Category: Alf Romeo

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GIULIA SET TO RESURRECT THE ALFA ROMEO BRAND

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Alfa Romeo Giulia arrived here in January 2017 with the arduous task of helping to resurrect the iconic Italian brand to the level that made it one of the world’s most respected carmakers. The Alfa Romeo 4C that went on sale in 2015 was certainly a positive sign but it was a small two-door coupe or convertible sportscar with limited impact on the general market. By contrast Giulia is a mid-sized family sedan albeit one with serious performance attributes. With SUVs dominating sales it’s getting harder and harder to find… Read more

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ALL-NEW ALFA ROMEO STELVIO

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Alfa Romeo is joining upmarket Europeans with a stylish SUV called the Stelvio, named after one of the world’s most famous driving roads, the Stelvio Pass in Italy, Based on the underpinnings of the Alfa Romeo Q4 all-wheel-drive the Stelvio is instantly recognisable as an Alfa with its huge shield dominated grille. Indeed the Stelvio probably looks more Alfa Romeo than anything else in the Italian marque’s range. Powered full-grain leather seats again take a very Italian look and feel. Infotainment is bang up to date, viewed by way of… Read more

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2017 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QV REVIEW

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This redhot Italian machine is taking on high-performance models from Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Lexus and Mercedes at their own game. Alfa Romeo’s Giulia Quadrifoglio Verde (QV) sports sedan is the real deal. Rear-wheel drive, Ferrari-inspired 500 horsepower (375 kW) twin-turbocharged engine that gets it to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds. It reset the Nurburgring production sedan lap record at just 7 minutes and 32 seconds. After getting to the 100 km/h in the three-second bracket, it gets to a top speed on the far side of 300km/h. Keeping weight down… Read more

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NEW ALFA ROMEO STELVIO

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Alfa Romeo is joining everyone else in the automotive world with a new SUV model, its first, called the Stelvio. The Stelvio is named for the Stelvio Pass, one of the world’s famous driving roads. Based on the underpinnings of the Alfa Romeo Q4 all-wheel-drive the Stelvio is instantly recognisable as an Alfa with its huge shield dominated grille. Indeed the Stelvio probably looks more Alfa Romeo than anything else in the Italian marque’s range. Give Italian stylists all the frontal real estate and there’s no way they would deliver… Read more

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ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPRINT COUPE

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1954-1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint

  The Alfa Romeo Sprint Coupe came onto the market in 1954 as a replacement for Alfa’s first postwar production design, the 1900, which had been released in 1950. Prior to the 1950s, cars were a relatively small part of Alfa Romeo’s business, its main business being the manufacture of aircraft engines. In the 1920s and 1930s Alfa Romeo competed in many car races and were successful in Grands Prix, Mille Miglia and Le Mans on a number of occasions, soon gaining a reputation as the outstanding marque for the… Read more

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ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA 2011 – 2015

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2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta

Alfa Romeo Giulietta is a thoroughly likeable Italian small-medium sedan that will appeal to those looking for more than mere transport in their day-to-day driving. These days Alfa Romeos aren’t built only for drivers of Italian dimensions. Multiple settings are offered in the way of a height adjustable driver’s seat and a steering column that can be adjusted in four directions. This five-door hatchback has been styled to look like a sports coupe thanks to cleverly ‘hidden’ rear door handles. Unless tall front-seat occupants are willing to give up some… Read more

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NEW ALFA ROMEO GIULIAS ARE STUNNERS

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Alfa Romeo has a long history in sports and racing cars, but has been relatively quiet in recent years. All that has changed with the next generation Giulia which is about to hit the road in Australia. Giulia is built on a brand-new rear-drive platform and is aimed fair and square at the big name Germans. The BMW 3 and 4 Series and the Mercedes C-Class are its targets. The very tasty icing on the Italian cake is the high-performance $143,900 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, with the BMW M division… Read more

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STUNNING NEW ALFA ROMEO GIULIA

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Alfa Romeo has announced its Giulia sports sedan will arrive in Australia in February 2017. It’s a true sports model, with rear-wheel-drive giving it 50/50 weight distribution. It will be sold in four trim levels: Giulia, Giulia Super, Giulia Veloce and Giulia Quadrifoglio. The hot Quadrifoglio is the star of the range, jumping from zero to 100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds. It also holds the current Nurburgring production sedan lap record at just 7 minutes and 32 seconds. Quadrifoglio is Italian for four-leaf clover and has been the symbol… Read more

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ALFA ROMEO MITO 2009 – 2016

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2009 Alfa Romeo MiTo

Alfa Romeo MiTo (named for the two Italian cities, Milan, where it was designed and Torino, where was made) is a small three-door hatch that’s big fun to drive. Even everyday trips are likely to bring a smile to the face thanks to the chassis dynamics and engine performance. Then there’s the gorgeous styling, one of the best shapes from the Italian marque renowned for beautiful bodies. Inside, there’s plenty of visually oomph in the shapes and colours offered. Okay, so this may sound predictable, but our favourite is hot… Read more

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2015 ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA DISTINCTIVE REVIEW

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Good news has been very thin on the ground for the Alfisti for what seems like a decade. Sure the stunning little Alfa 4C has been a bright and shining light in a dwindling range as Fiat-owned Alfa’s masters dithered about what to do next, but there’s not been much for the fan to buy after the demise of the lovely 159. This is a great pity, because when the Giulietta first launched, it was very, very promising. With the recent launch of the Giulia, we thought it worth revisiting… Read more