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The Alfa Romeo Giulietta will be quieter and better-riding than a VW Golf, and more agile than a Ford Focus, according to its makers.

The all-new five-door hatchback will be launched at Geneva next month, and is the first Alfa model to utilise a new compact chassis.

See the Alfa Romeo Giulietta pictures

As a result, Alfa is already claiming European class supremacy in handling,...Read the full article

It certainly looks 100 times better than a focus

 and 100000 times more interesting than a golf!

 I think key will be getting the price right. If the price is right - I could see this selling well. Although I wouldnt want a small hatchback, if I did, I would much rather this than a focus or golf.

Alfa better than Focus or Golf .

I'll beleive that when I see it .

I have to say for me the car looks like a gormless gaping fish. I'm not taken with any of Alfas recent goggle eyed designs . Something doesnt gel for me with that gaping grille and bug eyed headlights . The 147 wasnt too bad but ugh the Mito and now this the Mito seems to be like a toddler shouting me too me too.

Come on Alfa give us something good like the 159's taut snarly aggressive looks again. 

 

Even if the sensationalistic headline is true, I fear that unless the Alfa is different to the Focus and Golf, it will sell just as poorly as the rest of the range.  Perhaps if it was RWD it could have acheived this.

For me, an Alfa should be lightweight and responsive with great handling, with giant killing B Road ability, I fear a 4.5 metre long 5 door hatch with NVH superior to a Golf is not going to acheive this.

However if the chassis is as good as they claim, maybe a Scirocco esque version could be developed, for those who do not go for the Altea like dimensions of the std 5 door model.

Is it only me or does anyone else think this car looks like a 1 series BMW.  Look closely.

KingCharlie:

Is it only me or does anyone else think this car looks like a 1 series BMW.  Look closely.

Only you, but then again the 1 Series is a Bangleised rip off of the 147...

At last!

Alfa are bigging up their products, good. Its what they should be doing, aiming to beat the Focus and Golf.

Time will tell, but its about time we had something to follow other than the usual herd.

I really want this to be good, I want one!

.....but is it reliable?

carup008:

.....but is it reliable?

Why shouldn't it be?

The current range are, did well in the JD Power survey in Germany.

VW didn't...

Richard H:

.....but is it reliable?

 

on my 5th and counting and not one breakdown, everyone superb! Viva Alfa

In that case, it had better be quieter and better riding. And presumably it will be, or Alfa will have frittata all over their faces.Clever of them to alreay know how quiet and smooth-riding the new Focus is...

On behalf of gormless, gaping fish everywhere, can I say how offensive I found that comment. It's been bad enough this week already with me terrified of driving my Toyota Prius anywhere (I locked myself in the bedroom for three days when I first heard about it) and now this. If my throttle sticks and I have a heart attack because of your comment I'll come back to haunt you.

On behalf of gormless...

On behalf of etc......