The Alfa Romeo Giulia Thread

Hurrah! The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio will remain on sale until 2027

As will the hot Stelvio, even though both cars were supposed to die last year

Excellent news for proper petrolheads – Alfa Romeo has announced that the Giulia Quadrifoglio will remain on sale until 2027. Quick, we must all go and buy one immediately!

Its sibling the Stelvio Quadrifoglio will also live on until next year, with Alfa claiming it has made the decision “in response to requests from enthusiasts”. Turns out we do have a say in things after all.

“As announced at the recent Brussels Motor Show 2026, we're reopening orders for the Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio, to keep to a promise made to customers of ours who pay the most attention to the extreme performance and pure emotions inherent in Alfa Romeo's DNA,” said boss Santo Ficili.

“This is the best way to celebrate one of the most famous symbols in the automotive world, which brings with it a century-old quest for technical excellence applied to competition and production cars.”

 
Order books for Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio re-opened

Alfa Romeo has announced it has re-opened the order books for the Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio. See pricing below.

Alfa Romeo has announced the order books for its performance-focused Giulia and Stelvio models have been reopened, with the Italian automaker’s local arm confirming these models, including their standard siblings, will be available in South Africa through 2027. The decision to re-open the order books for the Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio comes in response to customer request and forms part of the Turin marque’s strategy to extend production of these two derivatives.

Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio price in SA

The Giulia Quadrifoglio is priced from R2 039 900, with its performance-focused SUV sibling priced from R2 225 900. As standard, pricing includes a five-year/100 000 km maintenance plan and warranty of similar duration and distance.

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio – R2 039 900
Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio – R2 225 900

 
How to buy an Alfa Romeo Giulia for the price of a Dacia Spring

Billion-dollar baby: This famously expensive to develop Alfa is now enticingly cheap to own

Unbelievably, it has been more than a decade since Alfa Romeo revived the Giulia name for its achingly pretty junior executive saloon, the first of just two models to use the billion-dollar Giorgio platform that took mass-produced Alfas back to rear-wheel drive for the first time since the 1980s and made them fantastically engaging to drive.

Alfa recently confirmed the car will remain in production until 2027 while the firm reconsiders its plans for an EV-only successor, which is good news in our book - and even better, you can now buy one of these thoroughbreds for less than a new Dacia Spring, while a 503bhp V6 Quadrifoglio version is attainable for no more than a mid-spec Duster.

Despite never having received a proper facelift, the Giulia hasn't become any less alluring. Model-year updates have adjusted the bumpers and changed the colour palette and a slightly slicker tri-LED headlight motif was added in 2023, but Alfa has never felt the need for stylistic revolution, so even the earliest cars still look fresh.

Alas, the same is not true of the cockpit. Back in 2016, we found the interior of the Giulia unimpressive: the material quality lagged behind the Audi A4's and the infotainment system was trickier to use than the BMW 3 Series'. But with time the Alfa's cabin improved.

The 8.8in media screen is neatly integrated into a dashboard that swoops over the easy-to-read dials in front of the driver (swapped for a 12.3in digital cluster in 2023) and there are physical controls for almost everything. An intuitive rotary dial for the infotainment is a very welcome throwback (although touch control was added in 2020).

The steering wheel is pleasingly round and narrow-rimmed, while the tactile column-mounted metal gearshift paddles are a joy to use.


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New Giulia and Stelvio: lowdown on crucial new Alfa PHEVs

Executive saloon and Stelvio SUV sibling are due in 2028, having been redeveloped for choice of ICE or EV power

The next-generation Alfa Romeo Giulia will arrive in 2028 alongside a new Stelvio SUV – and the wild, range-topping Quadrifoglio super saloon is set to return to rival the BMW M3 with a choice of electric and petrol power.

The new Giulia and Stelvio were originally due to be launched this year exclusively as EVs, but the Italian brand has revamped its plans as part of a wider rollback by parent firm Stellantis, prompted by the uneven uptake of electric cars.

The current models will remain on sale until next year. The two new Alfas will still switch to an advanced new platform that will allow for massively upgraded electric technology, including ultra-fast charging, but the architecture has now been reworked so that the brand can continue to offer plug-in hybrid powertrains.

Alfa Romeo boss Santo Ficili told Autocar that "we need to consider the entire world because the brand is global", adding that "the world is not ready everywhere" for EVs.

He declared that the firm would continue to offer combustion cars for as long as there is demand, saying: "We need to find a way to satisfy the needs of our customers. What does this mean? It means BEV and it means all the other kinds of endothermic [powertrains], so ICE, PHEV, BEV. So that's the direction."

 
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