2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Hot Lap! - 2017 Best Driver's Car Contender - video Dailymotion

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Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Motor Trend's 2017 Best Driver's Car.

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00:00 (engine revving)

00:02 The punchy and potent Giulia was the only four-door

00:10 at this year's Best Driver's Car, no matter,

00:13 as it really is a sedan that drives like a sports car.

00:16 The 2.9 liter twin turbo V6,

00:19 essentially a Ferrari V8 with two cylinders cleaved off,

00:23 produces a potent 505 horsepower,

00:26 which is then sent to the rear wheels

00:28 via a ZF eight-speed automatic transmission.

00:30 By now, we're all aware of how great

00:32 this torque vectoring Italian drives on the street.

00:34 Let's see what Randy makes of it on the track.

00:36 (engine revving)

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00:45 (tires squealing)

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01:00 (tires squealing)

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01:53 (engine revving)

02:23 - This Alfa is quick.

02:25 (engine revving)

02:27 What a four-door.

02:31 What defines the Alfa for me

02:33 is its handling changes a little bit.

02:36 It has a real racy feel.

02:38 It's a lot of fun, it's fast,

02:41 but I gotta say I'm not a big fan of the variation.

02:45 I don't like it when one moment

02:47 I have this really good steering response,

02:49 and the other moment I have a pretty big understeer,

02:53 and the front kinda dies.

02:54 Also, the braking was doing something similar.

02:57 It takes a fair amount of pedal effort.

02:58 It's not a system that seems to bang home

03:01 with just two toes.

03:02 There's that little bit of variation

03:04 that I think is electronic things operating,

03:08 not stability control, maybe.

03:10 A very racy, very sporty family sedan

03:14 that is tempered just a little bit

03:15 by the fact that things change.

03:18 It's not super consistent.

03:21 And I love the grill.

03:24 (laughs)

03:26 The Alfa's lap time is basically

03:27 where we expected it to be.

03:29 One minute, 39.65 seconds puts it ahead

03:32 of performance sedans like the BMW M3

03:35 and the Cadillac ATS-V,

03:37 but behind big brawlers like the CTS-V.

03:40 All of us loved the Giulia's laser-sharp steering,

03:44 ample forward thrust, and sports car reflexes.

03:47 While sixth place may not seem like much to some people,

03:50 if you examine the five cars

03:51 that placed higher in our competition,

03:53 you'll see that sixth is quite the victory

03:56 for a four-door from Alfa Romeo.

03:58 (car engine roars)

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04:10 (explosion)

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Hot Lap! - 2017 Best Driver's Car Contender

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