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.
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No, the Stelvio will not “capture” those that would buy a SW. SUV’s are for soccer moms and a very small population that would buy a wagon would buy an SUV, in fact
This should’ve been a happy occasion, let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who
It’s a matter of what will sell versus what won’t. Sure it looks cool, but not a lot of people will buy it to justify the production cost. It would just be obsessed over by people who won’t buy one.
God dammit I was gonna sell a kidney to buy that aswell…
So
BMW X3/X5 exists. So does 3-series/5-series wagon
Audi Q5/8 exist. So do A4/A6 Avant and Allroad
Merc GLA/GLC/GLE exist. So do CLA/C-class/E-class wagons
Therefore, Alfa’s argument is officially not valid
They made the Stelvio because it appeals to a larger public. This is one of the cars that will save them from being bankrupt again. An estate Giulia? How many people would buy that when SUV sales are booming? If you would’ve gotten the estate Giulia, you couldn’t of enjoyed that too much, because they’d face bankruptcy again. They want to do cars that will be bought by many, and an estate Giulia would of only appealed to a small amount of petrolheads (that didn’t have the money for it anyway) and a few dog owners. You’re crying after something that was never promised or even planned. Enjoy your cars for now.
SUV’s in general are too tall, too wobly, too thirsty, and has too little space inside (The Ford Kuga has a boot almost as small as a Golf…)
No. Give me a proper estate instead. Lower center of gravity, better handling, bigger space, and more often than not, cheaper to run as well…
Boo!!!!!!
Its a car we all want but apparently we wont buy!!!!