-“I am Quadrifoglio! I need turbos for my six-hole!” We like to image an anthropomorphic Giulia, a Metallica t-shirt pulled up over its cabin, front wheel-arms pointing skyward, reared up on its haunches like some great Rothian beast. The highest-performing variant of Alfa Romeo’s new sedan is a hot rod of sorts, after all, even if there’s not some great Roots-blown Hemi poking impossibly skyward through its hood. And while most of the noise over the past five months has been about the Cloverleaf-badged machine, Alfa has dropped a little knowledge about the lesser Giulias prior to the cars’ U.S.-spec reveal at the L.A. Auto Show as well. Not every BMW customer buys an M3. Not every Porsche customer wants a Cayman. The bottom line demands a competitive product for those who don’t require maximum performance. READ MORE ››
