The Quadrifoglio offers a simple trio of road-friendly modes ranging from Eco to Dynamic that provide varying degrees of throttle response, exhaust note and suspension stiffness, but all kept under the watchful eye of digitally programmed guardian angels that patrol for wheel spin and tail slide. The route Alfa Romeo has chosen to enliven the Giulia’s character is to reduce its drive modes to the bare minimum. Review: Can the Redesigned 2021 M3 and M4 Keep the Stick Shift Alive for BMW? It stands apart from the rest of the luxury performance pack as a gorgeous, ferocious and a little bit unpredictable choice for sport sedan fans sick of the status quo.
In that case, there’s a redheaded cousin in the mix that Alfa will gladly introduce you to, one that’s been hitting the gym and is all too eager to find the nearest race track and start flashing its headlights at every BMW M3, Mercedes-AMG C63, and Audi RS4 it can find: the 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. You can have a Giulia (four-door) or a Stelvio (five-door), and that’s it - unless, of course, you’re interested in emptying your wallet in the name of speed. However, things are cooking up a little differently inside the kitchens at Alfa Romeo, which has avoided the same-same trap by devoting its North American showroom space to just one sedan and one SUV, each elegantly sculpted so as to share only a facial resemblance that identifies them as siblings.
Never before has “one sausage, five lengths” felt more applicable to the automotive buffet laid out before us. Platform sharing, rigid design languages and small stables of amazingly capable but remarkably similar engines have blurred the boundaries between one model and the next. “Dare to be different” is a clarion call often ignored in the modern automotive landscape. That’s especially true among luxury brands, who work hard to establish a strong, singular identity that can be pasted across an entire lineup of automobiles and then more easily marketed to badge-savvy buyers.
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