When you’ve been sitting behind the wheel of a truck for the past seven years, driving almost any other car would feel faster, smaller, and much easier to parallel park in the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. When I started driving the Giulia, I noticed these major differences immediately. When I tracked the car for the very first time with Alfa Romeo of Southern California (AROSC) during a two-day track school, I noticed so much more.
Where chicanes on a track slow other cars down, the Giulia glides through at high speed while the passengers inside lean with each curve by a force no greater than a bump by a fellow lounger in a lazy river pool on a hot summer day. A slalom of orange cones, placed so tightly together they are more intimidating to the driver than the Giulia, are again no match for this sedan created to weave through a technical exercise with ease.
The exercise the Giulia surprised me most on was a go-kart track designated for drivers of AROSC for the day. The go-kart track featured a narrow driving strip with more sharp cornered turns than straightaways. With every passing lap, the Giulia gained speed and performed better and better. Taking the corners with speed meant driving with more spirit, yet I never felt the tires hunting for pavement beneath me. In my (humble) opinion, the Giulia outperformed every other car during this exercise (to the dismay of a nameless Euro car caught desperately trying to keep pace ***Hint: 3 letter that don't spell AMG***).
The recurring theme of all the different exercises I practiced with the Giulia during those two days was control. No matter how hard I pushed the Giulia that weekend, I always felt in control of every aspect of the car. Even more, I did not have to sacrifice agility or speed to have this type of control. I attended the driving school that weekend with the intention to learn the boundaries of my new car. The only boundaries I encountered were that of my own as a novice driver. Sitting behind the wheel of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Ti Sport is like being jockey on the most thoroughbred race horse there is. This car was meant to race and you can feel every ounce of it as the driver. As a novice driver with many years of track time ahead of her, I know that I have only begun to skim the surface of potential that is the Giulia.
Written by S. Youkhane (Owner of the 2019 Giulia Ti Sport)
Edited by: A.H. Moss
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