I sat in a Giulia at the autoshow. Can honestly say that the Kia Forte sedan had a better made interior. Those circular vents on the outboard edges? The Kia’s felt premium and had open close functions when twisting the center knob. The Alfa’s felt like one piece plastic dime-store crap. You could say that’s just part…

LMFAO

Does that include a lifetime membership to AAA?

How much for the factory towing package?

So, if I get one of these and lower it, I’d have something like the Giulia QF wagon, yes?

Alfa’s have the tow-hitch on the front.

Hopefully, the Stelvio Quadrifoglio won’t be plagued with some of the reliability problems of the Giulia, because the despite the sticker shock it is a heck of a value.

I suspect this will flop harder than Danko Lazovic.

$81,590 for a car that looks like a cross between a Kia Sportage and Mazda3 Hatch? No thank you

The four leaf clover on the side is for luck.

The same way Maseratis cost 80 grand but are using Dodge Dart interior bits?

A German car is like a Camry compared to an Italian one, haha.

only because they were kind enough to break down on the shoulder

You forgot to tie that into the article somehow. How does that 19-year-old Jetta relate to this Stelvio?

I just don’t understand how they can put so much R&D into their cars and still be so far behind in reliability. At this point, how can they justify focusing on anything else?

I will now prepare for the inevitable Alfa white knights, who will proceed to decry anyone giving Alfa shit for being hilariously unreliable because “oh it’s so much fun it’s not a Camry what do you expect.”

Test log:

If you ask me, the test is now complete and car should go into production as is. It successfully completed the last test.

For FCA products, that would be the P position on the shifter.

It isn’t as much the fact that something broke (shit goes wrong), it’s the fact that whatever broke was CATASTROPHIC and totally disabled the vehicle.