Alfa Romeo, who has little sense of existence, is anxious to brush up on this year's "Geneva Webcast Motor Show".
There's nothing new in the old car factory, and as predicted earlier, Alfa Romeo is a limited-edition, hardcore, track-based, high-performance car this year – the Giulia GTA and GTAm.
If you have any knowledge of this extremely niche brand in China, you should know that Giulia , a medium-sized sedan that benchmarks the 3 Series — originally had a high-performance version of the Giulia Quadrifoglio nicknamed "Clover", and the Giulia GTA is a limited model that further improves on the basis of the "Clover". As for the GTAm, it is more track modification based on the gta's performance.
(GTAm with tail fin)
The Giulia Quadrifoglio Four-Leafy Grass has a 2.9T V6 engine derived from Ferrari with a peak output of 510 hp, while the Giulia GTA/GTAm builds on this to squeeze the engine power further to 540 hp and reduces weight by 100 kg in various ways. The GTAm, which is closer to the extreme, has removed the rear seats on the gtA basis, replaced it with a race roll cage, a six-point seat belt in the front row, and a large rear wing at the rear of the car - basically a track car that is legally on the road. "GTA" is a classic car name in the history of Alfa Romeo, representing the Italian "Gran Turismo Alleggerita", and the last word means lightweight (not really gta" GTA 5).
Avid high-performance car enthusiasts and Alfa Romeo fans are boiling over, and it's no surprise that this Giulia GTA is likely to break the fastest four-door lap record on the Ring of Truth in New North.
But to put it mildly, the original ordinary medium-sized four-door car, now hardcore, extreme, paranoid to this part, not to break the New North record may not be very embarrassed to say hello to people.
The four-leaf clover version of giulia Quadrifoglio set a record for a 7 minutes and 32 seconds new north four-door car in 2016, but was brushed down by jaguar XE SV Project8 in 7 minutes and 21 seconds a year later — the latter is an extreme, limited-edition, track-based street car that is highly similar to gtAm.
So it's hard to say that Alpha Romeo lost the year, the Giulia Clover is a fully equipped conventional street car after all, Jaguar took out a "four-door car" without a back seat to fight, of course, who demolished more things and who was faster - where is this reason?
In fact, such a record-breaking, no one wants to.
Both Jaguar and Alpha Romeo are weaker at this level: who wants to take the trouble to steal the limelight if the regular version sells well?
Originally, the regular players of the high-performance mid-range car were bmw M3/M4, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63, Audi RS4/RS5, and their responsibility was to set a performance benchmark for the normal 3 Series, ordinary C class, and ordinary A4/A5. As a latecomer, Jaguar XE and Alpha Romeo Giulia naturally launched their own high-performance versions in order to grab a piece of the pie. Alpha Romeo smashed the blood and took out the serious "four-leaf clover" Quadrifoglio. Jaguar was shy and unwilling to do nothing, so it had to take the side of the sword and fight with an extreme XE SV Project8 with no back seat and anti-roll frame. Of course, the audience of this extreme track car is definitely narrower, so the so-called "limited" of such models is actually estimated to be only sold.
(The record-breaking Jaguar XE SV Project8 also has no back seats)
It's like everyone defaults to wearing rubber shoes to kick wild ball, Jaguar children have to wear a pair of spiked shoes to the end, well, then no one dares to fight with you. Mercedes-Benz BMW is well-off and does not compete for happy football, but the more shabby Alfa Romeo will not play the ball without a shot, so only they change into spikes and real knives and real guns 1v1.
If you dig a little deeper, gta is a helpless plan B for Alfa Romeo.
Tiger Sniff mentioned in "Avoiding Singles' Day, Romeo Can't Wait for Juliet" that from 2017 to 2018, the FCA Group planned an ambitious revival plan for Alfa Romeo. These included the launch of the coupe GTV, which is also the traditional name of Alfa Romeo, using the existing Giulia model. Originally, Romeo children should have a pair of rubber shoes to take advantage of, and compete fairly with their opponents. According to the strength of the "four-leaf clover" Quadrifoglio, it is also a high probability of winning over the opponent, at least in terms of performance.
(This is plan A)
However, after nearly a year or two of peak reversals, The sudden death of Marchionne, the merger of FCA and PSA, and The failure of Alfa Romeo to continue to complete the huge original plan had to retreat. The original planned top supercar 8C (new) was first cancelled, and the two-door version of the GTV based on the four-door Giulia was much lower in cost, but Alfa Romeo was still unable to support it, and the existing extremely niche sports car 4C was also discontinued not long ago.
Is there any cheap way to show off your muscles? Yes, the Jaguar XE SV Project8 case is in front of us. The development cost is close to that of the modification plant, the loss is not to lose money is so hundreds of vehicles, the eyes are closed and pass, even if hundreds of cars can not be sold, there is also a perfect explanation of "I am too paranoid to the world does not understand me".
The Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA and GTAm are limited to a total of 500 vehicles, and owners receive a gta racing suit, helmet, gloves and racing shoes for free, as well as an Advanced Driving Training Course for Alfa Romeo.
It's just a routine story in the world of old luxury cars, but unfortunately or luckily, we eat this set.