A LION IN WOLF’S CLOTHING:


ROAD TEST BY TOBY AIKEN AlfaRomeoGiuliaQuadrifoglio


2.9 Bi-turbo V6, Model on test: £73,805


I’d been looking forward to testing theGiulia since itwas launched, and I fell in lovewith the unmistakably Alfa styling; let’s face it, they know howtomake a good- looking car. Truth is I could have tested this car back inMay of last year, but Iwanted to hold off and drive the Quadrifogliomodel. In years gone by, Alfa called theseCloverleaf, but I think this name ismuch better (even though itmeans the same thing) -


they even call themQV for short. So, it looks like a family saloon, it


has four doors and amore than spacious boot, it even has ISOFIX fittings for the kid’s seats. But the bodykit and the exhausts (all four of them) and themassive alloys all indicate something else… The carwas designed by an ex


Ferrari designer, and rumour has it thatwhen he left the factory, a V8 engine fromtheCalifornia T


followed himand found itsway into theQVwith a couple of cylinders missing.Of course, Alfa and Ferrari both deny that, but the indications are all there. Anyway,wherever the engine


came from,what it does is give a family car the grunt of something muchmore suited to driving sideways on track days. The engine is capable of 191mph and itwill get you there fast. This car is a proper


36 FEBRUARY /MARCH2018 THECHELTONIAN


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