Piece of rolling auto car-art!
My mechanic and I were checking out my Giulia under hood when he pointed out the strut tower, and the fact that it is an alloy casting. No flex possible in that chassis component. I have never seen this level of quality in a passenger car. No wonder everybody raves about the steering quality!
I was similarly blown away when I poked around in other parts of the car. Look into the wheel wells and look at the quality of the suspension components behind those wheels.
Look underneath see the quilted aluminum fairing and the gorgeous CNC and casting work on the ZF transmission. Peek under the driveshaft tunnel (also quilted aluminum) and get a glance at the Carbon driveshaft and aircraft grade UJs. Look at the rear (LSD, since you've got the Performance Package) diff housing.
Finally, take a magnet, or your magnetic trouble light (like I did), and try to find any steel under the hood (to attach the troublelight to) and on the body parts. That's because so much of our Gs are aluminium, and steel is only used where it matters (roll cage/armor for the passengers).
Amazing is right. Piece of rolling auto car-art!!
Don't forget all Giulia models started life as a QV platform, unlike the M3 and AMG C63, which started life as a base 3 series or C series sedan and were upgraded to get to M3 and C63 level of performance.
This was a deliberate and unusual approach by Alfa, and what you are noting in your comments are the results.
Every Giulia is built on a first class, high performance platform, and all model buyers benefit.
This article mentions this approach, as have others I have seen. Subtle but important distinction.
www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2017-alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrif...
Best blogs m.notey.com/blogs/alfa-romeo-giulia
Piece of rolling auto car-art!
My mechanic and I were checking out my Giulia under hood when he pointed out the strut tower, and the fact that it is an alloy casting. No flex possible in that chassis component. I have never seen this level of quality in a passenger car. No wonder everybody raves about the steering quality!
I was similarly blown away when I poked around in other parts of the car. Look into the wheel wells and look at the quality of the suspension components behind those wheels.
Look underneath see the quilted aluminum fairing and the gorgeous CNC and casting work on the ZF transmission. Peek under the driveshaft tunnel (also quilted aluminum) and get a glance at the Carbon driveshaft and aircraft grade UJs. Look at the rear (LSD, since you've got the Performance Package) diff housing.
Finally, take a magnet, or your magnetic trouble light (like I did), and try to find any steel under the hood (to attach the troublelight to) and on the body parts. That's because so much of our Gs are aluminium, and steel is only used where it matters (roll cage/armor for the passengers).
Amazing is right. Piece of rolling auto car-art!!
Don't forget all Giulia models started life as a QV platform, unlike the M3 and AMG C63, which started life as a base 3 series or C series sedan and were upgraded to get to M3 and C63 level of performance.
This was a deliberate and unusual approach by Alfa, and what you are noting in your comments are the results.
Every Giulia is built on a first class, high performance platform, and all model buyers benefit.
This article mentions this approach, as have others I have seen. Subtle but important distinction.
www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2017-alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrif...
Best blogs m.notey.com/blogs/alfa-romeo-giulia