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ALFA ROMEO GIULIA IS THE 2018 MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR #PART3

"It handles absolutely beautifully, with light, linear sports car–like steering," features editor Christian Seabaugh says.

"It rides like a luxury car with no impact harshness in the cabin, and it's downright quick.

This is a car that puts a smile on your face.

It doesn't matter whether you're sitting at a stop light, bombing down a back road, or cruising on the highway.

It just wants to please.".

Many luxury sedans have imitated the stark Germanic style.

But Alfa retained its legacy of what an Italian car's exterior and interior should look like.

It is unmistakable and sensual, imbuing a cosmopolitan glamour to the driver.

"The design, packaging, and various visual elements seem to come together to complement each other," former Chrysler design boss Tom Gale says, pointing to the shield grille, shrouded instrument cluster, and '60s-inspired wood inlays as iconic Alfa styling points.

Alfa Romeo could have taken the cheap way out, relying on tacked-on pieces of faux heritage.

But no, the whole car is heritage—swoopy, sexy, and more than a little brazen.

The smooth detents of the buttons, the rheostatic clicks of the dials, and the swing of the stalks all carry a tactile elegance.

The italic typeface on the instrument gauges connotes velocity.

The back seats, though a tad tight on legroom, are draped in the same sumptuous leather as those up front.

This snazzy aesthetic travels into places most people won't see (but Theodore did), such as the attention to detail in the chassis design—with stout spring perches, strut-tower braces, and shrouding of the cooling system.Now let's talk value.

This segment is cutthroat, and Alfa has not flinched at what is expected.

After following the industry-standard 36-month, $399/month lease deal, it launched a 24-month, $299/month lease deal that should get the attention of any individual with Maserati tastes but a Mazda budget.

Carrying such a gutsy engine could tank fuel economy.

But the Alfa is a miser.

The rear-drive version of the 20-liter Giulia delivers 21.7/37.9/26.8 mpg city/highway/combined in our Real MPG tests, while the Quadrifoglio managed 15.8/28.5/19.8 mpg—in both cases, underperforming the EPA ratings slightly in city and combined and significantly exceeding them on the highway.

As for safety, the Giulia was rated a Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS, its highest rating, and earned top marks for its automatic emergency braking and headlamp systems.

The Giulia carries a five-star rating in the European NCAP evaluation.

It offers smart cruise control (down to a full stop), forward collision warning, pedestrian detection, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and numerous other systems.

And although other cars blare Klaxons to warn of a lane departure, the Giulia thumps a bass line more akin to a Deadmau5 beat.As to the elephant in the room: Some readers with long memories will recall Alfas of yore as temperamental and unreliable—the main reason for its departure from this market in 1993.

And upon Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S., some early-build 2017 Giulias had issues with electrical gremlins.

But in this year's accelerated wear-and-tear Car of the Year testing of three Giulias, we found nary a glitch, hiccup, or bark of protest—while several cars from other luxury automakers had notable issues.

Is the Giulia perfect? No, but neither are any of its rivals.

Tetchy brake modulation makes a gliding limousine stop a challenge.

The fantastically supportive optional sport seats have imposing side bolsters that require the figure of a Milan runway model.

The rear-seat footwells needed some sharp bits burred.

The all-season tires on the all-wheel-drive Q4 version were a bit greasy.

The infotainment screen could use a more complete user experience (Apple CarPlay is an anticipated rolling change) and a higher-resolution rearview camera.

And for all the elegance of the interior, the plastic gearshift conjures a PlayStation joystick.

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But Alfa Romeo is dashing away with the prize—the first time an Italian brand has won COTY or our discontinued Import Car of the Year—and anyone who has been reading Motor Trend this past year shouldn't be surprised.

Earlier this year, the base Giulia beat all comers in our Big Test of 20-liter compact luxury sedans—a field that included Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Lexus, and Mercedes-Benz, among others.

The Quadrifoglio version then eviscerated its rival BMW M3, Cadillac ATS-V, and Mercedes C63 S super sedan entrants in a four-way comparison on streets and at the racetrack.

And in Best Driver's Car against 11 supercars, sports cars, and six-figure grand tourers, the Quadrifoglio (the lone sedan) finished in a respectable sixth.

Each successive time we drove the Giulia, through summer's ripening breath, our enthusiasm grew.

"Best steering, best chassis—this car saves the sport sedan market," says guest judge Chris Theodore—the former Ford and Chrysler product development executive who knows something about creating cars to make a soul ache.

"It was the only car that said, 'You're in charge.

You want to be nice and tidy, I can be tidy.

You want to be crazy and drift me wild, I'll be right there with you,'" Theodore adds.

"You fall in love with it.".

The top-trim Quadrifoglio, with its 505 fiery-footed steeds underhood, is blisteringly quick, especially in Race mode.

Its 2.9-liter V-6 is a Ferrari engine with two cylinders cleaved off, for crying out loud.

While punching out a 3.8-second 0–60 time and a 12.1-second quarter mile, this pazzo Alfa also carries asphalt-peeling lateral grip.

Yet the car's attitude can be adjusted on the throttle at will.

In short, it goads expletive-shouting misbehavior while delivering a commute-friendly ride.

What clinched the Calipers was the base Giulia.

Many brands make blazingly fast performance sedans, but when the exercise is reduced by mass-market pressures, the lesser version is often found lacking.

Not so here.

The $38,990 base Giulia achieves something Acura, Lexus, Infiniti, and Jaguar have tried futilely to do for decades: build a better compact sport sedan than the Deutschlanders.The Giulia's eager 20-liter turbo-four is no wisp of an engine.

It cranks out a stunning yet tractable 280 hp and 306 lb-ft of torque.

In testing, we admit to finding a hint of lag and lash, but when the powerband kicks in to second gear and the exhaust note awakens, your senses will revel in jubilation.

"This is a car that snorts and burps and gurgles," Detroit editor Alisa Priddle says.

"There is something visceral about hearing the car.

There's sheer fun in driving a car like that.".

Call it Italian finesse; Alfa understands the nuance that some drivers might desire, a racy engine response without turning the suspension into a kidney-beating nightmare—hence the option of a softer suspension setting while in Dynamic mode.

Markus observed that some twisty roads benefit a car with a softer shock setting.

Adds Ed Loh: "The Germans always say, 'We make everything hard.' No! Softness.

Softness.".

Putting the power to the pavement is a proven ZF eight-speed with 100-millisecond shift times and the ability to skip-shift from eighth gear directly to second if instant hp is needed.

If you are stuck in the typical morning snarl, a switch to "A" mode changes the shift logic to smooth and calm.

So what if we Americans don't get a manual version? One toggle of the cold, all-aluminum paddle shifters will make you cease yearning to row your own gears.

The Brembo brakes, normally a sure thing, and brake-by-wire system earned some frowns for being mushy under pressure, though.