Alfa Romeo Giulia: ‘A lovely drive, brawny yet sweet-tempered’ | Martin Love

In the spreadsheet world of executive transport, the ravishing new Giulia from Alfa Romeo offers a blast of passion

Price: from 28,979
Top speed: 143mph
0-62mph: 7.1 seconds
MPG: 67.3
CO2: 109g/km

Let's pretend the midsize executive car market is, in fact, a sweaty freshers' disco. Everyone's necking cheap wine and shouting over the dreadful music. Over in the corner you can see three expensively dressed third year students. They're sipping champagne and tossing their blonde hair as they laugh among themselves" You aren't allowed near them. In car terms those three are BMW 3-Series, Mercedes C-Class and Audi A4. They're the queens, the untroubled and undisputed rulers of their sector.