The Alfa Romeo Giulia will be reborn as an EV with up to 1000bhp and a range of 435 miles, the Italian firm’s CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato has confirmed.
Set to evolve from its conventional saloon shape to cover multiple segments, the new Giulia is expected to arrive around the middle of the decade, no longer offering ICE power as Alfa Romeo pushes to offer a solely EV range by 2027.
Power will start at near 345bhp, with the more powerful Veloce offering around 790bhp. A hardcore Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifolio variant is also confirmed, offering “around 1000hp” (986bhp) – almost double the 503bhp offered by today’s twin-turbocharged petrol V6 car.
This most powerful variant will likely be a four-wheel-drive proposition, rather than rear-driven like the current car. It could get a set-up similar to fellow Stellantis brand Maserati’s upcoming Granturismo Folgore, which uses three electric motors – one on the front axle and two at the rear – with torque-vectoring functionality.
As well as confirming his power ambitions for the Giulia replacement, Imparato suggested that the EV’s range will be up to 435 miles on the WLTP cycle, so owners see it as a “substitute” to their current cars, not a downgrade nor forced switch.
That figure would match the electric successor to sibling brand Peugeot’s 3008 SUV, which will use a variation of the same STLA platform.
Imparato was keen to emphasise the importance of a rapid electrification programme for Alfa. “We switch because we must,” he said. “If not, Alfa Romeo would be dead.”
He added: “We will switch in a real concrete substitution mode. I don’t want you [customers/owners] to suffer from anything [because of] the switch; I want you to love it.”
Design-wise, the Giulia will look like “the Alfa Romeo we all want”, promised the CEO, who described the current design proposals as “very cool”.
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If we really all have to drive around in these whining 'milf-floats' - to 'save the planet', why create vehicles with 1000 bhp....how is this 'saving the planet when using all this electricity....not to mention the extra weight of these huge batteries?
Anything more than 200 bhp is plenty to sit in modern day nose to tail traffic jams.
Madness.
ok, in ten years or sooner, will there be 3000 hp cars?, 0-60mph in under a second?, can we beat the Laws of Physics?
Producers are supplying what customers want. Legislation is always playing catch up so, for now, enormous BHP for electric vehicles will continue...
Lets hope Alfa keep a sharp eye on the weight of these potential new models.
Some comments have alluded to not being able to afford the anticipated high price and there being too much power, so what.
Alfa have pitched this car against the Taycan and the Model S. It's going to be 100k. Deal with it, or buy a more affordable car, don't blete on about it your comments including others in your winging.