I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned that the engine is the same one used in the Jeep Wrangler 4xe.  The motors definitely seem reliable.

Good write-up. On my 3rd Giulia as a daily driver. All reliable. BTW, the car for sale doesn’t have “...all the bells and whistles you could want” if you want adaptive cruise. That became standard on all Alfas starting with 2020 models, and optional before that. This one does not have it. 

For $350 I added wireless Android Auto/Carplay to my 2017 Giulia with an aftermarket unit from Eng-Custom in Italy. Integrates pretty seamlessly into the cars entertainment system. Only slightly different than if the car came stock with it.

I came to say similar. I’m Always Looking For Another and have had my eye on the Giulia price.  This is a definite yes even without the carplay which you can actually retrofit now.

When this generation of Alfas was first introduced in the U.S. the journalists all drove (beat the shit out of) the Quadrifoglio V6s; not the way actual buyers were going to subject theirs to repeatedly by default. And for some reason, it seems Alfa didn’t take that into consideration. Some of the early V6s had a lot…

And you believe these auto journalists ? Wasn’t it a reputable and famous journalist also, who once said the following: “You Can’t Be A True Petrolhead Until You’ve Owned An Alfa.”

I believe the base model is RWD only, and adding the Q4 brings it up a spec. But yes, I agree with you, this one is definitely not loaded and it doesn’t have the ‘Sport Package.’ Agreed again, that it’s a damn fine car. I myself am looking into buying a new Stelvio to retire the old VW Tiguan

The listing notes it was a $1200+ service (which doesn’t seem all that large for this car, but I digress). What Rob intended to convey was that it just received a 30k miles (not dollar) service.

Excellent car, especially one that can be driven all-year long with the Q4 AWD. It’s “inherently” Italian, engine has good character and fuel economy, the AWD system is rear-biased, car handles beautiful and overall road manners are great, the ZF gearbox is excellent (once again) etc. What you get is a beautiful…

I actually enjoy going to the gas station for the most part and I like the gas smell.

GM knocked it out of the park on these. 

I remember when a reviewer called it “Fishtar” after it bombed worse than Ishtar....

Is it good or bad to know that conservatives on other countries not just the US are wacky conspiracy nut jobs?

Yeah, not outrageous for a dealer brake job, definitely not for some (presumable) pretty large brakes and a Maserati badge. **I** wouldn’t spend that, I’d do it myself. But if you think you’re getting away from a dealer for much less than a grand for a full set of brakes on your econobox you are in for a real shocker.…

Exactly! And a used GTI is FAR from bulletproof.

No, this is a decent buy and your alternatives are stupid. Don’t buy this Italian sedan, buy a less reliable Italian sedan with an F1 transmission or a Toyota Coupe, seriously?

What do you mean $1200 for brakes? If we are talking pads and rotors all around that’s what a lot of cars would cost from the dealer. Average price for parts per axle for pads and rotors is $100-200 for parts and $80-100 for labor. On the high end that is $300 x 4=$1200.

Who’s cross-shopping a Maserati and a FR-S?

$3,500 to fix a door card? Not sure how this is put together, but if you can take it apart, some glue or something should fix this for next to nothing. And if you are paying $400 for an oil change or $1,200 for brakes, yikes! I will do oil and brakes for $150 and $900 all day. 

The VW ID.4 has rear drums and that’s alot larger than this, it’s not too uncommon in EVs in the lower price range as the braking power needed can be subsidized by the regen. Plus it has like 150 miles of range and for the sake of the batteries longevity it will never really have more than 120 so it’s not going to be…