In the concept of Chinese, the car should be the best of the German brand, but when it comes to sports cars, it has to be Italian. As a product between a sports car and a family car, the performance car inherits most of the performance of the sports car, but also has the practicality of the family car. As a traditional Italian manufacturer of sports cars and cars, Alfa Romeo also has a performance car product line with the clover logo. Recently, Alfa Romeo released the 2022 model of its mid-size performance car, the Alpha Romeo Giulia Four-Leaf Clover, priced at about 902,800 yuan. In terms of price, it and bmw M series of medium-sized performance sedan BMW M3 top model price is basically the same, the latter's official guidance price of 899,900 yuan, today we will take a look, 900,000 yuan of mid-size car performance monster battle, is Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover to recreate the glory of the F1 arena, or BMW M3 shows the top strength of Bavaria?
BMW M is born for the event, clover in addition to performance, but also feelings?
As two well-known performance departments, Clover and M departments have deep "family roots". Before you consider buying the Alpha Romeo Giulia Four-Leaf Clover or the BMW M3 for 1 million yuan, you may have to find out who is more in line with you.
The BMW M division we see now, which was basically a subsidiary in charge of performance cars and vehicle modifications that was independently established by BMW in 1992, appeared in the public eye as a special department of BMW to participate in caravan racing as early as 1972. In other words, in the bones of BMW's M department, what is engraved is BMW's track genes and understanding of racing culture.
And Alpha Romeo's four-leaf clover department also exists as its performance department, and unlike the bmw M part, which originated to participate in the competition, Alfa Romeo's four-leaf clover mark has a lot more humanistic meaning. It has an "indissoluble relationship" with Alfa Romeo in his early F1 races, and also to commemorate the talented driver who died young. Unlike the BMW M3, which is dedicated to developing a performance civilian car that was born out of a racing motorhome, the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover seems to have a deeper relationship with F1 racing. Not only does it have the technical blessing of Alfa Romeo in F1, but also has launched an F1 painted version of the car. Between strong performance and cultural heritage, Alpha Romeo Giulia Four Leaf Clover has found a balance that allows consumers to pay for their feelings/product strength.
The track is the home of the BMW M3, and alfa Romeo has to run the mountain?
The 2022 model of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Four-Leaf Clover is basically the same as the previous game in terms of walking mechanism, using a 2.9T turbo engine with the same ZF 8AT transmission as the BMW M3, with a maximum horsepower of 510Ps, a peak torque of 600 N·m, with a lightweight body, zero hundred acceleration only takes 3.9s.
Of course, it is not surprising to see here, because this car has a supercar pedigree in the power of this piece. Its 2.9T V6 engine is the product of Ferrari's 3.9T V8 engine "magic modification", on the basis of the latter, The Alfa Romeo Giulia Four Leaf Clover reduces two cylinders, the cylinder angle and bore are completely consistent, at 2000 rpm, it can output maximum torque. After matching the famous ZF 8AT gearbox, which has been proven countless times on BMW, it can be used for daily driving and off-the-track racing.
In the chassis structure, it adopts the front double wishbone rear multi-link independent suspension, the suspension support is good, with a wheelbase of 2820mm, it can bring a good handling feeling when running over the mountain. Of course, this is also due to its good braking ability, if you spend 60,000 yuan can also choose to install carbon ceramic brake discs, but this optional project before involving recall, it is recommended to wait and see. It is also worth saying that according to different use scenarios, the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover can be suspended and adjusted, but this function is not very useful.
The BMW M3 uses the 3.0T L6 engine that BMW's M division is proud of, which is also matched with the transmission of ZF 8AT. Although in the engine this part does not have the same as the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover from Ferrari's "supercar technology blessing", but in the engine cylinder layout, due to the simplification of the structure, BMW's L6 engine structure is superior to the V6 structure of the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover, which can bring better output power. At the same time, BMW's L6 engine is also well received in the industry, with BMW's light car familiar ZF 8AT gearbox can be regarded as a pair of "power golden combination", this power combination brings the maximum horsepower of 510Ps, peak torque of 650 N · m, with faster acceleration than the Alpha Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover, BMW M3 top version zero hundred acceleration time of 3.5s.
In terms of suspension structure, BMW M3 still adopts its most familiar suspension structure of the front double quarter ball and the back five-link, and in countless previous verifications, this suspension has brought good movement and handling performance. At the same time, the top version of the BMW M3 is also equipped with a timely four-wheel drive system, which has better straight/high-speed bending grip with the same standard tires as the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover. However, according to the feedback of some BMW M3 owners, the original braking system of bmw M3 is not excellent, that is to say, in the plain car state, it is not as good as The Alpha Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover when running mountains or crossing low-speed corners.
So on the whole, in terms of performance, if it is a large track with more straights and high-speed bends, bmw M3 seems to have an advantage in power performance, but if it is a track with more low-speed bends, or to run the mountain, Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover may be more handy. In addition, I should mention that the sound wave of the BMW M3 still feels a little deliberate to me, and if I like to listen to the sound wave, the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover will be more refreshing.
If you want to bring more people, then you have to bmw M3?
After talking about athletic performance, let's talk about which they are superior or inferior in daily use, after all, for the positioning of such models, it is necessary to take into account both athletic performance and daily driving.
From the appearance, in addition to the sports passion of the track, the design of the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover is also the unique humanistic and romantic taste of the Italians, and the body arc and the logo of the four-leaf clover are all evidenced. This generation of BMW M3 is different from the past, paying tribute to the huge nostrils of history seem to tell everyone "I am not good", losing the original "playing pig and eating tiger" happiness, but it is more catered to the taste of those who like to be ostentatious car buyers.
And the interior design of this piece, in addition to the sports embellishment and different materials, the two cars in the design and the ordinary version of the model is not much different. Take the BMW M3, which is still the design of the floating central control screen, and even brings a sense of business administration.
In terms of space performance, although the BMW M3 uses a standard wheelbase, it is still larger than the Alfa Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover, not only has better rear space, but also more in line with the needs of most people in terms of cushion length, and this is also a point that Alpha Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover has been criticized by many people.
However, in terms of configuration features, the 2022 Alpha Romeo Giulia Four Leaf Clover has made some changes for daily use. For example, functions such as adaptive cruise, active braking, front and rear radar, and mobile phone charging have been added, further enhancing the daily practicality of this performance monster. At the same time, various intelligent driving assistance functions at the L2 level, as well as technological functions including voice control, are equipped on the Alpha Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover. On the BMW M3, most of the intelligent driving assistance features need to be optional, but other comfortable configurations and technology configurations are not bad.
On the whole, if you consider daily use, in the most important space performance, bmw M3 has more advantages, but hope to drive comfortably, with L2 level intelligent driving assistance function of The Alpha Romeo Giulia four-leaf clover performs better.
summary:
On the whole, in the official guidance price range of 900,000 yuan, the BMW M3 and the Alpha Romeo Giulia Four-Leaf Clover are good vehicles that can balance performance/home. In terms of performance, they are all good, and they all have their own better places. At the same time, although as a performance car, the convenience of home use is not the first priority, but if you occasionally need to take family and friends out, choosing the BMW M3 may be more appropriate. But most importantly, if you pay such a price for a performance version of a B-Class car, the most important thing is that in the Alpha Romeo Four Leaf Clover/BMW M division, you recognize who pursues and understands the racing culture.