Alfa Romeo first utilized the Giulietta title to its automobiles in 1954, producing that legendary technology by way of 1965. The title was revived on a wild-looking sedan for the 1977-1985 interval, simply earlier than Fiat purchased the corporate, after which returned on a compact hatchback for the 2011 mannequin 12 months. Right this moment’s Junkyard Scrapyard Discover is a kind of first-year third-gen Giuliettas, present in a self-service yard in Yorkshire, England.
Copart-owned U-Pull-It has two shops in Nice Britain, one in England and the opposite in Scotland. I’ve documented fairly a number of not-available-on-our-side-of-the-water autos discovered throughout my journey over there, together with a 2005 Sensible ForFour, a 2002 BMW 320td, a 2005 Vauxhall Tigra TwinTop, a 2008 Mitsubishi i, a 2007 Mitsubishi Colt, a 2006 Peugeot 307 CC, a 2006 Hyundai Matrix, a 2006 Ford StreetKa, a 2000 Honda HR-V, a 1994 Rover 620 Si, a 2010 Peugeot Bipper, a 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S, a 2010 Citroën C4 Picasso, a 2005 MG ZT 190 and a 1963 Bentley S3.
This technology of Giulietta stayed in manufacturing by way of 2020, after which it was changed by a Jeep Compass-related crossover you could purchase in the US immediately.
This automobile’s closest U.S.-market relative was the 2013-2016 Dodge Dart, which was constructed on a widened model of the Giulietta platform; the 2015-2017 Chrysler 200 lived on a longer-wheelbase variation. The present Chrysler Pacifica nonetheless rides on a descendant of that chassis.
Alfa Romeo managed to get the Giulietta right into a starring function in Quick & Livid 6, again in 2013.
There was speak within the early 2010s that the brand new Giulietta may be offered in the US, however these tales turned out to steer nowhere. As a substitute, the 4C ended up being the primary new Alfa Romeo accessible right here because the final Spider Veloces and 164s had been offered as 1995 fashions.
I could not get the bonnet open on this automobile, rapidly shedding persistence due to fingers frozen stable by Yorkshire January climate, so we’ll simply have to take a position concerning the engine beneath. Giulietta customers within the U.Ok. market may get the ’11 with one in all eight engine selections, starting from the bottom 1.4 MultiAir straight-four petrol-burner and its 120 horsepower all the way in which as much as a screaming 1.75-liter straight-four with 235 horses. Fiat Multijet diesels in 1.6- and a pair of.0-liter kind had been accessible as nicely.
This one has the bottom six-speed handbook, which Dart patrons may get bolted into their automobiles (few did so).
Not solely did European 2011 Giulietta patrons get a gratifyingly massive listing of engine selections, there have been eight totally different alloy wheel sorts (and one Il Cheapo hubcap) to select from.
This automobile has one of many two 16-inch alloy sorts.
A very good-looking and sensible machine that competed efficiently in opposition to the Volkswagen Golf in its day, however which by no means stood a lot life like probability of coming to our shores (and was squeezed out of relevance by the arrival of the SUV craze in Europe). It did stick round lengthy sufficient to get a few facelifts, anyway.
Proper-hand-drive used automobiles aren’t value a lot on the opposite facet of the Channel (Malta is the closest drive-on-the-left nation exterior of the British Isles, adopted by Cyprus after which Kenya), so this one depreciated extra rapidly than its LHD brethren.
Uma Therman: “I’m freedom. I’m power. I’m know-how. I’m Giulietta. With out coronary heart, we might be mere machines“. There was a battle-of-the-sexes model with Chris Isaak soundtrack as nicely. I believe I want the higher-production-value Kylie Minogue Ford StreetKa business, if I am trustworthy.
It is not a automobile. It is an Alfa Romeo! We’re practically sure no person ever stated that concerning the Dodge Dart.
