A promotional video showing the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in the metal for the first time has been released.
In between close up shots of the car, which will officially be unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March, there are some clear, full car shots.
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Alfa plans to launch the Giulietta in Italy in late March. The UK launch will coincide with the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June, where Alfa Romeo will be the featured marque.
The car will be made as a five-door only. It features a Golf-sized rear compartment but a coupe-like roofline and disguised rear door handles (as used on the 147) to enhance its sporting credentials.
Suspension is MacPherson struts at the front and a new multi-link design at the rear.
At 4.35m in length, the car is 130mm longer than the Golf or the 147. The 2.63m wheelbase is about 50mm longer than the Golf’s or 147’s, and although its extra length makes it look low, it is 50mm higher than the car it replaces.
Alfa engineers say rear seat space and boot capacity are “the same or bigger” than a Golf’s and that the overall weight is “a little bit heavier” than a comparable 147’s, even though the body-in-white is lighter.
Buyers will be offered three different designs of 16in, 17in and 18in wheel - a thick-spoke design, a multi-spoke and Alfa’s familiar ‘telephone dial’ design.
A range of the Fiat Group’s transversely mounted four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines, all turbocharged, will drive the front wheels, ranging from a 120bhp 1.4-litre petrol to a 170bhp 2.0-litre diesel. Later next year there will be a 230bhp Cloverleaf model.
All Giuliettas will eventually be available with Fiat’s Multiair electro-hydraulic valve actuation. And all get automatic stop-start as standard.
The line-up will feature five and six-speed manual gearboxes, but Fiat is working on a semi-auto twin-clutch alternative. The cars will get Alfa’s DNA suspension and engine settings system.
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Re: Production Alfa Giulietta revealed
Another car spoilt by too long a front overhang.
Re: Production Alfa Giulietta revealed
I agree with those of you who have driven a non-Cloverleaf Mito. At Alfa's Balocco track I drove the standard Mito back-to-back with the Multiair Cloverleaf, which gets adaptive damping. The difference is night and day. As some of you have said the steering of the standard car makes it feel as if it has an elastic steering column. The Cloverleaf's steering is in another league, as is the ride and handling. It's genuinely impressive.
Re: Production Alfa Giulietta revealed
Looks good! Very sharp. Still undecided about the grille-lamps, but hope to catch it at Geneva in the metal.
Owned 3 Alfas, love them but a couple of traits make me realise they're far from perfect - All have had fairly poor ride-quality, and they tend to need TLC. But hey, they have soul.