It's still a pretty good-looking car, IMO.
A gold one passed me in traffic the other day, and it certainly caught my attention.
As the Alfa Romeo Giulia enters its 10th and final year, does it still have that Italian zest that turned heads back in 2015?
New for 2025, the multi-trim lineup from last year has been replaced with two models: a "base" Giulia that can be configured with various packages and options plus a limited-edition "Tributo Italiano" model. Regardless of what version you choose, all 2025 Giulias receive the turbocharged, 2.0-liter inline-four.
For this review, we were given the keys to an all-wheel-drive Giulia fitted with the Veloce package. Read our impressions below.
“Tom Tom!?” my wife asked, pointing at the center display.
“Who still uses Tom Tom?”
The answer, at least in this case, is Alfa Romeo.
The 2025 Giulia Veloce AWD comes so equipped, which is appropriate as this head-turning sedan entered production in 2015, joining the U.S. market two years later. The Alfa Romeo Giulia is a brand-new, 10-year-old car–much like the current Miata.
The pluses: Alfa Romeo continues to offer one of the most attractive European sedans to the U.S. market. (Remember when we’d all say that about BMW?)
The Giulia silently glides down the interstate. Wind and tire noise? Minimal if any.
Seats? Supportive with just the right amount of side bolstering. Plenty of butt padding. Not tiring after 2-plus hours. Clear forward visibility, too, A pillars didn’t seem too thick.
Steering wheel? Meaty.
Controls? Definitely better than earlier iterations of the Giulia. They feel more positive and upscale. The paddles, though, are still comically huge.
Power? This version makes 280, so let’s call it adequate but not overpowering. It’s backed by a crisp eight-speed automatic. In the standard setting, though, it’s slow to downshift. Kick it into Dynamic–the sport setting–for quicker up- and downshifts.
Size? Big enough up front although a little cramped in the back. I could just barely fit behind myself, and I’m just 5-foot-7. Make sure the trunk is big enough for your needs.
The window sticker mentions Apple CarPlay but, for the life of me, I could never find it in the menu, so I just used the Tom Tom. It could find addresses but seemed to struggle with points of interest, even if they’ve been at that location since 2011.
So maybe, for a week, I really did go back in time. Heck, even though the window sticker mentions the year 2025, the Alfa Romeo web hasn’t been updated since last year.
It's still a pretty good-looking car, IMO.
A gold one passed me in traffic the other day, and it certainly caught my attention.
Yes, great looking cars.
About a decade ago I was driving from Chicago to Des Moines to see family at Christmas. By the way, that is "The Most WoNdERfuL Time of the Year" to be traveling on I-80 in Iowa -said no one ever.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature dealership, not named John Deere.
(Ok, enough of the holiday allusions)
Yes, heading west out of Davenport Iowa, there was an actual Alfa Romeo dealership smack-dab in the middle of farm & truck country.
I expressed my wonderment to my family at picking that location for that brand and questioned how their sales were.
Several years later a nephew in Des Moines told me the dealership closed. As is often said, "location, location, location."
In reply to Coniglio Rampante :
Maybe the dealership fell off a truck or something?
I've always thought these were handsome. However a combination of a terrible repair history and teensy back seat dropped them off of my list pretty quickly.
I didn't get to drive this one, but I loved driving one a couple months ago. Not powerful, but plenty of torque. The rear-biased AWD made it a lot of fun to get on the gas pedal. Great balance. Very comfortable inside for this 6-foot-4 person. It was enjoyable. I'd like to spend more time with one.
Timely that this crossed my eyeballs today, as I saw a red one on the way into work with the license plate "QUAD". I had a giggle.
I still think they look great, and the Italian in me keeps saying "Tony, you need to own a car from the motherland before you kick the bucket." These are starting to fall into affordability on the used market, too. But man, owning an Italian car that the reanimated corpse of the Chrysler Corporation had a hand in creating does scare the hell out of me.
Also, that green color is cool. I dig it.
When I bought my V60 in 2019 I wanted to want a Giulia, but I reminded myself I always keep my cars at least 10 years, so I never even set foot in the dealership.
Fast forward 5 years and watch my boss's struggles with his 2024 Stelvio Q4. He took it in for its 10,000 mile oil change, which ended up being a new engine: the car was out of action for 6 months and they didn't even pay for a rental the entire time.
Brain Duke won out over Heart Duke that time.
Not sure why they used Veloce in the name. In the past, that was a model of a Spider or one of the Coupes- the Giula GT Veloce or GTV.
The 4 door cars were TI, TI Super, or Quadrafoglio.
I wish they had a shorter 2 door coupe of that car, and even a shorter 2 door spider. Just like in the past.
They have used GTA for a 4 door car, but that's really funny when they use it, as it's never lighter (nor aluminum for some people).
A friend of mine has the "cool" Giulia, a 500 horsepower Quadrifoglio. When it works, it's fantastic. Unfortunately it spends months at a time at the local Alfa dealer's service center, so it doesn't get driven much.
I was looking for some photos and came across a few from my time with the car. 
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