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That’s Embarassing: Alfa’s Giulia Quadrifoglio Breaks Down During Track Test Against
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKakXkLp8U4"]Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio vs BMW M3 Comp Pack vs Mercedes-AMG C63 S | PH Battle - YouTube[/ame]
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No offense to you, but that's kind of a dumb video. Review loaner cars never have issues when handed over to the press right? I'm sure since the car was provided by Alfa, so undoubtedly Alfa would provide another car or work with the reviewers on the issue given the opportunity. I mean really, the track isn't going anywhere so lap times & driving impressions can still be recorded. There are a multitude of other reviews where this hasn't happened so maybe this was the way Pistonheads could differentiate themselves. Proof that an accent doesn't imbue intelligence or integrity.
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On track, it did go into limp mode when left-foot braking. Then, the engineer was in the car with his laptop for some time before going out for a few laps and left foot braking - all was fine. So back out we went in Race mode, then within half a lap went back into limp mode. Alfa provided tyre support which we were happy about as we had very high hopes and were looking forward to driving it.
thank you for responding and for that clarification Nik so left foot braking caused the issue, ? the engineer applied a patch with his laptop when in fact its a known problem that can only be addressed with a 6117 software update that can only be performed in the workshop as it takes hours and addresses braking and many engine and throttle control modules tyre support will not fix this, cheers TLDR: They kept on left foot braking which is a known issue on the car. They could have just not left foot braked and the car wouldn't have kept on breaking lol. Oh well.
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1st year of production on a 1st gen all new $75k sports sedan with a Ferrari motor. To a degree 86 owners should know bang up reliability is what not to expect, but even some here bitched for the first two model years like they'd never owned a sports car before. Auto journalists jobs are to make stories for people like this to eat up. Enjoy the meal.
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FWIW it's worth, that article isn't even about a Quadrifoglio.
Both @kanundrum and my brother have put a fair few miles on their QVs and there haven't been any crazy issues yet, just the usual random fiddly stuff. To be honest, I had more issues with my FRS way back when than we have had with the QV. Regardless, that's all anecdotal. There need to be dozens of cars with 40k+ miles in order to get a proper sample size to determine if there are actual reliability issues with the car.
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Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio vs BMW M3 Comp Pack vs Mercedes-AMG C63 S: race to 150mph
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