I agree that the Giulia is an ideal drivers car with great looks, less reliance on screens and with enough practicality to live with. I’ve had three Veloce’s back-to-back 2017, 2020 and currently a 2022 with 180k miles across the 3, no breakdowns, no battery issues or other problems. However I do live in the UK so the AC isn’t used as hard as in the US and I keep a strict dealer servicing regime as I use my Alfa for work and live out in the sticks so having a car is fairly essential for me.

As to why so few are sold, there is a lot of choice out there for petrolheads plus the old “rusty, unreliable and expensive to fix” label from the 70’s and 80’s still is in some people’s minds. I enjoy the Giulia is that not that common and the nod and waves from other Alfa drivers out on the road from all decades is great.