2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio - One Take 

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@@saidalas8381 it's funny that you say that nearly minutes after I changed my pic to my Alfa 😅 I didn't like it at first but it grew on me! The pizza grill and the BMW radiator grill!

Props for owning up to a mistake. Not to many people would say "hey I screwed up, I'm sorry" No one was hurt, besides maybe your britches, so all's good. I know I would need another pair. lol

TheSmokingTire we have all done much worse, just didn’t record and post it on RU-vid aha. You’re a good driver Matt. Shit happens.

No harm, no foul. It could've happened to any of us. Most of us are probably just thankful that you (or anyone else) weren't hurt because of it.

TheSmokingTire bro, it happens. You’re a stand up guy for just owning it. You could have easily have edited it out or redid the video and pretend it never happened. Sad to see one takes going away...

TheSmokingTire Matt do you prefer the fixed style paddles that ALFA does or the steering wheel mounted ones other manufacturers do?

Matt literally drove off a cliff and died in this video. RIP

lmao

I was dying at that part ahaha, but hey decreasing radius turns will get the best of us on good new roads

That was a PROPER butt clencher! Yikes!!!

Hahahahaha! I was hoping this comment would be here!

*italian soda*

Yes this comment ftw

You me Pirelli: "hold my beer.." p-zero cross R compound tires...

HOLD MY PELLEGRINO

@@markm0000 aniway, is San, Pellegrino! Not just Pellegrino. If you really must be funny, do it well! ..yes, i m italian.

wat color

Don't forget "only" production sports car with an active aerodynamic splitter on the front.

Why the fuck would you get rid of such a car?

What didn’t you like about the QV you had

@@ccohen8 Still have it. What I don't like he mentions in the video

It's also a different thing in the mix; like they are so fucking gorgeous. Every German, American, and Asian cars all look the same now from previous generations or they steal the safe and reserved looks from each other, but Alfa separates itself with a bold distinctive look.

but no manual. Alfas have manuals. End.

Cloroxb3ach55 tm: Agree. I have driven the M3/M4 and a Giulia QV (Auto). And yes, the BMW's are absolutely spectacular cars which you can have a lot of fun, well built (although alfa interior quality is also very good and i prefer the design of it, to the M's), and reliable. But to me after spending a few weeks with them, they became boring. The Alfa in other hand looks gorgeous (in Rosso Competizione, it's jaw dropping beautiful), incredible handling, more comfortable, not so reliable (but it's is a heck a lot more reliable than previous generations of alfas, and the problems are easy to resolve), the noise fo the V6 is simply awesome(reminds me of the old Busso V6's) and as I said in the 1st post, it's crazy fast. It may have 510hp but it feels it has more than that.

Its beautiful, different and fast, I see the justification. It would have to be at the very least a 2nd car for me though. I don't like the idea of a potentially unreliable car that I will rely on every day to get places and I think that defeats the purpose of this segment of cars.

ChaosphereIX: That's a good point. But in my imo, I did prefer the Auto transmission, more than the manual on different situations, on track, highway even on city (although it's a bit clunky sometimes like matt said in the video, but after you get used to it, and get around the clunkiness, it's fine) But even so, having a manual gearbox in a car like this where in the other rival brands the auto mandatory, is just fantastic.

Yup

@@dragospahontu and it's uglier

@@saidalas7763 did you see the new one😅

@@dragospahontu yes

@@saidalas7763 case closed then.

Autofanatic (You Tub channel) solved the issue with the brakes

How do you feel about the car after 3 years? Did it treat you well? Curious about your input.

Let us know

@@florinvid I’ve had mine for four years now. Great car. Only one small stupid issue that was easily fixed. It’s a joy to drive. The brakes take a little getting used to but after six months it was no difficult thing. Do not regret this at all and do not regret the massive payment

Try 20k buddy im bouta buy one this month hahahaha we boolin 🥰🥰🥰

@@virid6819 it's super reliable

@@dragospahontu yeah I fucking doubt that. It's a fiat special for sure.

@@virid6819 bullshit I've had 4 Alfas 2 robbed 1 I wrote off another crashed into and wrote off but never had a problem with any being unreliable. People that spout off about how unreliable Alfas are they tend to have never even drove 1 let alone owed 1

@@sliverseek1763 do you live in compton?

No to ceramics. Don’t do it... not necessary for street driving.

I think that there was also an issue with preproduction models been given out to reviewers or something along the lines of the earlier models being tougher / worse. I could be completely wrong but it was mentioned on a different (long termish) review by auto fanatic.

I own an '18 QV and agree with you. I've never driven a car that is so different in the different modes. In A and D, it's very smooth.......but the brakes, regardless of whether you get CCBs or steel, require some getting used to. After a few days I was used to them and could drive the car smoothly. The issue I found was getting in my wife's XC90 after driving my QV; I wasn't smooth on the brakes in her car... D and R mode, I find the car to be very high strung and very sensitive to any input, as it should be. I think the MMI interface is great - it's not overdone like most cars and I like the simplicity of the interior. Knobs and buttons for everything is a nice change of pace nowadays. I use CarPlay the majority of the time. When I use Google Maps or Apple Maps, it talks to me - not sure why Matt had issues with that too. I've had 2 Lotuses, a 991S, and a number of BMW M cars over the years - this car is in the top 3 of anything I've owned.

You lost all credibility when you claimed 44mpg.

@@OverclockN You know it has an eco mode which shuts off cylinders and gies pretty decent mpg if cruising at like 60mph right....oh wait, you didnt.

Maybe Alfa Romeos give you IBS?

@@mbrunnme 😂😂😂😂

@Anton Zuykov Congratulations. You have found the joke.

Flame Beats the whole point of them is to not replace them...

Luke V if you own them longterm you'll have to lol

The biggest issue with carbon ceramics isn't the replacement cost but that they really suck in a daily driven car. You just can't generate enough heat in them off the track to get them up to operating temperature so they screech like crazy and don't even perform as well as steelies. I know multiple GT3 owners who took off the carbon ceramics and put on steel rotors because they couldn't deal with the noise and heat issues, not to mention not wanting to drop $15k on a new set of CC rotors.

Ask the AMG owners about everyday squeaky noises, on a car that cost 3 times more than this one...

Yupp, carbon ceramic breaks are useless if you dont track it every day.

Mike Arthur 😂😂😂😂😂

Activate by repeatedly calling out, o shit o shit o shit!

My Alfa just SHIT itself!

yea i own 156 and i can relate to that sistem

Same here, both the 147 and 166. I tell myself I saved a lot of money thanks to this self healing system. Which actually makes it more reliable, coz if a BMW is broken: it's broken.

Is this way you feel like the car doesn't slow down in between turns?

Porsche Models have this as well... at least the Cayman/Boxter 981 and the 911 991. Especially when the oil is still cold.

Why doesn’t he knows this

You can get rid of it by swapping out the Pirelli Corsas for Michelin Pilot Sport 4 Supers. My winter Alpin 4s also don't do it at all.

i have experienced similar Ackerman issues on Volvo 740/940. (front engine, rear wheel drive) It happens less on new warm tires because the thread absorbs it. But when the tires are close to worn out and cold it'll manifest itself quite noticeably. Cool road btw. Nice for motorcycling.

Angry 8 that is highway 9 heading towards Felton and Big Basin

supersnake19 thank you!

Angry 8 no problem. I love driving the road myself and I'm always happy to share it with others

Matt did say he was north of SF, which would rule out Highway 9

dms105 that may be in reference to that he is up in Northern California rather than the usual spots in Southern California. In addition, I drive 9 regularly and I recognize the route.

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@@josephandreuccetti8043 luckily for us

Is the brakes by wire ackward feeling, or does it comply nicely? I'm sketchy about anything by wire that isn't the throttle.

Do you think the steel brakes can take a beating? Like on a road rally or racetrack?

Feels pretty good apart from sometimes slow sop start traffic, but you get used to it pretty quickly, for me it's not a big issue at all. The rest of the car is just so amazing that it's really a small thing.

not really sure, I think they can, but I haven't done a track day. The braking performance is certainly impeccable apart from the slight feel thing at low speed.

Seems like it should be software adjustable?

Rahmi Tanır I hate acronyms. All of them are stupid.

That's not an argument, just lazy journalism : ) Other than that, great video, awesome looking roads, glad there was no oncoming traffic in that sketchy corner. Thanks for the review Matt : )

How bout MILF, u no PIMP

The A now stands for "Advanced Efficiency" in the Giulia. They haven't changed it, just the name!

Nerds, it doesn't make a difference.

*a turbo V6, only a v6 auto commodore can be a worse sounding engine than any turbo v6 imo

350z sounds better to my ears

are you crazy? For a 2018 car the sound is okay, but not more

+Yazeed Saber - There's no doubting that the Giulia is an amazing car and it sounds nice but there are many nicer sounding V6s from the past. No V6 can compare to the V6 in the Ferrari 246 Dino and Lancia Stratos but I'd say that a first Generation NSX, Jaguar F-Type 3.0 Litre Supercharged, Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0/3.2, Lotus Evora, Maserati Merak, Renault Clio V6 etc all sound much better than a Giulia.

they are both good for v6's in there own respects, i think most people prefer the deeper snarl like exhausts though. i do myself.

He didnt say the problem was carbon ceramic brakes. He said its the electronic braking.

Someone that knows a little thing about Alfa's DNA. Thanks aleksa

Wrong. D. Dynamic N. Natural A. Advanced efficiency

I know, why didn't he know this? Other auto sports cars do this as well...

actually when i drive in race mode is only time the brakes arent grabby lol

To Alfa's credit, they've been refining the car and buttoning up the glitches. No more reflashes, and niggling issues sorted. It's still a Ferrari engine, and you're going to have to maintain it, but you're looking at supercar speed in a comfortable 4 Door sedan. For well under $100k.

Ackerman indeed but so far only a nuisance

Lmaoo they’re all 50k still smh

Lol this didn’t age well 😂

@@ceasarmax8251 lmao, one just got traded into my Benz dealership and it’s selling for 52k with 17k miles

@s n let him be, we alfa boys dont shit on bmw's because we focus on our cars.

The Turbos are actually outside of the V to be pedantic, but agree that this car is a masterpiece! Love mine!

can you tell me where is that ?

how has reliability been? I'm close to getting one!! Is Interior holding up? Rattles?

@@Marc-wv1pr The reliability has been fine, but it's impossible to get some parts for them. Parts are back ordered and dealers can't get them. Not sure if it's my incompetent dealer, or a more general issue. If you have a good shop nearby that works on them, go ahead, these cars are pretty robust.

@@Marc-wv1pr the interior is great, no rattles. Build quality is good. One problem a lot of the cars have is the delamination of the infotainment screen. Whether it happens when you park it in the sun, or just from time, I have no idea.

@@petrenko_racing thanks so much for the feedback!

I used to work down the street from there at The Village Pub, the road is definitely worth a drive. I loved when the bottom more straight part was empty and I could blast it in my 928. It was always a fun time.

He actually visited Alice’s. It’s on his instagram.

Jake Reinagel >> It's funny most Challegers\Chargers\Cameros\Mustangs will back off or slow when I pass them by.....but every damm Genesis\G37 coupe or sedan wants to race me. Puts a grin on my face every time!!

Me neither, once the cpu or actuator goes haywire it's over. I don't even understand the point of brakes by wire in a damn PERFORMANCE car in general.

i don't understand the purpose of drive by wire brakes if car manufactures are trying to reduce moving parts. I'll keep my dumb cars from the 90s thank you

Prius has this feature and they drive like asshats

Kyle Sandilands i like the feeling of being connected to the car. i want a cable connected to my throttle body, i want my brakes connected to a master cylinder, i want a tremec gear box that i shift. caveman stuff!

Quady Mcflyface awww Hell nah, I'm not that caveman 😅

Jose Collazo JR. go hawks

Until you stick a number plate on it...

and Alfa's only like to kill their electrics - their engines [especially their V6s] and other running gear are bulletproof.

Had two M3’s,E92 & F80. Never an issue. Alfa will break your heart,beautiful but flawed

I have a 20 year old Alfa. Never went wrong. Honestly, both are fantastic brands that put out great driving cars and you can't miss with going wither way. Hey, at least it isn't a Honda!

William Levine I thought the F80’s are better?

@@ChaosphereIX fucking troll

I like to imagine he has a spotter or two up ahead, letting him know when people/cars are coming up.

M3 is nothing compared to the Alfa. Dull and soft.

M3 better

Yuri Peeters I had a 166 for 6 years and I know exactly what you mean.

he said they had a bunch of pre filmed one takes still to post up.