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Our Score:
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Styling & Design
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Score:
9/10
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The GT is one of the most beautiful cars Alfa has ever produced. It’s a stunning piece of design from just about every angle, with taut bodywork, subtle detailing and a tight, muscular shape. Alfa also puts lovely wheels underneath most of them, only adding to its appeal.
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Engine Spec
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Score:
8/10
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Four engines are offered in the GT: an unremarkable 140bhp/166Nm 1.8, a sweet 165bhp/206 2.0, an excellent 150bhp/305Nm 1.9 JTD diesel and Alfa’s soulful 3.2 V6. The 1.8 is a little pedestrian, but the rest are fantastic.
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Performance
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Score:
6/10
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The 1.8 takes a disappointing 10.6secs to reach 100km/h and tops out at 200km/h. The 1.9JTD is a second faster to 100 and 9 km/h faster overall. The 2.0 is surprisingly sluggish, needing 8.9secs to hit 100 (216km/h top speed) but the 3.2 is a hatch-hatch chaser: 0-100 in 6.7secs and 243km/h all out.
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Ride & Handling
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Score:
6/10
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The GT handles well enough but it’s an old-school Alfa that’s a little too stiffly set up for our rough roads. The steering is quick with reasonable feedback, but it’s a difficult car to exploit. The front-drive chassis is also easily overwhelmed by V6 and the diesel’s torque.
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Interior & Ergonomics
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Score:
7/10
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The GT’s cabin has cowled dials and a decent driving position but the centre console isn’t angled towards the driver and it’s less cosy than, say, a Brera or 159. There are a few niggles, like the cruise control stalk and fussy display, but otherwise it’s easy to use and get used to.
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Space & Practicality
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Score:
6/10
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The GT is deceptively tall, so there’s more room in the cabin than you might expect. Front occupants are reasonably well accomodated, but the back is tight for adults. There’s not enough legroom or headroom back there but it can manage a child-seat. The boot is a decent, if unspectacular, size.
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Safety
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Score:
8/10
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Every GT comes with ESP, front, side and curtain airbags, cruise control, foglights, 3-point seatbelts and headrests in the rear, and ISOFIX child seat anchors, which isn’t bad at all. It has no NCAP score yet, though.
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Value & Running Costs
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Score:
6/10
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The GT starts at the high end of the hot-hatch market, and low end of the coupe market. If posing is your game, the GT is great value. As a performance car, it’s less impressive. Running costs vary from OK (JTD) to tear-inducing (V6) and the same applies for residual values.
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Quality & Refinement
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Score:
4/10 |
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Alfa used older components to build the GT, so it lacks the integrity of the 159. The dashboard is made of soft-touch materials, but it’s not well stuck together and feels flimsy. Thanks to a too-firm ride, it’s not the best cruiser either.
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Equipment
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Score:
8/10
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The base Lusso has electrical front windows, remote locks, trip computer, 16" alloys, leather steering with audio controls, 2-zone climate control, cruise control, CD Player and foglights. Sportivo adds leather, 17” alloys and a 6-CD changer.
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Bad
So-so handling
not much space inside
slow
Good
Beautiful
great safety spec
loaded with toys
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