Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2010. Love it or hate it?

[Vic Cooper]

Is it a strong competitor in the Golf class? Will it be the alternative for 147 owners? Fugly or beauty? Tell Your opinion!







Whole gallery:
http://galeria.totalcar.hu/tesztek/2010/04/14/giul...

Edited by Vic Cooper on Wednesday 14th April 14:24

[ScottishSamurai]

Not a fan of the new looks. Lovely wheels though.

[Hugo a Gogo]

is it based on the new Lancia Delta?

[tuborgman]

the front looks like it's seen a panda bear eat it's son, contorted and scared. Haven't warmed to any 8c type front on these new alfa's. Bring back the breara style. Loving the rear on it though.

[ZesPak]

Going to an avant-premiere the 23th.
Loving it so far.

If the interiour and quality of the MiTo is anything to go by, the Golf 7 will need to be good to keep up.

[jamieboy]

Hugo a Gogo said:

is it based on the new Lancia Delta?

No, the next Delta will be based on this platform.

[CampDavid]

I like it, no chance of buying one though.

I had a Brava a few years back which needed new injectors. I booked it in and found that they have to remove the offending part first to get the part number, with injectors it could be one of four different models and you can only find out by checking the colour of the band around them, Fiat don't keep build sheets for any of their cars. Apparently Alfa are the same

[ZesPak]

CampDavid said:

I like it, no chance of buying one though.

I had a Brava a few years back which needed new injectors. I booked it in and found that they have to remove the offending part first to get the part number, with injectors it could be one of four different models and you can only find out by checking the colour of the band around them, Fiat don't keep build sheets for any of their cars. Apparently Alfa are the same

How can you not love that

In all honesty, I have yet to encounter the infamous "built quality" and "reliability" on the Alfa's I owned, and have been very happy with them the last couple of years.
If the mito is anything to go by, this will be a very very good offer from alfa (if priced @golf/A3 prices). As far as I've heard, it will start pretty high, but very well equiped, as per usual (pricing it higher but equipping it much better than the competitors).

I wasn't to fond of the new front, but I started to get used to it. The front of the brera/159 was very very handsome/agressive, but I'm still glad to see some manufacturers are still moving the game on design-wise, instead of
A) it looks good, lets keep that face and put it on everything (Porsche, Audi)
or
B) Let's try something else and become completly bland (BMW)

[kambites]

Back is quite nice but not wonderful 7/10
Side is quite nice but not wonderful 7/10
Frost is a bit ugly but not terrible. 4/10

So that's 6/10 from me. That's rating it as a car in general. Compared only to mid sized hatckbacks I guess I'd give it more like 8/10 because the competition is so dire.

[ZesPak]

kambites said:

Back is quite nice but not wonderful 7/10
Side is quite nice but not wonderful 7/10
Frost is a bit ugly but not terrible. 4/10

So that's 6/10 from me. That's rating it as a car in general. Compared only to mid sized hatckbacks I guess I'd give it more like 8/10 because the competition is so dire.

.. I was just going to say: if that's a 7/10 (back profile), please show me a hatchback that has more in your opinion.

Edited by ZesPak on Wednesday 14th April 15:28

[GTstar]

ummmmm... I'm I missing something here but is this not a tweaked version of my old car:







I bought it because A) I got it so damn cheap, B) because I (still) think it's one of the best looking 5-door hatchbacks. Same designer as the new Mini if I recall. I got a new one with the spot trim, ok small 1.4 engine, bluetooth and nice bits for less than £10k - what's the alfa going to be?!

Edited by GTstar on Wednesday 14th April 16:31

[jamieboy]

GTstar said:

ummmmm... I'm I missing something here but is this not a tweaked version of my old car:
-Bravo pics-

No, the next Bravo is going to be a tweaked(-down) version of the Giulietta.

[glazbagun]

Indifferent, TBH. Looks OK, but I don't think it's any better looking than a Golf or Focus.

[Benny Saltstein]

Prices starting at £16k ish apparently...

[GTstar]

GTstar said:

I got a new one with the spot trim, ok small 1.4 engine

lol at my own sp! obviously I mean 'Sport' trim...

[nelson.tfr]

Back-end from Baywatch, front from Crimewatch.

[Alfanatic]

nelson.tfr said:

Back-end from Baywatch, front from Crimewatch.

Personally I prefer this version (from the front at least) - and definitely under the skin:

Edited by Alfanatic on Wednesday 14th April 19:20

[soad]

Don't love it or hate it - falls somewhere in between for me.

Front isn't mascular enough, it's almost girly.

[Killer2005]

Looks lovely, but those front lights do take away some of the attraction, they are just not right with them rest of the car.

Am sure it would be lovely to drive though

[V6Alfisti]

Still undecided on it myself, but think it is a grower