Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio review

Nobody enters into ownership of a performance saloon under the impression it'll be a cheap experience, but few want to be caught throwing money away. The Giulia Quadrifoglio costs less than a Mercedes-AMG C63 or BMW M4, and its standard equipment is up there with both. Indeed, there’s no need to go crazy on the options list; 19in alloy wheels, adaptive dampers, xenon headlights, leather and Alcantara seats and cruise control are some of the luxuries included.

Expect high servicing costs and frightening fuel economy (the Quadrifoglio averaged just 23.5mpg in our real-world True MPG tests).

Looking further down the line, the Giulia Quadrifoglio should depreciate slower than the C63 and M4, which helps keep PCP finance rates competitive. Since all these cars cost a similar amount to buy and produce hefty CO2 emissions, there’s little to choose between the Giulia Quadrifoglio and its rivals when it comes to company car tax costs.

With six airbags, automatic city braking technology (AEB) with pedestrian detection, blindspot monitoring and lane-departure warning fitted as standard, Euro NCAP awarded the standard Giulia its full five-star crash test rating, and its findings will apply to the Quadrifoglio, too. Security firm Thatcham Research also had good things to report, rating it as excellent at resisting outright theft and good at resisting break in attempts.

Although we don’t have data for the Quadifoglio specifically, the Giulia as a whole performed below average for reliability in the 2019 What Car? Reliability Survey. Even so, it proved more dependable than the Mercedes C-Class range.

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