Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio MPG & running costs

Initially Alfa Romeo aimed for a quietly punchy value offering with the Giulia Quadrifoglio, which it tasked with doing a reputational reconstruction job for the firm. At launch it undercut a Mercedes-AMG C63 and the equivalent BMW M3 Competition and several years later while it now costs nearly £80,000, so too – at least - do the rivals.

The Alfa is also refreshingly free from a vast options list. Pick an exhaust, some wheels, maybe the carbonfibre roof, a colour, and you don’t get much more choice than that.

Alfa undercuts its German rivals on showroom price but fares marginally less well on residual value over three

Matt Prior

Editor-at-large

It’s also holding its value rather better than predicted. Even at seven years old, early Quadrifoglios (at the time of writing, March 2024) still command more than £30,000, a little under half their new cost.

The Quadrifoglio comes with a 58-litre fuel tank, which is slightly smaller than some of its rivals offer, but the 35.7mpg touring economy it returned on our test more than makes up for the shortfall.