Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio vs Audi RS5: Shoot-Out! | Fifth Gear 

For me I'll take the Alfa. Hands down.

The Giulia QV is the best driving luxury sports sedan ever made. Sensational drivers car. As good as the engine is it is the steering and chassis dynamics that make it so good. The best part is the 2.0T variants are almost identical in that regard.

Just got an alfa quad 2 weeks ago and it's just brilliant. Fast, comfortable, brilliant steering, looks fantastic and sounds even better!

Alfa every single day of the week, unless I had insomnia 😂

I think the tires on each car was diffrent. If Alfa had PZero Corsa in this low temperature outside, I ' m not surprised that Audi was quicker because it propably had Michelin PS4S. And that makes a big diffrence in low temperatures. I think that, all tests with time laps schould be compared on each car with the same tires .

The Quadrifoglio all day for me as the Audi's a bit too clinical for my liking.

I think you have to also consider that the Alfa was designed in 2014-2015 and remains largely unchanged since then. If you consider that it’s taken Audi about 7 or 8 more years to design a car that’s quicker around the track than the Alfa, it’s far less impressive to me. Keeping in mind the Alfa’s looks are still far better after this time than really any Audi, including the latest ones, it’s Alfa for me all day, everyday, and twice on Sunday. I own a 2018 QV and it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. I’ve owned many VW/Audi products in my life, and last car was a 2018 Golf R.

I own an alpha quad , and I have to say it’s by far the best car I’ve driven, I’ve owned a few cars over the years , but it’s and amazing car, the handling, the power and the noise 👌

When the Alfa came out in 2018 with the quad, I felt like I was in Jr High and losing control and put a book on my lap... 😂😂. Beautiful Vehicle

Lighter, more powerful, better balanced Alfa, 2 sec slower on the dry race track? I would say we have to call the Man, who drove it back in 2016 (7:30 if I am right) Dedicated to the Alfa fan boys 😉

Currently have a 72 plate RS5, would pick the Alfa all day long!!!! More character and more of a ‘driver’s’ car. Under steer in RS 5 is bloody awful, so much so it’s getting traded in next week for a new Maserati Grecale Trofeo - can’t wait to have a car again with a bit of personality ❤

Apparently, the 2020+ models lose the sharp and direct handling opposed to the 2017-2019 models due to the change in the front end geometry and refinement. Interior of the newer models combined with the steering of the older models would be above and beyond perfect. If anyone’s curious of what I mean, watch “Autofanatic’s” video on his previously owned 2018 QV vs his previously owned 2021 QV. At the time, he bought the 2021 to replace his 2018 but kept going back to the 2018 due to better handling.

Love my Quadrifoglio, great car!

Alfa all day long. I have Veloce and it’s a dream commuting and on mountain roads!

I own an Alfa Q and he’s right abound the soft rebound. Very simple example: take a speed bump at a brisk pace and it bobs a little more than you’d like. That’s why I’ve replaced the shocks with KW V3 (they do a version specially made for this car). It feels much more taut and tied down and there’s less ‘assistance’ from the diff. Most owners will be perfectly happy with the default setup, but if you want to sharpen your Q up, this upgrade is money well spent.

I just traded in my 2020 C63S for a Giulia QV and the AMG is an objectively better car in many ways. But I'll never, ever sell the Alfa. I'm utterly in love with it, the whole thing. Whereas I only loved the engine on the C63.

The Alfa is an exceptionally great car especially considering the platforms age, it came out in 2016. The Germans have taken 7 years to catch up! The Giulia Quadrifoglio is an all time classic and still a better drivers car than the competitors. I sold mine earlier this year after 3 years of perfection and still can't find a car that gives me that feeling for the same money. Currently looking at used Mclarens, Porsche GT3/GT4, Audi R8's and Ferraris.

Alfa Romeo every time. Real driver's car. The 2 litre 4 cyl Turbo (280 hp) Veloce RWD is energetic, god knows what the 2.9 litre V6 is like! Poor man's Ferrari. Also the AR is very good looking in any colour. A future classic. Hoping AR really take it to the Germans with an estate version (possibly with 4WD). I would buy one in a heart beat!

Alfa!! no question! anytime anywhere!:)

Literally the most exciting sports saloon vs the most boring.

Bullshit. How fast Audi went on the Nurburgring? 7' 59". Do you know how fast the Giulia Quadrifoglio was ? 7' 32" . So, can anyone explain why Plato was fastre on the RS5 by 1,5 sec ?!?

Also the fact Jason mentions the Alfa could do with a bit more rebound damping is a massive under statement the bloody thing never wants to stay on the ground it feels like it's free to piss off into the atmosphere at any moment. Shocking suspension tuning.

Unlike most people I'm not going to pretend I can afford either of these cars, or that if I could, I would be driving them like Jason is here... No. These are both "dream cars". That being said considering this Alfa is now 7 years old and, remarkably, almost the same price it was back in 2016, thats pretty damn good! And personally I like a car that does good handling without resorting to rock hard suspension. On the road, that makes a big difference to comfort and usability, which is what really matters, not lap times.

You're right about the nose diving, which also remains when installing the shorter ST springs. But there is a solution : installing the GTAm software for the dampers, which is offered by Squadra tuning in the Netherlands. Night and day difference !!

Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio is an all-time classic. We want fun not just tenths off a stopwatch. Good review from Jason, but there's only one winner for me and it's the Italian. And by a long margin.

We had a much lower spec Giulia diesel as a courtesy car recently. Loved it apart from the navigation system oh and the price.

I have the Giulia Estrema trim, basically a Veloce with the carbon fibre interior/exterior trim of the QV in Alfa Rosso. I absolutely love it, and the best part is Alfa designed the entire Giulia range around the QV, so whereas the M3 and RS5 are very different cars from their lesser mid range and entry spec versions, the base engine Giulia (in North America) with the LSD is essentially the same car as the QV to a T without the V6. It handles, steers and engages just like a QV minus the incredible wave of power and sound. That said the 2.0T is no slouch and with a piggy back ECU you’ll have a sub 5 second car all day.

The four leaf clover also represented the four members of the original racing team including enzo Ferrari

We love the Giulia so much, but we needed an estate for our family so we got a rs4 with the abt kit, so we have 510hp as well. I miss the RWD tho

The facelifted Giulia Q has gotten a ZF differential instead of the electrical one, a different setup for the suspension and the steering is a little less direct which makes it less nervous to drive on a straight autobahn. Alfa made this car to have seriously good fun. So it might not be the quickest on the track... it is the car that you step in to with a smile, and when you get home for dinner, you turn your head one more time to look at it after your Sunday drive...

Great effort from Audi. Just to note that the RS5 weighs 175kg more. Still that A5 begs to be silver and that front headlights can't stop any potential owner from knowing how many different variants there were and that they will be obsolete in no more than 1 year. It's just a much more commercial product which can battle with this Alfa only 6 years later. The Alfa with the stelvio Q4 would have indeed been faster thanks to better power to weight ratio, but alfa couldn't be bothered making a 4wd version of the Giulia, it looks exacly as it looked in 2016 because it can. It's a classic already and it has to be RWD. The RS5 will hold value on the market fairly well, but only become obsolete, never a classic.

I own my second Giulia QV in Verde green. I think this is simply put one of the best drivers car ever made. This car is not only beautiful but a beast at the same time and handles like a dream. RS5 is a good car and I drove one on the track for half a day. its heavy, understeers big time, does not look as good as Giulia, Boring and does not sound as good either. No comparison here.

Nice, very nice video! 👍👍👍

Its a 2.9 litre in the alfa not 3.0 😅

Perfect comparison

Wonder what tyres were on each car. Or if the track was bone dry. I didn't expect that result

Fantastic video, with a surprising result! Also, Jason channeling Alain de Cadenet with that flat cap. (RIP Alain)

Jason, love your Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 watch!

The new Honda Civic Type-R vs Toyota GR Yaris shootout please! (I have the GR-Y, just wondering if it is worth changing it with the new CTR.) Cheers!

I'm sure Jason knew the engine displacement numbers but if you pay attention he called the Alfa a 3L ( 2:27) and then switched to saying both are 2.9L 6's when focusing on the Audi S5.

The Alfa for the looks alone.

Plato, your laugh has always been well, a laugh 🍻

Before the fast lap decides, I’m predicting a lap in favor of the AR. Having owned both & a current RS5 owner, there is nothing beyond experiencing a QV as your daily. You are truly a part of the car & vice-versa… fbow. 🤷‍♂️

I would have never guessed the final result!

I can't understand he thinks the suspension on the Giulia Q is quite soft. My Stelvio Q in Race-mode is just bonkers hard. It's almost to much. Is the Stelvio in Race-mode stiffer then the Giulia Q? Makes me wonder, because in Race-mode I feel like driving a lowered '98 Honda Civic. It's just that stiff and hard. I love it though, because in Race-mode it should be that hard for the track. Besides: the Alfa almost 2 seconds slower? That's wel.... quite suprising.

The new M2 v the Giulia QF please?

The QV worked. They won their race. Then forgot it, driver got killed, so The white Square became a triangle. As a reviewer, you should know this

Ever since I bought the audi 2007 a4 I fell in love with audi handling. It's great

Audi= understeer paralympics car

Driving normally every day, you can have fun with Alfa on 50km/h, don't have to push it 150km/h.. even much cheaper 2.0T!

❤Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio ❤❤❤ my 4 door Ferrari

How can you compare a 4 wheel drive to a rear one?

Not a sedan fan but the Alfa looks GREAT. I’d still take the Audi, but I think it’s overpriced. I admire both, but they’re not entirely my cup of tea.

Yes, the Alfa 👍🍀😉

5 people in comfort in a 3 door coupe ??😀

Most people aren’t race car drivers. Audi is a great car for those who are not professional drivers. Makes sense it is quicker. Quattro grip coming out of those corners helps. To say Audi RS5 is rubbish is simply silly. RS5 gets great reviews from professional car reviewers including this one. Yet to see a bad one.

Track looked damp in the Alfa lap. Surprised that the RS5 was quicker but if the track was damp for both laps then Audi would have an advantage.

Awesome video Jason, I have the RS5 and absolutely love it but I've been eyeing that Alfa for a while; this makes my decision ever harder on what to do once my lease is up. I love everything about that Alfa except the RWD, really wish they would make the Quadrifoglio in AWD but I know that will never happen. If I make the switch I have to live with the fact that I'm moving to a slower car. I've actually pulled a 0-60 time in my RS5 at 3.2 and that's stock! For the Alfa to pull of a 3.9 you'll need some really good soft grippy tires, so hard to get grip off the line with that car. Thanks for the vid!

Alfa Romeo - a true drivers sporting sedan Audi RS5 - bluntest tool in Audi's tool box....quickish though

Top notch assessment as always

I see Giulia QV content I click like!

Only dream car , first was a 1 series now this . Hope i have 50k to slap on this in the future 😯

I didn't understand the meaning of soft diff in the Alfa. Can somebody explain?

Quadrafoglio all day....in Kayalami green (which is an Audi paint colour) 👌💯🍀

What does “…that diff is soft…” mean?

What mode did he drive the Alfa? Does the 4door Audi have a longer wheelbase than the 2door? Another paid by Audi advert….

And yet it is the Alfa (not the Audi) that got the lap record at the Nurburgring.

Audi awd? 4x4 vs 4x2 ?

And for an extra £500.00 you can get a celtic tune and your gulia is now 604bhp I know I've got one 🎉

I love my audis but the alfla seens like a very unique car.

Prise my Quad out of cold dead hands, love it.........ex BMW man :)

Alfa for me all the way. But I'm biased as a long-term Alfa owner.

Give me the Alfa any day

Where are these 0-60's coming from? The alps??

I'll take the Audi in Avant form. For four-door form, the Alfa all the way.

You can’t leave it there. Which model would you have

This is, those times are bloody quick around Combe on std tyres. Plato can drive for sure.

Alfa❤.

Giulia anytime

I honestly wouldn't even look twice if that Audi drove past me. With the Alfa on the other hand I would probably need to wipe the drool off my face.

Jason sounding like Al Pacino

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Completely bone stock they might be close, but with better tires and some neg camber the Alfa would be much faster. And of course, drop dead gorgeous

You guys need to address this awful tearing in the video.

4WD against 2RWD it's not a true 1:1 comparision... Anyway, I'll take the Q, it's more beautiful, style is a matter of personality. Audi makes technically almost perfect driving machines... machines against pieces of art, that the difference for me. Both are very fast and nice cars.

Please drop the beret! Especially when driving an Alfa!

Lots of people like myself prefer the hatch back and AWD So unless the alpha is AWD its not in a lot of peoples list.

Alfa all day long.

Geez I thought it was Jackie Steward

Inconsistencies with these hot laps those times aren’t reflective of other tests with these exact same cars the alpha should of came out on top I think it was down to the driver tbh, pro race driver and both on sticky tires the alpha should win all day

It’s really not hard lol- the Alfa. No contest.

I keep rooting for Alfa...

Brought to you by VW.

This Alfa Giulia is so underestimated and the reason the Germans had to improve their sporty division vehicles....question is...where is the follow up range of cars Alfa (hatchback/2 seater/ESTATE !!?.....and why did they go into F1 instead of Touring Cars?GT series??

Guys can we have an Audi RS5 v8 vs the Audi RS5 v6

Soooo many butrhurt broke teenager Alfie fanatics in these comments. I've had two GQ's and LOVE them both, just traded in my former for the 23' RS5 (no comp) and they're just not close to close. Both look great but I prefer the Audi. Audi definitely quicker, far better handling. QV has two advantages and two only, sound and acceleration at 80+

Why would they not compare the Alfa to the m3?

I like the RS5 it´s a amazing car but, and a big but, Quadrifoglio all day!!

Are those paddles out of a NINTENDO video game?

Der Alfa macht vor allem in der vmax mehr spass!