In the Nurburgring Nordschleife’s own Game of Thrones, the ones at the top fall and get replaced quickly – no one hangs around at the summit. In this episode, Alfa Romeo’s Giulia Quadrifoglio has reclaimed the record for the fastest production sedan around the famous circuit, with a blazing 7:32 lap time.
Reclaimed because the hot Alfa very recently owned the record. A six-speed manual Giulia Quadrifoglio recorded 7:39 before being pushed off by the latest Porsche Panamera Turbo with a time of 7 minutes and 38 seconds. Yes, it was that close.
This time, the Italians returned with a point to prove and a Giulia Quadrifoglio with an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission, which in “Race” mode, does its thing in just 150 milliseconds. There’s no human that can beat that, no matter who you are.
In the hot seat was Alfa Romeo test driver Fabio Francia, and you can see the man having to use his quick reactions a couple of times in the video above, but it didn’t look to be that hairy a lap.
The Quadrifoglio is the performance flagship of the new rear-wheel drive Giulia range. Under its shapely hood lies a twin-turbo 2.9 litre V6 engine inspired by Ferrari’s force induced V8 motor. With 510 hp and 600 Nm of torque, the BMW M3 and Mercedes-AMG C63 fighter does 0-100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds before hitting a top speed of 307 km/h.
Amazing stuff, but Alfas breaking Nurburgring records sound rather odd to this writer. The Giulia appears to be a seriously impressive car, though. Check out the rest of the range here.
GALLERY: Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
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Alfaa should be breaking track records, not just Nurburgring but also Monza, Imola, Hockenheim, etc. After all, racing is in their blood. Well done.
We will take it with our Civic Turbo sedan
Honda is overrated piece of junk. only their 90s fanboy hailed them
Be wary that your turbo may not be working half way
Oh now i have to cancel my Bezza booking.
Lotus Elise > all
The man just casually set a record lap in T-shirt and jeans, while almost all other drivers attempting such record wore racing overall.
The rear bumper is also a bit busy here, but it still looks good compared to the work of our genius kampung.
What so innovative about the cerato-lookalike rear?
And front look like a head without nose
When is this beauty coming to Malaysia ?
Alfa romeo name is dead, under some Darby. Compare during the days of Milan Auto on the 90s when Alfa sales roared
Gearbox shift is faster than DSG.
Hahaha… Syok sendiri…
Alfa not relevant here. No parts…. no value……
Ive not seen brand new Alfa on the roads for the past 4 years . But they are sexy when one passes by .
Oh no.. they beat Porsche?
Porsche: What tyres they used?
Problem was not the tyres. But test driver using wrong shoes.
When did Porsche set a record for sedans? Tell me more about it.
BTW: Did Nissan finally managed to survive more than 1 lap on ‘the ring’? The last 24hr races they never managed to finish… ;)
“Alfa breaking Nurburgring record sounds odd to this writer”
Mind to share why you think so sir?
Was just about to say the same thing. Alfa was breaking all sorts of records in Formula 1 and Mille Miglia way before Merc and BMW came to fame. Nothing odd here. Just a return to form… a long overdue one :)
Yes, but can it achieve a FC of 6.5L/100km like my car?
With my 330e i can do 2.1l / 100km
my lembu doing 0L/1000km..