I Bought A 300bhp Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce - But Will It Sell?!

Today, I'm buying a sporty little italian hatch back from ‪@ChopsGarage‬ down in Devon. Was this a good idea, or will I be sitting on this car for a while?!
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[@williamegler8771]

I have heard horror stories about Alfa Romeos for years and avoided them for that reason. My wife fell in love with an Alfa Romeo Stelvio after seeing one at a dealership in Chicago which is over a hundred miles from where we live. In the United States, Alfa Romeo is definitely a niche player and dealerships are few and far between she wanted one but she wasn't willing to drive a 200 Mi round trip for service. When a local dealership took on the Alfa Romeo franchise we bought a Stelvio. Over 4 years and 65,000 MI, it has been almost trouble-free. The only issue with getting service is the dealership only has two Alfa Romeo certified technicians so sometimes it takes quite a while to get an appointment. I would buy one again but indications are that Alfa Romeo won't be in the US market for much longer.

[@cbarber5366]

Alfa Romeo made a profit last year and a large SUV is planned for the US. The US is the second largest market for Alfa, after only Italy. They're not leaving anytime soon, fingers crossed

[@connorsutton]

I had one of these a 64 plate QV with the same engine and Twin clutch transmission as Alfa call it. Best car I’ve owned it’s still looks amazing and sounds incredible I put 20k miles on it didn’t miss a beat.

[@runningon-dinosaurs1569]

Keep it lowered!

[@craigblakesley4397]

It's amazing how up-to-date and current that Alfa looks, they were well ahead of the design curve 👍 fantastic channel Joe, very Alfa Romeo (ahead of the curve) 👍🍻

[@liamegan4303]

Hello from Ireland again, Joe. The trusty BMW guaranteed to not get you home, lol. I like this Alfa Romeo, I love the dash and clocks, and it sounds awesome 👌. And the right colour. Nice bit of Stock, Joe. 🙏🙏💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@BigHumz155]

Just a bit about Veloces of London: i brought them a VERY high mileage Giulietta with a slipping TCT clutch and they quoted me £4200 lol, they are dealer level prices but honestly their work speaks for themselves. I obviously didnt spend more than the cars worth on a gearbox and did it myself but you get the picture.

[@alexcarvalho9848]

Veloces are expensive but the cars prepared to the highest standard. That car would have been sold and possibly re bought by them. I personally bought my Alfa from them 6 years ago and it’s been serviced by them ever since. They are better than any official Alfa dealer. There is also another Alfa in the family that they have looked after as well. You pay for what you get and they have my full trust - never an issue with their work.

[@OleGitRule]

Veloce of London are very expensive - nice but expensive. 147GTA's are on the up, great car

[@davidirelande]

There's only two days you truly love your alfa romeo the day you buy it and the day you sell it. That's going to be a warranty nightmare. Guaranteed

[@mattbaker3797]

I loved my Giulietta. I had the 1.6 Diesel version which was awesome on the fuel. Over 60 mpg on a run and that was at motorway plus speeds. I would still have it now if it hadn’t been for the common fault with the air con. I had hot coming from one side and cold from the other. Quoted over 2k at an Alfa specialist to replace a £4 part s you couldn’t get to it without stripping out the dash. They said they would have even had to take the front doors off 🙈. 2 day job apparently. I was quoted even more at the main dealer. They have dodgy rear wash wipe motors too. Had to have mine repaired twice because it wouldn’t stop when you switched it on and when you did manage to get it to stop it didn’t stop at its start/rest position. Still loved that car though.

[@hojo9115]

Very pretty alfas, but i wouldn't want to risk owning one. Mind you i guess provided its taken care of and pampered a little it will be fine for an enthusiast

[@jujuUK68]

You can't call yourself a car enthusiast until you've had an Alfa or four.....

[@stevepayne2180]

Hi I sold my mint Giulia Veloce to Paul @ Veloces of London, great to deal with and it got sold on very quickly. Keep up the good work great KZbin channel

[@JJHurst]

Veloces are expensive, but they get top quality stock and know their Alfa's. Celtic and AHM are definitely amomg the best tuners for Alfa. I'd buy that if I was in the market for one. Happy with my Brera S and Mini cooper JCW for now..

[@nekite1]

I just had to pause the video to check out the car on Autotrader. If I had the funds, I'd have bought it in a heartbeat. As James said, always buy an Alfa from a knowledgeable enthusiast who does all the preventative maintenance. I had a 2010 159 ti sportwagon for nearly 5 years with the 2.0 diesel which was a great car for those longer journeys. It would bimble along at 2000rpm doing an indicated 73 mph. Pretty reliable as well.

[@IRozza]

I’ve had 3 Giulietta Cloverleafs (Manual) and one Giulietta QV (TCT). The buckets seats looks great but they really don’t hug you at all and feel very flat when you are in them! Car also sounds VERY ticky and just sound like a diesel if you closed your eyes on idle. Had stock engine and gearbox, and I hated the gearbox. With it only being a 1.75 it really feels like it’s constantly being worked hard, which you can feel and hear, doesn’t feel like it cruises around with ease, you can just hear the engine really being used. Wish they just made a 2.0 like the golf gti which is ALOT smoother and effortless, yet still sporty, less ‘ticky’ on idle and sounds better. Also a HUGE point is the clutches and TCT box in general is real weak point in the car. Whether mapped or not. But mapping will certainly head you faster on the road to the what I’ve commonly seen circa £4,000 bill to replace clutches🫣.

[@michaelwilson3844]

Hi Joe don’t know what James was thinking about not flogging this himself , it’s a lovely example , well looked after , love the colour and like you & James love those seats , let’s hope you are proved wrong and flies of the drive , now going to have a shot on the BMW competition, hopefully you will have it fixed fo4 me picking up 😂😂😂

[@toms4097]

The QUADRIFOGLIO 510bhp - I like

[@andygtv]

My son’s Giulietta passed MOT today no advisory again 😀

[@andywalters7300]

Different kind of motor for the channel

[@visionsinblue7093]

'as good as a DSG (Golf)' haha epic 🤣

[@rgfromkl3594]

That was interesting, cause this too has a dual.clutch transmission which I presume he knows being an Alfa nut

[@joannelomas-xv9nz]

Fab car ! Good choice I bet it will sell !

[@londislagerhound]

Should have nipped into Pynes for a pasty when you were in North Petherton.

[@matthewharding-ew1ts]

I don't think I want to win the BMW 7 series..........it sounds like it could be quite expensive to repair, Lol!

[@aslandama]

I love these!

[@andymccurley1]

I do like how you pronounce * Veloce*! 😂😂😂

[@DaleSteel]

BMW and thermostat housings! I just did one 2 weeks ago on a 2018 530e. Cubitt did a video other week of one going. They are plastic crap and the break up. Could cause some damage if plastic gets into rhe oil side of it. Not a cheap job either.

[@toms4097]

I’ve never been into Alfa’s but if it sells who cares. I would definitely leave it as is because if an enthusiast did it then it’s because it’s what the car needed.

[@Paul-pb4wv]

Proper car 👌.

[@Frog-t9z]

Leave as is Joe if you leave the bits in the car for the new owner then they have that choice a difference from a sale to not getting a sale 😀

[@ianfleming4356]

Nice car, Alfas should only be red

[@henrykravitz468]

That won't stay long. I wish i had the money to buy it.

[@bowensgarageross-on-wye]

Lovely 😍

[@red9zero]

Nice car, but the mods will put a lot of people off.

[@williamfence566]

Alfa's. Have the money to buy but not the money to own . Still look and sound great though.

[@Growler57]

Was going to buy a ticket

[@davidirelande]

Looks like a twingo on steroids 😂

[@leonb2637]

Aflas tend to be like the super hot looking woman who are 'high maintenance' with some serious flaws under their beauty.

[@bleakyfinder2692]

You got no trade plates on that vehicle, Vehicle Score states Untaxed. Lets hope Plod see you.

[@ShiftingMetal]

They were inside the car and you're a properly sad w⚓️ - Get a life!

[@N800mat1]

Wow as if you have got time to notice no trade plates and even more time to write this Get a life

[@bleakyfinder2692]

@@ShiftingMetal lol love it.

[@420somewhereG]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@paulchinnery6560]

LMAO Alfa running sweet as a nut, German rubbish crashed and burned....

[@misanthropist3877]

prob not buy my s3

[@marktipton218]

Fiat bravo

[@andygtv]

147GTA are not good sellers

[@redsidebiker]

They would be if I could find a decent one. That said, if I found a decent ont, the market would be harder!

[@andygtv]

@@redsidebiker I’ve been tempted

[@petermorgan8311]

An Alfa 🙈

[@aceace5457]

you shouldnt have bought that lol stick with the german cars lol.

[@vintagebuddha]

👍🍀