Carsales has awarded the Alfa Romeo Giulia QV the Motoring.com.au best driver’s car of the year.
The $143,900 Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio sports sedan, which went on sale in February 2017, has been rated by Carsales’ nine judges as the top pick out of 13 other performance cars.
Driven against second-placed Audi RS5 and third-placed BMW M5 through the Victorian high country, in sprint testing at Wangaratta Airport and track tests at Winton Motor Raceway, the little red Giulia was also scrutinised by Supercars racing driver Luke Youlden.
Motoring.com.au editor-in-chief Mike Sinclair says the top-spec Giulia QV offers supercar character with the romance Alfa purists expect.
“We’ll get in trouble for saying it, but the Giulia QV is for all intents and purposes a four-door Ferrari,” he says.
“It’s also the first proper Alfa since the Alfetta. If X-factor is the brief here, the QV nails it like no other,” Sinclair says.
Other contenders included the Honda Civic Type R (2nd), Lexus LC 500 (3rd), Mercedes-AMG E63 S 4MATIC+ (4th), BMW M5 (5th), Hyundai i30 N (6th), Audi RS 5 quattro (7th), Subaru BRZ tS (8th), Ford Mustang GT Performance Edition (9th), Mazda MX-5 RF Limited Edition (10th), Kia Stinger 330Si (11th), Suzuki Swift Sport (12th), Nissan 370Z NISMO (13th) and the Renault Clio RS in 14th.
“Australia’s Best Driver’s Car (ABDC) is about is all about emotion, the feel at the wheel, and our judges were unanimous in their praise for the Alfa Romeo Giulia QV,” Sinclair adds.
Giulia pricing currently starts from $59,900 driveaway.
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