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Alfa Romeo first utilized the Giulietta identify to its vehicles in 1954, producing that well-known era till 1965. The identify was revived on a wild-looking sedan for the 1977–1985 interval, simply earlier than Fiat bought the corporate, after which reverted to a compact hatchback for the 2011 mannequin yr. At the moment's dustbin The scrapyard discover is among the first yr's third era Giuliettas, discovered at 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 among the lacking water autos I discovered throughout my travels there, together with a 2005 Sensible FourFour, a 2002 BMW 320TD, a 2005 Vauxhall Tigra Twintop, a 2008 Mitsubishi i. , a 2007 Mitsubishi Colt, a 2006 Peugeot 307cc, a 2006 Hyundai Matrix, a 2006 Ford Streetcar, a 2000 Honda HR-V, a 1994 Rover 620C, a 2010 Peugeot Bipper, a 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S, a 2010 Citroën A C4 Picasso, a 2005 MG ZT 190 and a 1963 Bentley S3.
This era of the Giulietta remained in manufacturing till 2020, after which it was changed by the Jeep Compass-related crossover that you would be able to purchase in the USA at present.
This automotive's closest US-market relative was the 2013–2016 Dodge Dart, which was constructed on a stretched model of the Giulietta platform; The 2015–2017 Chrysler 200 was based mostly on the lengthy wheelbase model. The present Chrysler Pacifica nonetheless runs on a descendant of that chassis.
Alfa Romeo managed to convey Giulietta into the lead function Quick & Livid 6Again in 2013.
There was discuss within the early 2010s that the brand new Giulietta could be bought in the USA, however these tales got here to nothing. As an alternative, the 4C grew to become the primary new Alfa Romeo obtainable right here because the final Spider Veloce and 164 have been bought as 1995 fashions.
I couldn't open the bonnet of this automotive, shortly shedding endurance with frozen fingers within the Yorkshire January climate, so we'll simply must guess concerning the engine beneath. Giulietta patrons within the UK market can get the '11 with one in every of eight engine choices, starting from the bottom 1.4 MultiAir straight-four petrol-burner and its 120 horsepower, to a 1.75-liter straight-four with 235 horses. Is. , Fiat Multijet diesels have been additionally obtainable in 1.6- and a couple of.0-litre type.
It has a base six-speed handbook, which Dart patrons can set up of their vehicles (some have completed so).
European 2011 Giulietta patrons not solely bought a gratifyingly massive listing of engine choices, however there have been Eight Varied alloy wheel varieties to select from (and an Il Chiapo hubcap).
This automotive has one in every of two 16-inch alloy variants.
A great-looking and sensible machine that competed efficiently towards the Volkswagen Golf in its time, however by no means had an actual probability of coming to our shores (and had its relevance eroded by the appearance of the SUV craze in Europe). Anyway, it lasted lengthy sufficient to make some adjustments.
Proper-hand drive vehicles don't value a lot on the opposite facet of the Channel (Malta is the closest left-hand drive nation outdoors the British Isles, adopted by Cyprus after which Kenya), so its worth is decreased in comparison with its LHD brethren. in additional shortly.
Uma Thurman: “I’m freedom. I’m power. I’m know-how. I'm Giulietta. With out a coronary heart we might be simply machines“. There was additionally a Battle-of-the-Sexes model with a Chris Isaak soundtrack. I believe I want the high-production-value Kylie Minogue Ford Avenue advert, if I'm sincere.
This isn’t a automotive. this one Alfa Romeo! We're nearly sure nobody ever mentioned that concerning the Dodge Dart.