Is the 2023 Giulia Quadrifoglio the best sports sedan for under 100k? 

Love the Green Giulia! Excellent choice

I have a Giulia Quadrifoglio in the UK. It is COMPLETELY sensational. It's alive. I am glad I don't worry about back seat space and TV screens in the front. It's how it steers and goes, and makes you feel great driving it.

100% it is the best car in its class! This vehicle still holds the NURBURGRING laptime record for a sports saloon that is RWD and available as an everyday driver! Amazing 7 years and it still holds the record....BMW and MERCEDES had to put all wheel drive and 4 wheel steering match this beast! but real cars are RWD and have no traction control.. that is what Alfas are all about ... balance.. engineering and Swaggg!

Awesome to see an objective review from a BMW owner. I've had BMWs all my life, including an M2C and M5C, and recently owned a Stelvio QV and moved to a Giulia QV. I just love the Alfas. They remind me of what BMWs used to do in the early 2000s. I don't need big screens, it has to be functional and give you driving pleasure.

I have a 2017 Giulia Quad...custom ordered with 37,000 amazing miles and counting. Best sport sedan EVER !!

Great video, especially from a BMW driver. After 5 years of ownership, I still get goosebumps every time (not daily) I get to drive my Giulia Q. It may not have the latest infotainment technology (which is actually a plus as far as I'm concerned because I don't like those big laptops with massive touch screens) and the resolution of the rear camera, I couldn't care less. It's all about the driving. The only car that could replace my Q is a F12, so that already says a lot how good the Q really is.

I own one. And it's just so special. I changed over from a C63S and there are things about the AMG that are objectively better. But I'd never go back. When the time comes, I don't think I'll replace it. I'll just buy something else and the Giulia can retire to the garage. Every car since my first car, many years ago, has been a performance car. I've had many. But nothing compares. I'm utterly besotted with it.

I have a green 2023 Giulia Quadrifoglio! Exact same as the one you reviewed. My daily. Love every second of it!

Say what you will about an engineering masterpiece like BMW or Audi, but NOTHING matches the passion and driveability and beauty of Alfa Romeo. You are a part of the machine.

I daily drive mine. It feels special every single drive 💯

This interior will age much better than these techy cars of today. I think it's a beautiful classy interior. I have a 2017 QV in Rosso Competizione with the Sparco seats.

Yes, performance car First! You don’t buy this for luxury reasons or how good the stereo sounds. You buy it for its marvellous engine, amazing chassis and balance, and that ZF transmission. I’m lucky I get to experience this anytime I feel the need for speed. Great review on this beast 👍 BTW, I have two car seats in the back, so that’s more than manageable from a real world perspective!

Agree, test drove one and its magical, intoxicating and beautiful. Hoping to get one soon

One of the best cars EVER made. period.

Have a 2019. It’s on Michelin pilot 4s tires and it transforms the car. Insane grip and handling, I put down the glue like stuck to the road feeling down to the aero and active aero on the car which was developed by Ferrari engineers, namely phillipe Krief. It’s insane how well the car puts the power down, and I drive in race nearly all the time. Engine is a masterpiece , and it pulls hard to 7k rpm

Absolutely brilliant review. You either get the car or you don't.

The Stelvio QV It’s all wheel drive, and puts down the power even better

saw a montreal green one just like this in my parking garage, this paint really stands out!!

I see Alfa Giulia content I click like!!

Great review.

You really get what the designers’ objectives were for the QV. Great balance of performance, looks, comfort, and usability. It’s really a four door GT car. Love it on road trips. Kinda wish I got the carbon seats as they really make the interior look extra special.Tried them again in the showroom recently and they fit well for me. I would miss the heated seats but maybe they won’t be that cold with the Alcantara inserts. I really miss the excellent brake feel in the BMWs I’ve had over the past 40+ years. I’ve found the last two generations of BMWs not to put a smile on my face. I love the cockpit. A favorite feature is the graceful sweep of the Nappa leather dash with the digital display secondary so you can almost imagine it as an old school analog car. The rear compartment could have been made larger and the entry easier but the lines of the car would not have been as perfect. Love the well balanced review. Looks like you’re located in Marin County. That highway pavement looks perfect.

Good review. Just subscribed.

It’s not an Italian M3. Alfa Romeo has been delivering sports sedans for years and is the actual founder of the sports sedan (look it up) It’s more like the return of the KING!

good review!

I had a fully loaded 2017 giulia qv, fell in love with it, lost it an accident. Immediately went and bought a new stelvio qv as I now have 2 kids but in 3 years going back to sports sedan. Will definitely come down to the manual m3 or the Giulia qv. I just wish they put a V8 in the ct4 blackwing. That would have been the ultimate daily 6 speed car. Brother has the ct5 blackwing manual, makes the m5 feel like an electric car. Anyway you can do a comparison of the Macan gts, x4m, stelvio quadrifolgio. I think the world will be surprised at the results.

New to the channel, great review!

Although I only had a Q4, this was the most beautiful car I've ever owned. That green fits the QV so well.

smashing review - really thinking of getting after the one I had back in 2017 (Q4 veloce diesel - company car)

Stunning!!!

As an Italian, I'm biased but performance-wise this car is the best for that price.

The seats in the BMW are horrible. There is a bump in the center and it becomes very uncomfortable.

your cinematography is amazing! how do you not have 500k+ subs??

I love that it has analog gauges and the screens are low key, I hate screens in cars. I agree a manual would be sweet.

May I have the song? lol. Great review by the way!

Great giveaway! That's a lot of prizes!

That was some of the best exterior footage for this car i have ever seen

Love your review, you really placed it in the spot where it should be. I own a early (2016) Giulia, not the Q but the 2.2 diesel. It has plenty of torque (520nM) and just sticks to the road, love it. I am the first owner and for the curious, reliability is great. Just normal maintenance. Only real issue was a sensor that was faulty and made it go in limp mode for no reason. Dealer changed it, no further problems. Keep up the good work 👌

Have owned three Alfas in my lifetime over 34 years from 1974 so all rear wheel drive. Once you “get” Alfas you can never go anywhere else. Pity is Ill health has forced the sale of the last Giulietta but would buy a Giulia, not this one at my age, in a flash. Thanks for the review.

It is glorious with Michelin PS4S's. Dumped the Pirellis as soon as I could, they didnt last long anyways. Nice review.

I totally agree with you. I'm driving an Alfa Romeo GT and every time i drive it , everyone you pass turn around to have a look. 😂thanks for the video.

Awesome review! You nailed it and I fully agree with everything you said. Wife drives one and it is so much fun car. I totally agree with you in space, not only back seats but even when getting in and out from driver seat it is struggle and I am not that tall. I don’t care about the infotainment, to me it works, I don’t need a laptop I want to focus on the road and driving. There is nothing to change in this car other than the tires. I replaced w Continentals and doing great.

The analog gauges are super cool. Digital screens are cheaper to make, so car makers load up on them. The interior is a clean, elegant design from Milanese design houses. Its the finest sport sedan in the world for the price and the performance you get. A fantastic car!

I have an f82 m4 but I adore this cars styling ❤

What a beautiful performer. To me, a 6-speed manual would make this car perfect. I actually thought a manual was not an option but you said there is an option for the manual in Europe? Not having a manual option for the States is a real missed opportunity. One of the reasons I enjoy driving my Type R just to drive it is because of that slick shifting Honda engineered 6-speed manual. Thanks for the review. Keep up the great work. Subscribed!

Wauw.. so beautiful in that colour 👏

Great car !

Great review. I love my QV (in relatively invisible gray), as a daily driver. One tricky thing is the limited dealer network, which isn't a problem with BMWs. Where is that beautiful road you drove?

I own one in the exact same year and color. I would take the Alfa Romeo again and again over any generation M3. What Alfa was able to do is to make a car that was bespoke and nota cookie cutter car which BMW makes every year. The handling and looks and that beautiful engine alone is enough for me. Most people who say they prefer M3 are the ones that own it for a while and cant bring to say Alfa is better then they have to admit they are owning the wrong car.

Holy sh**!! I recognize that area as the Civic Center in San Rafael CA!!! I used live not too far from there!

My dream car and I will have in few yrs I just keep saving ❤

Is this guy moaning about the interior because it doesn’t have a plasma TV for dials and infotainment? And that makes it laughable? I own a giulia and struggled to listen to this review. Best car in the class bar none. Greatest chassis and drivability.

Omg I love this car especially the color! Hot Wheels green!

You can easily put a baby seat in the back so that was a nonsense point. Sure okay you prefer a manual. But otherwise this is a car full of passion and soul, not a boring dull poser BMW

Test drove a GQ in 2020 and decided I won't get into another until I buy one, hopefully within the next 2 years. Have my manual Giulietta QV to entertain me till then.

How did you manage to get one with the green and white stitching? I thought they discontinued stitching options… beautiful car

Michellin 4s sport tires on that beauty transform it to beast mode.😮

i daily drive an alfa romeo giulia manual rear wheel drive (well not the quadrifoglio...) and it's mind blowing how feels so nimble, so precise in corners, so well planted and yet confortable and all of this despite regular dampers (active dampers are cool but crazy expensive to replace when exhausted). the driving position feels like a proper sport car too. maybe the only cons it's electronic controll always on even on D so running pedal to the metal out of a tight corner you feel the power cuts (despite the simulated lsd differential with brakes), but that's the only very minor complain.

That green is mesmerizing no other car can get away with such color except a Lamborghini also italian

I´m a bif fan bmw, I confess, but this Alfa is fuc@@@@ insane!!!! I love it!

Love This Car I have seen it in Blue 😁😚

Great review. Wish they would add AWD for us folks in bad weather

I would definitely get the Quadrifoglio over the M3 based on the performance reviews. I have an IS500 and completely satisfied with it.

Ah to choose between an M3 and a Giulia QF. No bad option there.

2.9 liters (177 cubic inches) and one of the smoothest acceleration feeling effort you can have. Not bad for 35 psi in Boost. But what I really love each morning when I approach my little Jewel is the visual “Stance”. It looks Glued to the ground. It’s a KEEPER!

I actually say good night to mine before going to bed !!! Yea I know !!!

Great review. I have a Giulia and I have to disagree with your objection on the backseats - I fit two carseats for my 2yo and 4yo no problem, and they insist we take it everywhere over the SUV! The car has seen many 300+ mi roadtrips without any issues whatsoever.

I wish they made a large sporty sedan, like the S Class or 7 Series size.

Yes It Is🍀

I give Alfa a hard time for their quirks and reliability reputation but I have to admit I like the looks and the specs.

Compared to ct4 ct5 for the $ ?

An amazing car that will never see my Garage!!

The green look the best on camera bc when i saw one in person it is much more teal than green anything.

@pointshiftdrive, Changing the Pirelli's to the Michelin PS4/Cup2, IS NIGHT AND DAY!!!!!

I prefer driving my quad over my c8 vette. there's something about this car that makes driving exciting and alive.

0:13 In fact, Alfa Romeo was the first to make a vehicle format that also uses the M3, decades before BMW, but the USA did not find out because of the isolationist policy of importing vehicles...

If you need assurance the QV isn’t a year-round car, try driving it in Vermont between October 1st and May 1st.

Cel mai frumos Sedan din lume.

It redlines at 7400rpm not 6600rpm. The gauge just shows red early

Soooo beautiful the best Alfa Romeo 😍😍😍

not a allwheel drive? i thought q4 means all wheel..?

Have 2017 model just crossed 40K miles. It is my daily driver April to November weather allowing. I don't drive it in snow or below 50 degrees with tires I use as they lose a lot of grip below that. The PSD is a really fair review particularly because it recognizes that the design is about driving it not about IT tech. That is a value choice which of course is idiosyncratic to both the manufacturer and the buyer. Personally I find the overly screen focused interiors of current BMW's enough of a turnoff that I wouldn't consider buying one. The way the screen is accentuated in a design way visually separating it from the planes of the dash immediately raises the question, for me, are you here to drive or watch TV? I love the way the screen in the Alfa can be turned off and you won't know it exists until you need it for something For everything I need it for it's simple and easy. I don't really understand the beef on the back up camera either it is more than adequate. If that is a deciding factor in your purchase decision than you and I are buying the vehicle for different reasons. I've never done a burn out in my Alfa and never will but I've got more than 1000 miles of track time on it and it has helped me become a much better track driver. It's steering is unparalleled by any car I've driven on a track (Ferraris, Lambos, Audi R8's and more), the carbon ceramic brakes haven't begun to show wear and they inspire great confidence. The instructor who was in the right seat with me at Watkins Glen a couple of weeks ago was kind of shocked by how capable the car was as he hadn't been in one before. I let him take it out for a few laps and watched his reactions as best I could through our helmets. He was was clearly surprised by the car's capabilities he drove it hard and fast but probably only to 85% since it wasn't his car. At the end of the session he had a really weird look, that I read as disbelief, on his face and was clearly thinking pretty hard. I asked him what he thought. He said something to the effect "I won't admit it to anyone else but this might be the best stock car I've driven on a track. but I don't want to admit it." I asked him what he meant. " I got to spend some serious time in a new Cayman 4 RS two weeks ago and that was my favorite car ever. But this may be better." Having recently spent time tracking an older Cayman on a track in Germany I can say it is a wonderful car especially if you have to do tracking in an unfamiliar vehicle. It is incredibly neutral,balanced, and predictable, it quickly inspires confidence. It doesn't have the emotional connection of the Quadrifoglio. Alfa's feel different and they get better the longer you know them. I also have another Alfa a 1971 2000GTV-it feels even better to drive than the new one because of the absence of Tech particularly ABS and traction control. That feel is no mistake it is a design signature. That the reviewer understood and expressed that at some level in his initial observations is remarkable and rare and I thank him for seeing it. The only thing I could disagree with is his observation that the Michelin Pilots would make for better performance. I'm on my 6th set of tires 2 of the Pirellis, 3 of the Michelins, and currently Contis. On a performance level the Pirellis are still the best but the Contis are really good and in the rain are way better than the Pirellis. I liked my first two sets of Michelins but then were clearly less capable than the PIrelli's but they lasted 25% longer so they were a good trade off. The last set of Michelins was awful. Never got them on the track and they were bald in the back at 6300 miles.

I've had a lot of nice performance cars as my daily driver, but my Giulia QF is the one I miss the most. Too bad they're being discontinued.

I won't touch any BMW Audi or M-Benz. Alfa Romeo all the way. It's the best Sports Sedan on earth. End of story.

Thx for the video. I am in the process to change my rs3 ... Alfa quad or m3 Competition lci or audi rs5 compétition Daily hurry dad... one last time before governement forces me/us to buy electric...

Sadly, the manual got discontinued a few years ago (2017 I think) everywhere, including Europe. It's now auto-only.

If the Cadillac CT5 V Blackwing didn't exist, I'd own the ARGQ. But alas, RWD, V8 with a manual is too good to pass up. But man, I love the Quadrifoglio.

Have to day i daily it and my kids are fine with the back seat and car seat not a problem. Havent seen m3 back seat to compare , im sure m3 is nice and probably stellar , but overall i feel for me this seems overall , sounds, looks and drives better - just my opinion.

Alfa The best! Numero uno!

ALFA ROMEO 💯🔥💪🏻

You don't buy an Alfa Romeo just because of a huge infotainment system, the quality of the backview camera or the backseat room...🤣 I bought a my22 Giulia in december last year. Not the Quadrifoglio, but a Veloce Q4 (280 hp/8 speed automatic/AWD) and it's by far the best car i've ever had. So agile, responsible and emotional! Pure joy! Nothing against german cars. I'm german but these Beamer's Audi's and Mercedes are a f**** PLAGUE over here! Even the M's, RS's and AMG's! Absolutely NOTHING special. Nobody looks at these cars here because you see them dozens of times in almost every parking lot or at every red traffic light. It's different with the Alfa Giulia. People look interested, ask questions or give compliments. This car is simply a pleasure in every respect! Forza Alfa! 🍀🏁

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As an M owner. The ONLY reason I got an M is to mod it. I love the alfa

Guilia all day it’s a Beauty

I like bmw all generation just e90 e92 not much, but this alfa quadrifoglio for me most beautiful sedan all car interior exteriror, rims,type of colors

Giulia its best!!!❤

Alfa Romeo invented the sports sedan and you call the Giulia "Italian M3"? When Alfa made the 1900 SS, BMW produces the Isetta ...

alfa is the best!

Make sure you have dealer support near you and be prepared for borderline ferrari service prices. Still the best driving car on the planet tho.

Good review but … nothing about price?

Yes it is