The Alfa Romeo Giulia is safer than a Volvo XC90
Posted on 22-06-2016 at 17:02 by jaapiyo – 75 Comments”
After the bold claims of Uncle Serge that the Giulia a perfect car is, the expectations for this model to extreme height increased. Makes the car true in the area of safety?
Rarely was there so looking forward to the introduction of a D-segmenter, as in the case of the new Alfa Romeo Giulia. How can it be otherwise, for a car that is not only the 159 should be forgotten, but also Alpha to bring back the glory days of sporty rear-wheel drive cars for the happy guiding gezinsvader or mother.
To do that, must be the Giulia in 2016 there not only to look beautiful, a few nice engines under the hood, above-average well and with Italian flair, the hearts to steal potential customers. No, for the defeat of the premium Germans, the Japanese, Sweden and now also the British. A error free and fast working, navigation system for example. Uitstootcijfers endangered species of butterfly not to choke. Attractive lease prices because the market has confidence in the reliability and the residual value of the car. For the Giulia developers was the pressure high. Let the ball fall on one of these aspects, and your product falls into the water and pull the whole brand Alfa Romeo with him to the bottom. Another aspect that in this mix belongs: the safety.
Previously, we reported that one of the many reasons why the Giulia a number of times it was delayed may be the result of poor scores on crash testing. Alfa Romeo denied in all keys. But the moment of truth is now been there, because EuroNCAP has trespassed on the new sportsedan (video). Life the dummies yet?
Yes! The car has five stars achieved. Very important, do you think now, because that gets despite the more stringent testing nowadays everyone and his grandmother. Alpha reports, however, proud that the Giulia in the area of protection of adult passengers the highest score ever ever has passed with 98%! Alfa claims that this is the body that, thanks widely used ultra-light materials such as carbon fiber, aluminum and aluminiumcomposiet both stiff as light is. But what about that claim of the highest score ever?
To find this out we went to EuroNCAP gone, and then we have all the Volvo’s looked up. And indeed, the most recent XC90 scores much lower than the Alpha in this area, namely 97%. With regard to in the car sitting children, does the XC90, by the way is much better with a score of 87% compared to 81% for the Giulia. Also, according to the new rules tested Volvo’s V40, V60 and V60 Plugin Hybrid won in the first category, incidentally, scores of respectively 98%, 94% and 93%. The Alpha should have been first place, so anyway share. Nonetheless, it is a nice boost for Alpha. In this table, you can see how the Alpha stands out against other premium D-segmenters.
Protection VolwassenenBescherming KinderenBescherming VoetgangersSafety Assist
Alfa Romeo Giulia (2016)98%81%69%60%
Audi A4 (2015)90%87%75%75%
BMW 3-series (2012)95%84%78%86%
Infiniti Q50 (2013)86%87%67%81%
Jaguar XE (2015)92%82%81%82%
Mercedes C-class (2014)92%84%77%70%
Volvo V60 (2012)94%82%64%100%
Gallery: Alfa Romeo Giulia
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