Alfa Romeo Giulia

Do you yearn to drive something different? Most small luxury sedans these days can seem pretty cookie-cutter. Enter the 2022 Alfa Romeo Giulia, a small luxury sedan with distinctive styling, athletic reflexes and an interior that feels like a tailored suit for the driver. Compared to something like an Audi A4 or BMW 3 Series, the Alfa Romeo Giulia stands out in a crowd. Giulia sales are comparatively small too, furthering the car's exclusive vibe.

The base Giulia comes with a 280-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder engine and is fun and lively to drive. And if you want to take that special feeling to the next level, there's the top-of-the-line Quadrifoglio, with its 505-horsepower V6. The Giulia isn't without its faults — take a look at our Expert Rating to read our in-depth analysis — but its personality is a perfect antidote to small luxury sedan blandness.

Which Giulia does MatoCar recommend?

The 2022 Giulia is available in four main trim levels: Sprint, Ti, Veloce and the high-performance Quadrifoglio. The first three are powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine (280 horsepower, 306 lb-ft) matched to an eight-speed automatic transmission. Rear-wheel drive is standard and all-wheel drive is optional. The Quadrifoglio is rear-wheel-drive only and uses a turbocharged 2.9-liter V6 engine (505 hp, 443 lb-ft).

Sprint The base Giulia Sprint starts you off with:

• 17-inch alloy wheels
• Xenon headlights
• Keyless proximity entry and ignition
• Dual-zone automatic climate control
• Driver's seat memory settings
• Heated steering wheel
• Heated front and rear seats
• Leather upholstery
• 8.8-inch touchscreen
• Eight-speaker audio system
• Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration
• Wireless charging pad
• Forward collision mitigation (warns you of an impending collision and applies the brakes in certain scenarios)
• Lane departure warning (alerts you if the vehicle begins to drift out of its lane)
• Rear parking sensors (alert you to obstacles that may not be visible behind the vehicle when parking)

Ti Upgrading to the midlevel Ti adds:

• 18-inch wheels
• Panoramic sunroof
• Navigation system
• Front parking sensors

Veloce On top of the Ti's equipment, the Veloce adds:

• Limited-slip rear differential (can enhance traction when accelerating)
• 19-inch wheels
• Extendable thigh cushion and side bolster adjustment for front seats
• Sport front seats

Quadrifoglio In addition to Veloce upgrades, the high-performance Quadrifoglio includes:

• Adaptive suspension dampers
• Upgraded brakes
• Summer performance tires
• Torque-vectoring differential (can enhance traction and handling agility)
• Carbon-fiber body panels
• Carbon-fiber interior trim
• 14-speaker Harman Kardon premium audio system

There are a few option packages to look out for, including:

Active Assist Plus package

• Blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert (warns you if a vehicle is in your blind spot during a lane change or while reversing)
• Adaptive cruise control (maintains a driver-set distance between the Alfa Romeo and the car in front)
• Driver attention warning (issues an alert if sensors determine you are becoming fatigued)
• Lane keeping assist (steers the Giulia back into its lane if it begins to drift over the lane marker)
• Traffic sign recognition (reads and displays the speed limit in the gauge cluster)

Premium Interior and Sound package

• 14-speaker Harman Kardon audio system
• Leather dash and upper doors