urquattrogus
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That name is a bit of a mouthful! Think I'll settle on QV.
Picked it up this Saturday and I'm already smitten!
I've only done 300 miles so far, so trying to be a little restrained (so difficult!)
I'm besotted!
In short the suspension is the most pliant and comfortable of any super saloon I have driven. I have been borrowing my fathers 6.2 C63 while my BMW is mothballed and also have his C7 RS6 to compare to.
It's comfortable and refined, smooth etc day to day.
But then when you pick up the pace oh boy does it respond!
You can feel the relatively light weight and all the work that went in!
Super fast accurate steering and an engine that also amazes. It can run on three cylinder one minute for economy and then dish out the full 500bhp and 450lbft or so of torque.
I was worried it would sound a bit restrained, which is does day to day, but put in in race mode and the sound is much better than I had hoped for, it's lovely! A real baritone bark and lots of fun using the paddles.
Only downside so far are the brakes which are difficult to bring the car to a smooth standstill with (electronic drive by wire believe it or not!?)
I even like the sat nave and media system so far, something i was worried about when coming from BMW professional Nav. It works well, but is maybe lacking in a few extra features. Hopefully that will change a little with software updates, it may even get apple car play it seems.
Any doubters should go and drive one, this car is epic! and I get to drive it everyday with the minimum of compromises required. I would also say that you need to see one in the flesh if you're not convinced by the looks.
Here are a couple of hastily shot pictures:
![Guilia 1.jpg Guilia 1.jpg](https://www.sportsalfa.com/data/attachments/35/35267-a2d2d83fb9d4c0e5266f73aac915953b.jpg)
![Guilia 3.jpg Guilia 3.jpg](https://www.sportsalfa.com/data/attachments/35/35268-c722b5930bd6799d7a8305b8627623b0.jpg)
Picked it up this Saturday and I'm already smitten!
I've only done 300 miles so far, so trying to be a little restrained (so difficult!)
I'm besotted!
In short the suspension is the most pliant and comfortable of any super saloon I have driven. I have been borrowing my fathers 6.2 C63 while my BMW is mothballed and also have his C7 RS6 to compare to.
It's comfortable and refined, smooth etc day to day.
But then when you pick up the pace oh boy does it respond!
You can feel the relatively light weight and all the work that went in!
Super fast accurate steering and an engine that also amazes. It can run on three cylinder one minute for economy and then dish out the full 500bhp and 450lbft or so of torque.
I was worried it would sound a bit restrained, which is does day to day, but put in in race mode and the sound is much better than I had hoped for, it's lovely! A real baritone bark and lots of fun using the paddles.
Only downside so far are the brakes which are difficult to bring the car to a smooth standstill with (electronic drive by wire believe it or not!?)
I even like the sat nave and media system so far, something i was worried about when coming from BMW professional Nav. It works well, but is maybe lacking in a few extra features. Hopefully that will change a little with software updates, it may even get apple car play it seems.
Any doubters should go and drive one, this car is epic! and I get to drive it everyday with the minimum of compromises required. I would also say that you need to see one in the flesh if you're not convinced by the looks.
Here are a couple of hastily shot pictures:
![Guilia 1.jpg Guilia 1.jpg](https://www.sportsalfa.com/data/attachments/35/35267-a2d2d83fb9d4c0e5266f73aac915953b.jpg)
![Guilia 3.jpg Guilia 3.jpg](https://www.sportsalfa.com/data/attachments/35/35268-c722b5930bd6799d7a8305b8627623b0.jpg)