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Chris Harris Drifts Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in First Top Gear Web Series

The Harris monkey is back! This is exactly what Top Gear should have filmed a year ago because this guy is not about drama or Hollywood, he just eats and breathes drifting.
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Chris Harris Drifts Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in First Top Gear Web SeriesChris Harris Drifts Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in First Top Gear Web SeriesChris Harris Drifts Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in First Top Gear Web SeriesChris Harris Drifts Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in First Top Gear Web SeriesChris Harris Drifts Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio in First Top Gear Web Series
We've seen a couple of other episodes shot for the BBC's famous car show, including the recent one where he compares the Viper ACR to Donald Trump naked. But this is the first of a new web series... because nobody watches television these days.

Let's be honest and admit the only reason we watch Harris on Youtube is because he drifts a lot. Thankfully, his review of the new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio doesn't disappoint, as he is allowed access to the test track where the M3 saloon fighter was developed.

Harris not only moved to Top Gear but also brought along his camera crew, which means the video is edited in a mouth-waring way with plenty of slow-motion shots. Yet somehow, we expected a little more in this department from "the biggest car show on earth."

Anyway, we need to get back to the car, which he describes as slightly inferior to the BMW M3 and Mercedes-AMG C63. From the feel of the steering wheel to the way the diff shuffles the power, the Quadrifoglio is not quite there.

But what did you expect? It's not like the Giulietta and MiTo could have prepared them in any way for this project. The simple fact that we are facing a 510 horsepower sports saloon with ceramic brakes and carbon fiber seats is amazing.

As some of you might remember from the days when the Giulia had just been revealed, Alfa boasts that its friends at Ferrari developed the twin-turbo V6. That shows in the excellent top end delivery. Oddly, a supple and elegant suspension setup is another forte of the Quadrifoglio.

So even though it's not the M3 killer people expected, we have no apprehensions about Alfa Romeo's future. In fact, they might even struggle to keep up with demand.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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