February 13, 2018
, Auburn Hills, Mich.
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The editors of Good Housekeeping, in partnership with Car and Driver, today named the Alfa Romeo Giulia – including the record-breaking Giulia Quadrifoglio – as a 2018 Best New Car award winner in the luxury compact category.
“Over the past year, the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute, in partnership with Car and Driver, screened hundreds of new vehicles and narrowed the field down to the top makes and models in 12 categories,” said Laurie Jennings, Deputy Editor Director of Good Housekeeping. “We logged over 3,000 miles on test tracks and open roads. Our experts assessed things drivers care about most, including value, safety, reliability, smoothness, handling, interior design, comfort and onboard technology.”
Alfa Romeo Giulia models feature an all-aluminum, 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with an eight-speed automatic transmission that delivers a class-leading, standard 280 horsepower and 306 lb.-ft. of torque, allowing it to launch from 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds and achieve a top speed of 149 mph.
As the lineup’s “halo” model, the Giulia Quadrifoglio highlights Alfa Romeo’s performance and motorsport expertise with its all-aluminum 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 engine featuring best-in-class 505 horsepower, 0-60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds and a record-setting 7:32 lap time around the legendary Nürburgring – the fastest time ever achieved by a four-door production sedan.
All Giulia models offer:
- Near-perfect 50/50 weight distribution thanks to Giulia’s rear-wheel-drive Giorgio architecture and class-exclusive standard carbon fiber driveshaft
- An extensive list of standard features, including leather seating, bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights, back-up camera with park sensors, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Class-leading horsepower
- Unique Italian styling and craftsmanship for the premium mid-size sedan segment
- Over 55 years of heritage with Giulia’s lightweight, performance sedan tradition and over 105 years of brand history, carving its legend on road courses around the globe
For more information on Good Housekeeping’s 2018 Best New Car Awards, visit www.Goodhousekeeping.com/carawards.
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About Alfa Romeo
Since its foundation in Milan, Italy, in 1910, Alfa Romeo has designed and crafted some of the most stylish and exclusive cars in automotive history. That tradition lives on today as Alfa Romeo continues to take a unique and innovative approach to designing automobiles.
Born from the world’s greatest driving road – the Stelvio Pass – the all-new 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio sets a new benchmark in performance, style and technology in an SUV that could only be Italian. The innovative Q4 all-wheel-drive (AWD) system – standard on all Stelvio models, including the Quadrifoglio, provides additional driving confidence and superior control. The Stelvio Quadrifoglio – on sale in early 2018 – holds the Nürburgring record for the fastest production SUV with a lap time of 7 minutes and 51.7 seconds. Infused with Italian passion, craftsmanship and innovation, the all-new Alfa Romeo Stelvio conquers the winding road for which it is named.
As the first of a new generation of vehicles on the all-new Giorgio platform, the 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Giulia Ti sedans deliver race-inspired performance with a class-leading 280 horsepower, advanced technologies that include the available Q4 AWD system, seductive Italian style and an exhilarating driving experience to the premium mid-size sedan segment. As the “halo” model in the lineup, the Giulia Quadrifoglio highlights Alfa Romeo’s motorsport knowhow with a best-in-class, 505-horsepower, 2.9-liter twin-turbo V-6 engine that earns the title of the most powerful Alfa Romeo production car engine ever and the quickest with a class-leading 0-60 mph time of 3.8 seconds, plus it enabled a record-setting Nürburgring lap time of 7:32 – the fastest ever by a four-door production sedan.
The handcrafted 2018 Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe and Spider represent the purest form of La meccanica delle emozioni (the mechanics of emotion), with their race-inspired, mid-engine design and state-of-the-art, Formula 1-inspired carbon fiber monocoque chassis that enables an incredible power-to-weight ratio and with advanced technologies, including the all-aluminum 1750 turbocharged and intercooled engine with direct-injection and dual variable-valve timing, which enables supercar-level performance, including 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds.
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