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2019 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Successor Rendered With Giulia Quadrifoglio’s Face

In 2015, Alfa Romeo surprised the world with the Giulia rear-wheel-drive compact executive sedan. Then came the high-riding version of the Giorgio platform, bearing the name of Stelvio as a tribute to one of the greatest driving roads in Europe.
2019 Alfa Romeo Giulietta successor rendering by X-Tomi Design 11 photos
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A second sport utility vehicle is in the pipeline, but the bigger question is, what’s gonna happen to the lesser, older models in the Italian marque’s lineup? As per Alfa Romeo’s future product plan, the subcompact-sized MiTo won’t get a successor because the brand isn’t interested in that particular segment anymore.

The Giulietta, meanwhile, has a replacement incoming. The 100-plus YO company is expected to bring forth the long-awaited model sometime in 2018 for the 2019 model year, but head honcho Reid Bigland can’t confirm this intel.

Speaking only recently to the motoring media, the CEO of Alfa Romeo made it clear that the Giulietta compact hatchback is, in layman’s terms, worlds apart from the Giulia and Stelvio. Mr. B. further disclosed that the automaker has changed its focus from Europe to North America and Asia, a strategy that led many to believe that Alfa Romeo won’t go forward with its original plan.

Regarding the latter, the Milanese outfit promised to completely revitalize its lineup by mid-2020, representing a two-year delay compared to the initial arrangement. What’s more, Alfa Romeo hasn’t said a thing on the subject of phasing out the Giulietta’s replacement from the plan. And as the BMW 1er prepares to transition to FWD, Alfa Romeo be very foolish not to use this opportunity to beat the Bavarian juggernaut at its own game.

The feeling is mutual with Hungarian pixel artist X-Tomi Design, whose rendering of the Giulietta’s successor is bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful. Especially with the Quadrifoglio logo on the front fenders and the Giulia Q’s superb wheels, the speculative rendering ticks all the right boxes from this Alfisti’s point of view.

With the Giorgio platform designed to be modular from the get-go, it’s pretty obvious what sort of underpinnings Alfa Romeo will be using to make the Giulietta’s replacement happen. And oh, how lovely it would be if the said model would be available in full-on Quadrifoglio flavor.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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