact - and has a fine range of turbocharged, direct injection engines. Interior space is much improved on the 147, refinement is good, build quality appears to be almost... German"

Tea 1000

It looks fantastic in the metal. Just standing beside it and looking at it you realise it's just the best styled car in it's class. Looking over at a 5 door Focus or Golf by comparison, they look terrible. Although this will probably be aimed at the A3 and 1-series.

unkel

Tea 1000 wrote: »

Looking over at a 5 door Focus or Golf by comparison, they look terrible.

Yep the trick with the concealed rear door handles is still working for Alfa! All small 5 door cars look terrible to me while their 3 door brothers look great. Best examples are the current C4 and Focus imho

McSpud

Any one know what Irish prices will be?

Given the UK prices mentioned maybe under 25k?

bigjohnny80

McSpud wrote: »

Any one know what Irish prices will be?

Given the UK prices mentioned maybe under 25k?

Prices not release for Ireland yet... I'm hoping it will stay under 25k. Early european prices are between the 20-23k mark asfaik

I have an 06 GT 1.8 TS. Thinking of trading it in for the 2.0l diesel Giulietta. Thoughts?

Really hope this does well for Alfa as there is a rumoured 169 coming in a couple of years but it may depend on how well this and the 159 replacement go.

McSpud

bigjohnny80 wrote: »

Prices not release for Ireland yet... I'm hoping it will stay under 25k. Early european prices are between the 20-23k mark asfaik

I had a quick look and Italian prices start at about 23k fro 1.6d & 26K 2.0d. Their prices for a few other random cars seem to just under Irish prices from 5-10%.

VolvoMan

Excuse my cynicism, but I'd give it three years before the Brititsh press start slating it and classing it as an 'also-ran'.

bigjohnny80

VolvoMan wrote: »

Excuse my cynicism, but I'd give it three years before the Brititsh press start slating it and classing it as an 'also-ran'.

Well we will know more once the road tests come out. The mito has had a good reaction so far so hopefully its a sign of things to come.

Eoin

I really hope it looks better in the flesh; I don't like what I see so far. The dash looks very dated and plastic-y I think.

DUBLINHITMAN

I had a 147 in 2001 when they 1st came out loved it
but alfa's aren't made to be trashed by drivers under twenty
lol
so maybe that I'm in my thirties now I'll have more respect for the guiletta
mite be worth thinking about
alfa's are gorgeous but not made to be drivin hard
unless it's a GTA version
hmmm chrome manifolds lol

samsemtex

eoin wrote: »

I really hope it looks better in the flesh; I don't like what I see so far. The dash looks very dated and plastic-y I think.

By all accounts it does. My brother saw it at Geneva and he and his friends that were with him said it is stunning. I dont like the interior either though. Its not very Alfa like. I love the driver focused dash of previous Alfas. This one is a bit Audi like or something. Dont like it at all.

KamiKazi

Such an ugly car.

samsemtex

KamiKazi wrote: »

Such an ugly car.

Have you seen one? If not then i really cannot comprehend how you can make such a statement.

KamiKazi

samsemtex wrote: »

Have you seen one? If not then i really cannot comprehend how you can make such a statement.

Unless the pictures in the reviews posted are insanely unflattering....

JHMEG

Jeez that's rotten. Looks Korean.

Theta

KamiKazi wrote: »

Such an ugly car.

I would have to agree but my dislike of alfa's is known.

Tea 1000

Wait to see it in the metal, pictures do it no justice. Best looking hatch back on the roads.

Eoin

samsemtex wrote: »

By all accounts it does. My brother saw it at Geneva and he and his friends that were with him said it is stunning. I dont like the interior either though. Its not very Alfa like. I love the driver focused dash of previous Alfas. This one is a bit Audi like or something. Dont like it at all.

I'll reserve judgement so. The Mito didn't look as bad as I thought it would when I saw it on the road. It sort of looks like they're trying to squeeze in a design that would look better on a wider car.

McSpud

UK Configurator

UK prices out too.

Matt Simis

bigjohnny80 wrote: »

I have an 06 GT 1.8 TS. Thinking of trading it in for the 2.0l diesel Giulietta. Thoughts?

Wouldnt that be huge downgrade?

Nonoperational

Matt Simis wrote: »

Wouldnt that be huge downgrade?

No....it would be an upgrade if anything.

Lex Luthor

bigjohnny80 wrote: »

I have an 06 GT 1.8 TS. Thinking of trading it in for the 2.0l diesel Giulietta. Thoughts?.

good plan...what about the 1.4 Multiair?

Matt Simis

gpf101 wrote: »

No....it would be an upgrade if anything.

To go from a recent high end Grand Tourer to a new plate sub compact (147 replacement) is an upgrade? One is at the top end, the other firmly bottom end (though new).

Not following your (plural) logic here..?

spuddy

I thought it was pig ugly too, until that is I saw it in the flesh at Geneva. You'll change your mind too.