The Alfa Romeo Giulia saloon and Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV will gain a new special-series variant as part of a mid-life update, along with new exterior design details and bolstered equipment.
Set to go on sale in the first quarter of 2023, both models receive a host of changes to their respective front ends, including a new front-grille design with improved air ducts.
Each car gains upgraded LED headlights, which now have three modules in a design reminiscent of the classic Alfa Romeo SZ and later Brera.
They feature adaptive capabilities, welcome and goodbye functions and a glare-free high beam, which detects traffic to avoid blinding other drivers.
Inside, the Stelvio and Giulia receive an improved digital instrument display, which measures 12.3in across and offers three different layouts, named Evolved, Relax and Heritage.
The Evolved setting presents information centrally, while Heritage features details inspired by Alfa Romeo models from the 1960s and 1970s. Relax is free of detailed information.
In addition, Alfa Romeo has revised the specification hierarchies of both cars, with Sprint and Veloce now the only ones offered.
The Giulia will be offered with just one petrol engine, sending 276bhp to the rear wheels, while the larger Stelvio can be selected with a 207bhp diesel engine or a 276bhp petrol with four-wheel drive.
Both models will also receive a Competizione variant, which gains its own bespoke visual cues and can be selected with any engine from the Italian firm’s offering.
Essentially launch editions, the Competizione cars receive active suspension, 21in alloy wheels, red brake callipers and exclusive Moonlight Gray paint.
Inside, they gain a premium audio system, a leather dashboard and privacy glass.
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Those headlights are dreadful, bad BMW copies bearing no relation to the apertures they're set in. I can't see many people being persuaded by this facelift, surely these are cars that everyone who wants one (new) has bought one already?
How many more false dawns can Alfa have? Each new dawn seems to be less successful than the previous. Surely now might be the time to let it regrettably die.
More and more looking like across between a BMW 5 series and a Mercedes E-class?, like the color though.
Mid-life updates, can they really expect to get 12 years out of the Giulia, it's tanking now. In righthand drive at least they must be losing money hand over fist.
Besides, that only says things about right hand drivers - this is a truly great car.
You can stick to your Germans, though. EU doesn't care that much whether you buy Italian or German.
Alfa sold just under 26,000 cars last year globally in total. Jaguar I understand did even worse, but in fairness they at least switched off all production on most models and diverted all semi conductors to Land Rover where profit margins are higher.
Both Alfa and Jaguar seem pretty stuffed to me unless they can find a new USP. In JLR's case going all electric and more premium is a sensible move to try. Alfa seem intent to double down. That's only ever going to work if Stellantis are prepared to play the very long game.
Sure about jaguar selling under 26k a year? I thought in europe alone they sold 42k in europe alone last year
yea of course they don't worry about sales, tell it to the dealers and engineers that spend millions converting designs. Maybe that's the reason they're tanking worldwide.