Alfa Romeo Giulia - old and new (1965 - 2015)

[1959scudetto]

The Giulia may be the iconic Alfa Romeo, built from 1962 up to 1977 in the company's best of times  - its derivatives are all classics themselves (4 cyl. engines with 1300 and 1600 ccm delivered between 87 and 112 hp, in its final years a small number got  a 1800 cc Perkins diesel engine - but only for Italy - which brought 50 hp but was no success).

From the mid-70's Alfa Romeo was on a steady decline which resulted in the FIAT takeover in 1986.

Alfa Romeo revived the old name: 2015 a new Giulia was presented, again with RWD, but with engines from 136 up to 210 hp (2200 cc, Diesel, 4 cyl. turbo) and 200 up to 280 hp (2000 cc, 4 cyl., turbo, Gasoline) - the strongest versions had 4WD. Production started in 2016.

To top all this, the Quadrifoglio got the 2,9 ltr. Biturbo V6 engine with 510 hp (the GTA version even 540 hp) with RWD only.

Interesting comparison between the old and the new - 50 years: Ixo made a light-blue 1965 Giulia Super in the Italian Quattroruote newsstand series for Leo Models (later reissued in red, white and dark red) - Bburago released the modern counterpart in deep metallic red and dark metallic blue:

 

Note: Back in 1965, outside rearview mirrors were not yet mandatory in Italy !

 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice models.

Love the old ones. Wonderfully balanced, tossable little cars. The advertising phrase "nothing handles like an Alfa" was entirely true. They even managed to smell different from anything else.

The newer one is attractive, and I'm sure it's competent, but with a different grille it could be anything from anywhere. 

Edited March 26 by Ace-Garageguy

[1959scudetto]

I'm with you, Bill - as a kid growing up in the 60's, I could tell any car from the others (sometimes even when hearing the noise) - each body had its own character and distinctive features.

Time (and evolution) has smoothed all corners and edges which resulted in the cars we have now : very much alike - sometimes I can only differentiate them when looking at the company logo...

[Noah H.]

Those are some really sharp looking builds. They complement each other very well - nice work.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Long time Alfa fan. Have owned six. My first was a new 1977 Alfetta Sedan. Nothing like the early sedans. They were almost as fun as my 3 Spiders! Fun to see these models. Thanks for posting.

 

[1959scudetto]

23 hours ago, Noah H. said:

Those are some really sharp looking builds. They complement each other very well - nice work.

Thanks, but these are not builds, but die-cast models. My only work here was taking pictures.

Edited April 17 by 1959scudetto