Alfa Romeo Giulia

alfa has seemingly gone dark again. news has stopped regarding the giulia arrival in the dealerships...and of course, no pricing info whatsoever.

has anyone some guidance that I clearly do not?

 

Hang on, they're coming. Well over 400 US-spec launch stock 280hp Giulias have been already built since late October.

 

thank you mac...you are the only source of info

 

I heard they won't go to Dealer's until some shindig in New Orleans that happens in Late January. They are mandating every dealer employee attend or they won't ship the cars.

 

Launch Edition Quadrifoglios are in port (US) awaiting final Gov't approval before shipping. The base and Ti cars will be arrive after the January NOLA training event.

 

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2016 European Alfa Romeo Giulia sales:-

Mar - 19
Apr - 48
May - 236
Jun - 1334
Jul - 999
Aug - 752
Sep - 1718
Oct - 1571
Total: 6677

 

Thanks! Do you have competitors sales in October? Just for comparison

 

The Giulia range is broad (Gasoline and Diesel).

Which exact models do you consider as competition?

Also expect competitor models to have sold more units this year, as the Giulia is still relatively new on the market.

 

2016 Italian Alfa Romeo Giulia sales:-

Mar - 19
Apr - 48
May - 189
Jun - 800
Jul - 370
Aug - 435
Sep - 762
Oct - 667
Total: 3290

 

You know all those premium brands in this category, like Audi A4, BMW 3 series, Jaguar XE etc. Like this data from last month: September midsize premium sedan sales in Continental Europe with % change
Mercedes C class 4,300 -16%
BMW 3 series 3,033 +11%
Audi A4 2,091 +55%
Alfa Romeo Giulia 1,718 New
Jaguar XE 845 -26%
Volvo S60 503 -19%
Lexus IS 340 +28%
Infiniti Q50 209 +32%

Nine-month midsize premium sedan sales in Continental Europe with % change
Mercedes C class 35,568 -16%
BMW 3 series 24,931 +8%
Audi A4 23,803 +76%
Jaguar XE 8,709 +117%
Alfa Romeo Giulia 5,105 New
Volvo S60 4,981 -8%
Lexus IS 2,755 -7%
Infiniti Q50 1,635 -1%

 

Looks like the Alfa might be eating away at Jaguar XE and Volvo sales?? If you add in the new markets(North America and rest of the world) and continue the Euro September rate they might just do some great numbers(well below what sweater man dreamed but still great). You should post Maserati overall Ghibli sales to see if the Giulia is causing a drop in their sales.

 

Also remember the Giulia's line-up is still rather limited.

Compare that to Audi and BMW with their Avant's/touring's (very popular in Europe), 4 cylinders, 6 cylinders, Quattro's, S's, Amg's etc.

 

I hear they insanely dropped the manual for NA. True?

 

I will not give 2016 accumulated figures, as the Giulia only picks up in May.

October 2016 Europe (28 Countries)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class - 12 766
Audi A4 / S4 / RS4 - 12 172
BMW 3-Series - 11 202
Jaguar XE - 1772
Alfa Romeo Giulia - 1571
Volvo S60 - 705
Lexus IS - 430
Infiniti Q50 / G - 156

 

Not a direct model comparison, but for interest:-

2016 European Alfa Romeo Giulia vs Maserati Ghibli sales:-

Mar: 19 - 561
Apr: 48 - 401
May: 236 - 432
Jun: 1334 - 458
Jul: 999 - 297
Aug: 752 - 244
Sep: 1718 - 435
Oct: 1571 - 297
Total: 6677 - 3125

 

Interesting, but not conclusive. The car that I think will eat into Ghibli sales is the Giulia Quadrifoglio V6 Turbo as they are in the same price range and both medium to large 4 door performance sedans.

 

Wow, how come those competitors more than double their sales in Oct? I mean last month they were just around thousands and this month around twelve thousand? What a explosive sales! Even the Jag double its sales from Sep 845-1772 Oct, I mean what happened? How did they increase that much in this month? It looked like only Giulia is decreasing in Oct

 

UK plate change. It's by far the largest market in Europe for D-segment premium sedans (saloons). At that moment Giulia still was not available in the UK market.

 

Those accumulated "9-month" figures listed are totally wrong.

e.g. accumulated 2016 European monthly sales for the leader Mercedes-Benz C-Class:-

Jan - 12 319
Feb - 10 823
Mar - 18 961
Apr - 14 959
May - 14 456
Jun - 16 821
Jul - 14 138
Aug - 11 180
Sep - 21 063
Oct - 12 766
Total - 147 486

 

1st the Giulia is smaller than the Ghibli, think 3 Series vs 5 Series. Also at the price point the Ghibli is AWD vs Giulia being RWD only.

 

true. also worth consideration, the ghibli (in the $75-80k) range weighs in @ approx. 370hp vs the Giulia @ approx. 510hp.

giulia will cut into some ghibli shoppers.

 

Definitely.

True drivers will buy the Giulia and leave AWD to the wankers of the world.
Pete

 

Thanks for the correction that wrong source of information just misleading us! Reality hurts 😭 Giulia is still very far away from those major competitors