The Alfa Romeo Giulia is a superb little sport sedan to drive, a real delight each time you get an opportunity to leap behind the wheel. However what may or not it’s like on a highway journey? Properly, it is a sedan, so clearly you may deliver some buddies alongside, however the again seat actually is not the biggest on the market and neither is the trunk. To be clear, this is not essentially a nasty factor. An even bigger Giulia would most likely be a worse Giulia to drive. One merely wants to pay attention to the trade-off.
In keeping with the specs, the Giulia’s trunk measures … um, really, they are not listed anyplace on the specs offered on the Stellantis media web site. For any Giulia from 2024 to 2017. Let’s go forward and verify the patron web site then. Wow, nothing there, both. OK then, thank goodness for the baggage check, then. Let’s snap to it!
OK, so right here is the trunk. It isn’t large, however how may it evaluate to different sport sedans I’ve examined, together with the Genesis G70 (10.5 cubic-feet), Cadillac CT4 (10.9) and BMW 3 Sequence (depends upon mannequin)? Let’s discover out.
As in each baggage check I do, I exploit two midsize curler suitcases that might must be checked in on the airport (26 inches lengthy, 16 extensive, 11 deep), two roll-aboard suitcases that simply barely match within the overhead (24L x 15W x 10D), and one smaller roll-aboard that matches simply (23L x 15W x 10D). I additionally embrace my spouse’s fancy in a single day bag simply to spruce issues up a bit (21L x 12W x 12D).
There are two choices right here. On the left, the flowery bag on prime of one of many medium black curler baggage, plus the largest bag (grey) and smallest curler (blue). Alternatively, I may match the small blue and its greater check-in sibling, plus the 2 medium-sized baggage — however the small blue one can be an enormous squished.
Clearly, as you may see right here, there’s a lot of left over house. There’s additionally two baggage ignored no matter configuration.
Why?
There’s simply not a variety of top on this trunk, and there are issues hanging down that hamper it additional. Proven above are audio system can may catch on one thing, plus the fats structural crossmember working above the fold-down seat pass-through that stops baggage from sliding all the way in which again.
The largest hindrance, although, are these massive seat pass-through pulls on the left and proper aspect of the trunk. They bought in the way in which when making an attempt to stack baggage on their bellies atop one another.
Whereas a pleasant characteristic to have for folding down the seats, their presence makes it extra seemingly that you will really need that pass-through within the first place.
So how does this evaluate to its sport sedan rivals? It is in truth just a bit higher than the G70, which may solely match the three greatest baggage however had a bunch of leftover house for smaller, soft-side baggage or totes or one thing. The CT4 was higher, becoming all the things however the greatest bag with much less house left over than both the Alfa or G70. The usual BMW 3 Sequence may match all the things however the fancy bag, whereas the plug-in hybrid 330e matched the CT4.
Can I wager a guess as to a cargo quantity quantity? It is most likely within the 10 cubic-feet vary given the similarity to the G70 and CT4, nevertheless it’s additionally arduous to actually know given all that additional house.
So, if anybody asks, “How large is the Giulia’s trunk?” simply reply, “It might match the flowery bag on prime of one of many medium black curler baggage, plus the largest bag and smallest curler.”
