- Following the 2024 model year, Alfa Romeo’s high-performance Quadrifoglio models will be discontinued in North America.
- The Quadrifoglio nameplate is slated to return, but it will likely add electric power in some form, either hybrid or battery-electric.
- The unfortunate news was confirmed by the Stellantis Senior Vice President and Head of Alfa Romeo and Fiat North America, Larry Dominique, with a post on his LinkedIn account.
The sands of time are ever-changing, and after nearly 10 years in the spotlight, both the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and its sibling the Stelvio Quadrifoglio are preparing to leave the stage. Head of Alfa Romeo and Fiat North America Larry Dominique confirmed the regrettable news with a post on his LinkedIn account.
Dominique said that the final Quadrifoglio models will exit the Cassino, Italy plant in June 2024. But he clarified that this was not the end of the line for the Quadrifoglio range writ large, saying, “This is the final chance to own a Quadrifoglio with only combustion engine technology as we continue our metamorphosis to an electrified future, but this is not the end of the story,” wrote Dominique. “I look forward to presenting the next chapter in the four-leaf clover’s journey.”
Based on Dominique’s post, when Alfa Romeo decides to bring the QF models back, it sounds like the new versions will incorporate some amount of electrification, whether that’s a hybrid or a battery-electric powertrain. We previously heard that the next-generation Giulia Quadrifoglio could be an EV with up to 1000 horsepower arriving as soon as 2025, but it’s possible plans have changed since that information first surfaced last year.
The news comes as Alfa Romeo is celebrating the 100th birthday of the four-leaf clover Quadrifoglio badge it puts on its high-performance cars, with exclusive 100thAnniversario models of both the sports sedan and the performance SUV. As they are now, both Quadrifoglio models are powered by an Italian-built, Ferrari-derived twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 engine that produces 505 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque, but the numbers only account for half of the story. It was just recently that our very own Ezra Dyer was waxing poetic about the charisma and charm he experiences every time he starts up a Giulia Quadrifoglio—or, as he put it: “fire up the 505-hp 2.9-liter V-6 and spend a moment listening to it gargle M-80s.”
While the spirited Alfas are notorious for their questionable reliability—see our 40,000 mile long-term test for proof—they’re overflowing with charisma and charm. So we sure are going to miss these Quadrifoglio siblings, though we look forward to hearing more about Alfa’s electrified performance future.
Jack Fitzgerald’s love for cars stems from his as yet unshakable addiction to Formula 1.
After a brief stint as a detailer for a local dealership group in college, he knew he needed a more permanent way to drive all the new cars he couldn’t afford and decided to pursue a career in auto writing. By hounding his college professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was able to travel Wisconsin seeking out stories in the auto world before landing his dream job at Car and Driver. His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.