Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio - Anyone Ordering One

[wickhamaj]

V6Alfisti said:

Apparently it inherents another Ferrari feature (even the lower spec cars)...I picked this up from the Alfaowner forum.

Owners review"The gearbox is fantastic, i tried out @macgeeks's trick about holding the left paddle down when approaching a corner. It's great, keeps banging down the gears, making angry sounds while it's doing it. It's just as I'd imagine a Ferrari would behave. "

MacGeek (some kind of Alfa insider) "It will keep downshifting as long as you keep the paddle pulled, performing each downshift as soon as it becomes feasible. It's a control logic inherited by Ferrari (where it debuted on the 599XX, and for road cars on the 599 GTO). "

You chaps who have a QV are very lucky, it is the first sub 100k car in years that has got me buzzing/excited. Even more so than the original launch of the 4C!

McLaren does the same (maybe that is where MacGeek gets the name) though my 12C gearbox failed shortly afterwards...!

[Little Lofty]

wickhamaj said:

Ordered mine last week. List 64,425 inc options, all-in cost to purchase over 3yrs finance 58,657. I will do less than 6k miles pa however, so very likely my residual makes the final payment worthwhile. Finance was significantly cheaper all in than cash purchase and includes the servicing etc.

That's a brilliant price especially if it includes interest. Could you let me know who the dealer is, thanks.

[cayman-black]

That is a good discount!

[Contigo]

Sprint Coupe confirmed? Watch this space or go to Geneva Motor Show!



Would sell my GTS for one that's for sure.

[Vitorio]

Contigo said:

Sprint Coupe confirmed? Watch this space or go to Geneva Motor Show!



Would sell my GTS for one that's for sure.

They could do a hardcore version of that and call it the 6C GTA

[Quickmoose]

I hope to god it looks like that

[Contigo]

Problem is it looks stunning from behind but it has a face only a mother could love!!!!

[smarty156]

That looks amazing. The 4 door is more practical for me but if I didn't need 4 doors I'd get that.

[Jesus]

Good Lord....that's the one!

When is this supposed to be here?

[Quickmoose]

Jesus said:

Good Lord....that's the one!

When is this supposed to be here?

I think that's a photoshop special

the real version is due at Geneva...

[Jesus]

It certainly looks rendered, but I'm hoping the actual car doesn't stray too much from it.

[smarty156]

Someone on the Alfa Owner forum said they're going to Geneva but the coupe won't be there.
There are some pics on another thread on Alfa Owner and they're not like the one above. I think the one above is a photoshop of how they want it to look but not how it will look.

[generationx]

Clearly a photoshop - there´s even a signature on it.

Looks good thought!

[simo1863]

Just had a demo dropped off for a week, anyone know if there is a way of making the exhaust loud without putting it in race mode?

Thanks!

[Terminator X]

There isn't, Race mode only apparently until someone cracks the ECU I guess.

TX.

[smarty156]

Someone did say that the exhaust is fully open over 4000rpm in Dynamic mode too but that's not been confirmed.

A week???? How?

[Webdunk]

smarty156 said:

Someone did say that the exhaust is fully open over 4000rpm in Dynamic mode too but that's not been confirmed.

Certainly sounded like the exhaust opened up when the revs got over a given level when I test drove one.

[coetzeeh]

Alfa Romeo is back in a big way - love it.

[littleredrooster]

smarty156 said:

Someone did say that the exhaust is fully open over 4000rpm in Dynamic mode too but that's not been confirmed.

Having driven several of them for ~2000 miles, I am fairly sure that this is the case.

[simo1863]

smarty156 said:

Someone did say that the exhaust is fully open over 4000rpm in Dynamic mode too but that's not been confirmed.

A week???? How?

Yeah, after driving it that makes sense, thanks.

It's a corporate demo our Fleet guy got in for me (tried out an RS7 Performance last week!). I suppose they use them to sweeten up Fleet decision makers but no one in their right mind would run one as a company car.