Performance-oriented readers of German car magazine vote Alfa Romeo
Giulia Quadrifoglio top pick of category ‘Imported Standard Sedans/Station
Wagons up to 100,000 Euro’
(www.sportauto.de/sportautoaward). Alfa
Romeo Giulia Veloce is victorious in category ‘Imported Standard Sedans/Station
Wagons up to 50,000 Euro’. Both models also score third place in their
respective overall category, ahead of major German competitors.
Once a year, Germany’s renowned car magazine ‘sport
auto’ asks its performance-oriented readers about their favourite models. This
is why the result of the ‘sport auto AWARD’, which focuses primarily on the
dynamic capabilities of each competitor, is widely regarded as a benchmark for
manufacturers of sports cars. For the second time in a row, the Alfa Romeo
Giulia emerged strongly. In keeping with 2017, the range’s top model, the Alfa
Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, powered by a 2.9 V6 bi-turbo petrol engine
delivering 375 kW (510 bhp), won the import class of the category ‘Standard
Sedans/Station Wagons up to 100,000 euro’. The Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce, having
a 206 kW (280 bhp) turbo petrol engine 2.0 under its bonnet, was rated number
one import car of the category ‘Standard Sedans/Station Wagons up to 50,000 euro’
by the readers of ‘sport auto’ magazine.
Both Alfa Romeo Giulia models also competed in
the overall classification of their respective categories, facing strong German
competitors. Once again, the readers of ‘sport auto’ again demonstrated their preference
for Italian design, style and performance. They rated the Alfa Romeo Giulia
Quadrifoglio third overall in the category ‘Standard Sedans/Station Wagons up
to 100,000 euro’ and the Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce also achieved a strong third place
in the overall category ‘Standard Sedans/Station Wagons up to 50,000 euro’.
‘We are very proud to win two import categories
at the ‘sport auto AWARD’ with the Alfa Romeo Giulia for the second year in a
row,’ said Rebecca Reinermann, Director Marketing Alfa Romeo and Jeep, during
the prize giving ceremony at the magazine’s home town of Stuttgart. ‘Another
great result is reflected by the two third overall positions against strong
German competitors. Also, in future, we will continue our effort to impress more
than just the readers of ‘sport auto’ with high-performance cars from Alfa
Romeo.’
This was the 26th sport auto AWARD’, an annual
event organized by one of Germany’s top car magazines. In total 238 sports car
models competed in 25 categories, 15 of them with an additional import class. Evidently,
there was a good number of Alfa Romeo fans among the more than 11,000 readers
who cast their votes.