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Originally Posted by savage.ulm1
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I seriously doubt the Giulia-Q was able to match the GTS in terms of lap times, that qould be radically different than all other reviews. I think it was more of a subjective statement from CH.
Don't get me wrong. I am not saying the Giulia-Q is a bad car, quite the contrary. Alfa have a found the good recipe here and the Giulia-Q is receiving a much better welcome from the press that the M3/4 did. I think this is quite telling. For the majority, it's not about track performance and, from that perspective, Alfa likely have a winner in their hands.
However, from an ouright performance point of view, it dissapoints slightly considering its specifications. Like I said, for it to just match the F8X lap times in so many comparos with 60~80 more hp and being shod with R-Comps is surprising. I have a biased view though because I buy my cars as dual pupose cars: pratical daily driver and weekend track car, so track performance is important to me. Since I do it for ~20 days a year, I know for a fact, that by simply slapping on R-comps on my M4, it becomes a much more performance focused machine with far more grip and much sharper handling. It does become much more enjoyable to drive with them on. I am however not willing to live with the compromises of R-compounds on a daily basis such as the dramatically shorter life and compromised wet weather capability. I am wondering how many Giulia-Q owners will be willing to live with that compromise. Or how many will swap out the Corsas after they have quicly melted away. And the big question is how will the Giulia-Q perform at that point.
Note that even CH was lukewarm about the Alfa in his first Giulia-Q video review, saying that "it is not objectively as good as an M3"
