“I am Quadrifoglio! I need turbos for my six-hole!” We like to imagine an anthropomorphic Giulia, a Metallica T-shirt pulled up over its cabin, front wheel-arms pointing skyward, reared up on its haunches like some great Rothian beast. The highest-performing variant of Alfa Romeo’s new sedan is a hot rod of sorts, after all, even if there’s not some great Roots-blown Hemi poking impossibly skyward through its hood. And while most of the noise over the past five months has been about the cloverleaf-badged machine, Alfa has dropped a little knowledge about the lesser Giulias prior to the cars’ U.S.-spec reveal at the L.A. auto show as well. Not every BMW customer buys an M3.
Not every Porsche customer wants a Cayman GT4. The bottom line demands a competitive product for those who don’t require maximum performance.
As such, Alfa has joined the other players in the segment in the four-pot 2.0-liter turbo club. The FCA unit boasts that its MultiAir2-equipped engine “will deliver a class-leading 276 horsepower and world-class levels of performance, efficiency, and refinement.”
In the competitive set, BMW’s four-cylinder makes 240, Benz’s 241, Audi’s 252, and Cadillac’s 272. A prerequisite for participation these days is the availability of all-wheel drive. Alfa would like you to know that it will be available. Otherwise, they’d like to go back to talking about the Quadrifoglio.
Read More >>>
No comments:
Post a Comment