Subsequent Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Will Make 1,000 Horsepower As An EV

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio has at all times been a supercar disguised as a four-door sports activities sedan. What makes it nice is its razor-sharp dealing with and the 503 horsepower twin-turbo V6. So when the automaker introduced the subsequent iteration of the automotive could be electrical, it precipitated some trepidation. 

In an interview with Autocar, Alfa Romeo’s CEO, Jean-Philippe Imparato, sought to reassure individuals in regards to the subsequent Giulia. The brand new automotive will evolve into an EV with a 345 horsepower base mannequin and a extra highly effective Veloce variant making upwards of 790 horsepower. However the true deal with will probably be a 1000 horsepower Quadrifolio, making nearly double the present automotive’s quantity.   

As essentially the most highly effective model, the Quadrifolio will almost certainly get all-wheel drive and use the same setup to the brand new Maserati Granturismo Folgore, which makes use of three electrical motors and torque-vectoring functionality. Imparato additionally indicated the EV’s vary could be round 435 miles, corresponding to the present inside combustion automotive’s restrict. 

Alfa Romeo’s CEO additionally emphasised the significance of reworking the automaker into a totally electrical one. “We swap as a result of we should,” he mentioned. “If not, Alfa Romeo could be useless.” Nonetheless, he was additionally fast to qualify the transformation as one which house owners would recognize. “We are going to swap in an actual concrete substitution mode. I don’t need you to undergo from something. I would like you to find it irresistible.”

Design-wise, the Giulia might evolve from its present sedan kind to change into extra of a fastback-style wagon in an try to lure extra consumers. But it can nonetheless be “the Alfa Romeo all of us need,” based on Imparato.   

No matter what form the brand new Giulia takes, it is anticipated to reach by the center of the last decade, serving to Alfa Romeo obtain its purpose of being a purely electrical model by 2027. This timeline doubtless means the brand new automobile will share Stellantis’ 800-volt electrical structure and trip on the STLA platform. In consequence, the Guilia will provide substantial efficiency in addition to fast charging functionality, with a ten to 80% recharge taking lower than 18 minutes.

However till the brand new electrical Alfa Romeo Giulia arrives, we nonetheless have the previous one, which not solely contains the Quadrifoglio and the unbelievable GTA and GTAm.