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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/TheWolfofBinance on 2025-07-01 04:18:20+00:00.

So it’s been exactly 1 year since purchasing my 2024 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio

This is kinda of a similar post to this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/uho20h/traded_my_toyota_gr_supra_30_for_an_mx5_rf_heres/

With a similar length of ownership. I’m not going to compare the car to my Supra because I think my Supra was probably a lemon, though I do think I made good arguments against the car. Even if it was reliable, I still do not feel that it is a good product.

I’ll start with the negatives since most of you are probably interested in that:

The Negatives

Reliability and dealership concerns

• 1 month into ownership I noticed a few drops of oil in the garage. I took it to the local Alfa dealership and they diagnosed this as the front crank seal seep. They ordered parts and replaced it. The car was gone for 2 days. Here’s the catch: No loaner, and when I asked for them to pay for an uber, they said they only do that within Vancouver, and I live in a nearby suburb. The cost difference would have only been 10 dollars for them. I got in an argument and I told them that “Mercedes and BMW would not treat people this way, you guys are already in trouble and this is how you treat your customers you took a risk and bought into the brand?” They gave in and paid for the ride home and back
• At around 900km, I couldn’t take it anymore and I went to my local back roads, race mode and i beat the crap out of the car with a huge grin on my face. Unfortunately the front rotors developed hot spots and started shaking on braking. The rotors, and pads were replaced under warranty to my surprise. This is probably entirely my fault and the pads were not bedded properly.
• In two circumstances, a check engline light came on upon starting the car with the throttle pulsing itself, and the infamous Service Electronic Body Control. I had my OBD2 reader handy and noted 10+ different codes were thrown in both cases and in both cases I knew that it was probably nothing and I cycled the ignition, and the CEL went away for thousands of km until the second time it happened.
• A few months later the car started to leak from the same area. Back to the dealership. Was gone for 2 days. I did not mention the CEL issue because I didn’t really care, probably a software bug. They ended up updating the ECU software that directly addressed a bug in the softawre that misread the battery voltage in late model Giulia Quadrifoglios.
• They told me in their 10 years of servicing this car, only two cars had front crank seal leaks, mine and a 2023. They speculated there’s a bad batch of seals circulating.
• After the update, and fixing the leak, and rotors/pads (I upgraded the pads as well), the car has had no further issues no matter what I am doing and I am beating on it much harder than I used to.
• There was one time android auto froze but the system restarted itself.

Build quality issues

• Rattle in the front guage cluster surround. I already knew this would be an issue before purchasing the car and had purchased foam. Instantly resolved on day 1.
• very small rattle in the driver’s side door. Only audible if i really crank the base of my music. Dealer applied foam and its significantly better
• Small rattle in the overhead lights, but this seems to have solved itself. Let’s see if it comes back in the winter.

Dailying issues

• the car is low, about the same clearance as a 458 but with a longer wheelbase. The centre of the car is prone to hitting taller speed bumps. I do have to be mindful of this.
• My fuel economy is 15.2L/100km but this car begs me to drive like an asshole. I am almost launching it at every red light. I love it.
• Big A pillar and mirror situation means visibility is hampered when doing left turns onto pedestrians
• No heated seats or steering wheel with carbon bucket seats. We have mild winters so it hasn’t been a problem.
• The car idles at nearly 1000 rpm, so you gotta apply a bit more brake pressure to get the car to sit still at the red light, this can get fatiguing, resolved by putting it in neutral. This is the biggest problem dailying this car.
• The hill start assist feature is a bit intrusive, sometimes letting go of the brakes will not get the car to creep because there’s a slight incline, you gotta give it a second for it to move forward or backwards.

Performance issues

• Front alignment is very limited. I’m not sure why they done it this way. Front camber is not adjustable and it sits at 0.5 degrees currently. The car handles so incredibly well and neutral I am worried about messing with this.
• Brakes, even with Porterfield R4S pads on stock rotors, are just okay. I get slight brake fade on a more intense touge session. The brakes have little feel and they behave differently depending on what more you’re in. They feel best in race mode
• You pretty much have to drive this car in Race mode to get the most out of it. It’s a completely different animal. There are no torque limits like in Dynamic mode in first, 2nd and possibly other gears. The car feels MUCH faster, brakes better, has a more sensitive throttle, and the stiffest suspension settings are locked in this mode. Caviat is you do not get any traction or stability control. None. I haven’t found this to be an issue on PS4S tires. It hooks up so well, the chassis is communicative, well balanced and lovely. I have no qualms driving this car hard in race mode.
• In bumpier roads, you can bottom out the car because its so low if you’re driving fast enough.

The Positives

Reliability 7.5/10 - Exceeded expectations, but could’ve been better but this car hasn’t been a headache.

• I’ve been driving this car daily like any other car.
• I’ve developed trust with this car over the past year. The only real reliability concern was the CEL which has been resolved with a software update. I am going to chalk up the oil leak to bad luck because I can’t find anyone else on the Giulia forums or anywhere with this problem. Shit happens. My Supra burnt oil like crazy. I rather it be a seal than internal issues.
• Things just work. Android auto and car play are flawless except for one time it froze which is nothing after dailying for 13000 km. The automatic wipers work consistently, the automatic climate control works properly, all the buttons and switch gear work as expected with no niggles or bugs. The car functions well on daily operation. It’s probably one of the most dependable things I own.
• It does not burn oil at all. I take a photo of my dipstick and measure the pixels up to the oil line over months when the car wasn’t leaking and there was no change. This is impressive for a turbo charged engine. Contrary to my Supra which burnt 5x more oil than this car leaked.
• Overall this has been better than I expected. My ND has more quirks, like the overly sensitive passenger sensor, seat belts that don’t retract properly, automatic wipers that work half the time, infotainment crashes…

Build quality 8.5/10 - No major concerns.

• I am going to go ahead and use my Supra, my father’s refreshed Tesla model 3 as basis of comparison. You might argue that’s not fair as this is a more expensive car but the interior is still a Giulia which is comparable in price to those cars.
• The build quality is significantly better than a Tesla or the Supra. The touch points are nice, including the steering wheel which feels expensive, the large cold metal paddles. There are minimum creaks or rattles compared to those cars. FAR FAR FAR less rattles and creaks than the Supra or tesla. This feels like a Rolls Royce in comparison to those cars. It’s not even close but keep in mind i did fix the cluster surround rattle on day 1 but I did similar things with the Supra.
• The doors shut with a solid clunk like a vault, there’s no flex in the door panel
• The paint has been solid with little orange peel and it seems to be very hard and thick as noted by my dealer.
• Body Panels align well
• there’s cheap plastics in places that don’t really matter like the lower door pockets, which was also true in the Supra and the Tesla. This is where my foot hits on exiting the car so I wouldn’t want this to be leather.
• The most notable cheap areas are the centre column stalks and the overhead grab handles. The stalks just have a cheap texture to them.
• The switch gear feels pretty good. I think the Supra had a bit more solid feeling switches but I mean i’d have to compare them side by side.
• I think most of the complaints against this car’s build quality is the cabin’s 2015 design and use of dark materials. It does not feel cheap where it matters in terms of function, rattles, and creaks.

As a daily - 8.5/10, exceeds expectations. A comfortable and quiet ride, a functional and easy to use cabin, what more can you ask for?

• Extremely comfortable ride in N or A mode. I don’t really know how they’ve managed to do this. It is so well damped. It’s a complete night and day difference to the Tesla or Supra, or even my parents 2014 E Class which is this car’s contemporary. It just floats and glides on the highway, you feel the bumps, but they’re not intrusive.
• It is a quiet ride. It seems like Giulia’s got extra sound deadening in 2020 or so. When I close the window the world just fades away. No its not a Rolls Royce but it is excellent even for the price point. Little wind noise, or tire noise. It is w…

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