100 of each will be made for the global market, and each will be embellished with gold accents and exclusive badging, not to mention plenty of carbon fiber.
Alfa Romeo is celebrating 100 years of the Quadrifoglio badge, and to do so, it has revealed two new special editions based on the Giulia Quadrifoglio sports sedan and the high-performance Stelvio Quadrifoglio SUV, each of which will see 100 units made. Earlier this year, Alfa Romeo unveiled a celebratory Quadrifoglio badge that now appears in several places on these cars, which were updated in September last year, and it is complemented by several golden accents.
This reveal also provides our first official look at the facelifted Quadrifoglio versions of the sedan and SUV after the regular versions were refreshed with Tonale-inspired styling updates in the last quarter of 2022.
Unfortunately, while Europe, the UK, and China get a power boost from 505 horsepower to 513 hp, the US-spec special editions are unchanged under the hood.
Both cars arrive with burnished five-hole sports alloy wheels, with these measuring 19 inches in diameter on the Giulia and 21 inches on the Stelvio. Behind these, gold brake calipers finished in the same hue as the special Quadrifoglio emblem add a little more drama, while carbon fiber embellishes the grille and mirror caps.
The lightweight material is found in the cabin of each car too, where it appears with "an innovative 3D finish" covering the instrument panel, central tunnel, and door panels. The golden accent theme continues here too, with black leather and Alcantara contrasted by gold stitching on the dashboard and an embroidered "100" alongside the new four-leafed clover logo. The steering wheel is characterized by leather and Alcantara with black stitching and carbon fiber inserts.
Delve into the history of premium car brand logos, and you'll discover that the four-leafed clover was first applied to an Alfa Romeo in 1923, with driver Ugo Sivocci painting it in a white square on his car before the prestigious Targa Florio race. He ended up winning, and the motif would appear on Alfa racing cars after that. The first application of it on a road car was on the Giulia Sprint GT Veloce.
While these special editions offer little more than some aesthetic upgrades, we should appreciate them in their current form. An electric Stelvio is rumored to arrive in 2026, and the next Giulia will not run on combustion either, reportedly reinventing itself as a 1,000-horsepower EV.
Orders for the 2024 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio 100th Anniversary models open in the spring of 2023, with availability expected in the third quarter.
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