An Alfa Romeo Giulia Estate Isn't Happening, And It's All The Stelvio's Fault
If you were looking forward to the prospect of a wagon-bodied Alfa Romeo Giulia, we have some bad news: it’s not going to happen.
Speaking to Car magazine, Alfa Romeo manufacturing chief Alfredo Altavilla confirmed what estate-obsessed petrolheads across the world won’t want to hear. “We decided not to do a Giulia Sportwagon,” he said, adding: “Do we really need it if the Stelvio SUV drives that well? Maybe not…Stelvio can capture all the people who would otherwise have been interested in the SW.”
In short, the chance of a Giulia Sportwagon appearing as anything other than a render has been killed off by the Stelvio SUV. This isn’t all that surprising, as the rise in SUV sales has coincided with a fall in demand for premium estates. Last year for instance Ian Callum said that a Jaguar XE Sportbrake wouldn’t happen due to low demand. And Jaguar’s best selling car is? Why, it’s the F-Pace SUV, of course.
Regardless, the Stelvio doesn’t seem like such a bad substitute, and we’re looking forward to trying it out soon. All we need to do is purge our memories of all those gorgeous Giulia Sportwagon renders…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
F*ck SUV’s.
The Durango SUV Is Very Impressed
Kind of expected this, and part of the reason I hate most SUVs.
That’s because the Stelvio looks like the Guilia too much.
it like Honda saying we wont make a new S2000, cuz you know……. you have the Civic Type R for that.
Meanwhile at BMW and Mercedes: Can we make an SUV 5mm shorter than the X5 and call it the X4.5 there is a market for this> enter production.
Somewhere, Flux (Capacitor) celebrates in the distance
just lower the stelvio
Yeeeeey
Estate = lowered minivan.
An estate or wagon is just a small van with windows.
Cuvs and the fact that no one but enthusiasts and weirdos like us want wagons. And we cant afford them. Those that can buy boring exotics.