Motor Trend: Giulia vs. 330i vs. A4 vs. C300 vs. ATS vs. XE vs. IS vs. Q50 vs. S60
03-14-17, 09:29 AM
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Motor Trend: Giulia vs. 330i vs. A4 vs. C300 vs. ATS vs. XE vs. IS vs. Q50 vs. S60
Saw this article on Motor Trend this morning and found it to be an interesting read.
Results:
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/alfa-...60-comparison/
$399 Lease-Deal Special: Giulia vs. 330i vs. A4 vs. C300 vs. ATS vs. XE vs. IS vs. Q50 vs. S60
The Big Test: When Everything’s Equal, Who Makes the Best Compact Luxury Sports Sedan?
Our entry criteria were simple: a zero-down-payment, $399/month lease, four doors, and a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. The contenders: the Alfa Romeo Giulia, Audi A4 2.0T Quattro, BMW 330i, Cadillac ATS 2.0T, Infiniti Q50 2.0T, Jaguar XE 25t, Lexus IS 200t F Sport, Mercedes-Benz C300, and Volvo S60 T6 R-Design.
9th Place: Infiniti Q50 2.0T
Big on value and interior space, the Infiniti left our judges with nothing else nice to say.8th Place: Volvo S60 T6
Stylish and safe, the Volvo can’t escape its long-past sell-by date. It’s an old car in a hyper-competitive class, and it just can’t keep up anymore.7th Place: BMW 330i
How the mighty have fallen. The reigning winner and standard-bearer of the class suffers from old age, dulled dynamics, and a lack of personality.6th Place: Jaguar XE 25t
A new standard in the sporty-handling versus refined-ride equation, the Jaguar was undone by its tiny back seat, boring interior styling, and buggy infotainment system.5th Place: Cadillac ATS 2.0T
The best sport sedan chassis in the class is let down by a useless back seat and barely acceptable infotainment system.4th Place: Lexus IS 200t F Sport
A good all-around performer, the weighty Lexus is underserved by its overstressed engine, unintuitive infotainment system, and polarizing styling.3rd Place: Mercedes-Benz C300
The most luxurious of the field, the Mercedes needs to improve its ride quality and improve the value proposition of its pricing.2nd Place: Audi A4 2.0T Quattro
Smart, practical, sophisticated, and something of a Q-ship, the Audi quietly crawled its way up the podium but lacked the personality to take the top spot.1st Place: Alfa Romeo Giulia
Efficient, economical, quick, safe, and without question the most fun to drive, the Giulia is a car we’re willing to gamble on despite its reliability legacy and lack of cost-of -ownership data.
03-14-17, 09:47 AM
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Would have been interesting to see where the Buick Regal GS would have ranked. It is a German/Opel-designed, well-respected sports sedan, and it has a turbo four in the same class as the others. Car & Driver and Road & Track, both of which are notoriously sport-oriented, felt that, to their standards, it was the best Buick product they had ever sampled.
03-14-17, 09:50 AM
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Alfa is what I plan to lease after my current GS lease is up. I test drove one and its way more entertaining and looks better than all the other cars in this MT comparison. There is an Alfa dealer that can fix any issues not far from me, so I'd take a chance with the reliability over a 3 year lease.
03-14-17, 01:46 PM
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Alfa is what I plan to lease after my current GS lease is up. I test drove one and its way more entertaining and looks better than all the other cars in this MT comparison. There is an Alfa dealer that can fix any issues not far from me, so I'd take a chance with the reliability over a 3 year lease.
03-14-17, 01:54 PM
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not very surprising although since they're 'COMPACT' so-called 'luxury' sport sedans, why the negatives from small back seats? 
