Hello, Giulia! Alfa Romeo's New Sedan Busts Out A Day Early

by Mark Stevenson

June 23rd, 2015 1:59 PM

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hello giulia alfa romeo s new sedan busts out a day early

One of this year’s most anticipated reveals, the new Alfa Romeo Giulia, has been leaked on the interwebs a day ahead of schedule.

Here’s another angle of Alfa’s new midsize sedan said to be powered by a Maserati-derived V6.

We will have full details on the car tomorrow.

[Source: CarScoops]

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Dwford on Jun 24, 2015

As someone who has been waiting for the imminent revival of Alfa for 25 years, I'm really over it. At this point all I see in this car is what could have been for product for Chrysler and Dodge.

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Corey Lewis on Jun 24, 2015

It looks like a G37 from a few years ago, like 2010. The wheels are awful (low profile take on those 156 wheels from years ago). And it will undoubtedly be filled with Chrysler parts and engines, and yet cost more than an equivalent BMW because Italy. But according to Sergio they'll sell 150,000 a year. Right. At least you can get a Dart loaner while your Guilia is in for repair. I should say here that I -like- real Alfas, but this isn't one of them. Nor is Alfa meant to be a mass-market world brand like they're trying to do.

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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  Everything has to be mass market junk, where have you been?
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later I suppose you're right. But in order to justify the inevitably high price here, it needs something special besides an Alfa badge. The mass market has created -lots- of options these days. And in the US in particular, I feel the badge holds little weight, other than a heavy pull towards unreliability memories for those older people.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @Corey Lewis "The mass market has created -lots- of options these days." Which are all essentially sucky copies of each other. "And in the US in particular, I feel the badge holds little weigh" Why is BMW getting ready to sell what amounts to a German iteration of a Civic hatch? Unfortunately the badge matters, which is evident on this Alfa. FCA seems to believe they can sell Chryslers for BMW/Daimler/Audi prices because of the Alfa badge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_2_Series_(F45)
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later You are my Abilify cloud today! But my argument RE: Badge was that it won't work in this example. The Alfa badge in particular doesn't have enough pull.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later Depends on the marketing. I have to admit the latest Fiat 500 sedan truck thing commercial was quite clever. Maserati has done well for what it is, despite its last foray in the states being the disaster Biturbo and being associated with Chrysler's Lebaron. "The 100-year-old Fiat-owned maker of Italian sports car is offering a combination of new and redesigned sedans, opening dealers and spending more on advertising. We're not talking about threatening BMW or Mercedes-Benz, but Maserati has sold more than 9,100 cars so this year, quadrupling its year-earlier volume. Maserati's global sales also nearly quadrupled during the first half of the year to 17,500. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has set even more ambitious targets for Maserati — a fivefold increase in global sales to 75,000 by 2018" http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2014/10/04/maserati-fiat-chrysler-marchionne-dealers-sales/16689307/
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later You liked the boner pills commercial? I found that really gauche.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later I thought it worked well, no more gauche than the decade earlier "That thing got a Hemi in it".
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later Oh dear, you are the target FCA customer! How do you feel about that? #abilify
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later Well we are probably both in the targeted age demographic but I imagine not in the targeted gender demographic (although everyone keeps saying cars are targeted at youth in order to be sold to older people so there's that).
  
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- Corey Lewis on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later I always saw Alfas as a man's car, not something women were really into. You've gotta get your hands dirty fixing it, and such. I'd not have the kind of coin for a new Alfa purchase. Though maybe they'll have aggressive lease pricing.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later You'll be able to pick one up CPO I imagine on the cheap. I suspect the market will see right through what is essentially a reshaped Chrysler 200. Fun fact: Did you know the Chrysler TC by Maserati was supposed to debut before the Chrysler Lebaron? The idea was it would debut first and then the following Lebaron would have the "Maserati look" on the cheap and thus would help move volume. However it was two years late so the Lebaron coupe was sold first for MY87, thus the Maserati had the "Lebaron look" in the public's eye. History repeats itself with the 200 and Giula. "Chrysler's TC by Maserati was a "Q" body based on a modified second generation Chrysler K platform jointly developed by Chrysler and Maserati as a grand tourer and introduced at the 1986 Los Angeles Auto Show. After 2 years of development delays, the TC became available in late-1989 and 7,300 units were manufactured in Milan, Italy by the time production ended in 1990. All cars sold as 1991 models were actually manufactured in 1990." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_TC_by_Maserati
  
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- Danio3834 on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later "I suspect the market will see right through what is essentially a reshaped Chrysler 200." What are you talking about? The two cars share nothing.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later Per this link the Giulia is supposed to be a RWD vehicle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Giulia_(2015) But then there are articles stating it is not. http://www.autoevolution.com/news/alfa-romeo-giulia-to-be-fwd-after-all-47840.html Which is it? If the model is not RWD, then how is it different than the Chrysler 200?
  
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- Danio3834 on Jun 24, 2015
  
  @28-Cars-Later It is RWD based. Nothing at all shared with the 200. The rest of the details are out on otherwebsites now.
  
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