2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio goes for a Drive
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I've had my QF for about 6 months and I'm obsessed with it. I've never had a car that drew so much attention and I get so many people come up to me and ask what it is. Great video!
Now that is a dream car.
Alfa vs German super sedans is like a top Italian model vs bearded bodybuilders.
Elvis Božič it’s saloon car
@@louisbeerreviews8964 Of course it is. Why are you pointing it ?
@@louisbeerreviews8964 Whatever...saloon, sedan. Same.
@@histriamagna1014 Some people are just... You know.
Concerning the Cylinder deactivation, here you have some more info.
If you select the 'A' mode, under certain conditions (low engine load and low-mid RPMs) the right bank deactivates.
Actually the process is as follows:
1) the torque delivery is gradually shifted to the left bank by operating the 2 separate throttle bodies.
2) Once all the torque has been fully transferred to the left bank, fuel injection and ignition are stopped on the right one.
3) The right bank valve train is stopped as well by using specific collassable tappets. This actually increases fuel economy by reducing pumping losses.
4) As the right turbo halts (no gases are flowing any more due to the fact that valves remain closed) lubrication to the turbine is interrupted through a specific solenoid valve (to avoid leakages).
Given the specific architecture of the 90 degrees V6, actually it behaves as if it was made of 2 separate 3 cylinders units, so when the right bank is deactivated, it is not perceivable (at all!). In my QV the only thing you notice is that the fuel consumption reduces visibly: while cruising on the motorway at around 120km/h you can still easily get 7 liters per 100 km.
This is an amazing engine (on an amazing chassis)!
Well done Alfa
Thank you, I spent some time looking for this but couldnt find its, that makes perfect sense. Its an amazing engine, a split personality so a car for all uses
👏 bravo !!!! the only one on YT that explained the deactivation procces of the QV! ! ! Thank you.
The designer of the engine, Pivetti, (who btw did also the latest Maserati engine on the MC20), said he was proud of the deactivation part of engine, rather than the engine design he borrowed from Ferrari (although Alfa has different valve angles/injection system)
Better than any BMW, Merc or Audi. Love it!!
Agree, the oddballs choice but then I'm an oddball
I couldn't care less if it wasn't better than those soulless chav wagons, the Guilia is just stunning and sounds dirty. Love 'em.
If electronics don't exist in your world then it's better than anything:')
In terms of what?
@@Alanphuphalee what?
I've been an Alfa fan since I was a kid because my parents used to have a 75, but, sadly, sold it way back when in 2006. I am happy that Alfa got back to it's "roots" with this car, making it RWD, even tho the FWD ones are still great. This is just astonishing car to look at. Will still look fresh even 10 years in the future.
On the side note, I finally obtained my first ever project car. A 96' Alfa 155 with 1.7 twinspark. Can't be more happy than I currently am, partly of that is thanks to this channel, making me always rememeber how great those cars are. Keep it up with the 145, and of course, all other great cars you have in your furious fleet :)
Excellent, good luck with the 155, keep the oil topped up in the twin spark - they do use a lot and can be wrecked by low oil - hopefully the 145 will be back soon
@@furiousdriving 145 Good news. Good news.
In love with this car.... Dream car to own. Everyone has to own a Alfa at some point.... Looks like you had a lot of fun driving this
This was the best, despite the auto I didnt want to give it back
This is my absolute dream car. Beautiful in every way!
I had serval nice cars in my life (BMW, Audi, Lotus, Porsche, etc), by my 2017 Giulia QV has a special place in my heart. It is an amazing car and puts a smile on my face EVERY time I take it. In terms of personality and driving pleasure it is really unique...(and -as a bonus- it is a practical 4 seater!!!)
Im very jealous that you get to keep one! I did not want to hand this back
Fantastic videography! Wow. Great location, super drone footage. Luscious close-ups. Wonderful pans, great engine sound. I’m not a fan of your jump edits, but I realize they are used to maintain your incredible flow of detailed and interesting information. Incredible to think you are a one-man-band producing such a high-quality product! Very well done sir!
Here here. 👍
Thank you very much!
I had hours of fun trying to find the bonnet release myself. You just got to love the Italians......and I,ve been using mine as a Daily Driver recently in N and D mode ,as my stupid Range Rover has gone bang and I have been averaging 29.4mpg!!!! And just puts a smile on my face every single day.
Rival manufacturers ought to look at these for a lesson in modern car design, great looking saloon!
I’ve come from a diesel 159 to a petrol Giulia (the 200hp base one) I have it 6 weeks now and all I can do is grin. It is an absolute pleasure to drive.
Feels like a go kart compared to my old car. Great review!
Im hoping to drive a 'normal' one soon as well, if they did an estate it would be my next car
furiousdriving unless you really really need the space please go for it! Alfa need the sales 😅 My 159 was a Sportwagon, the Giulia’s boot is quite small but enough for me.
It is a shame they won’t make a wagon!
I picked up my Giulia (a 2019 Veloce) about 9 months ago and I'm still smiling like a Cheshire cat, looking over my shoulder after I park and love driving it every chance I get. My previous car was a Civic Sport which was fun and a little more practical but the Giulia is on a completely different level.
In the past had Suds, 75, 156 and a 159.........don't think I'll be able to stretch to that one though. Gorgeous car.
The 'regular' versions are fairly affordable, older ones getting to be a good used price too
I think I'm getting old because I look at a car like this and I feel that I should be drooling over it, but when I hear five million gearchanges, farting exhaust, see the computer bits everywhere, the complexity in the engine bay and look at how oversized and bloated the whole car actually is, despite the nice styling that hides it to some extent, I just get turned off.
I have this lingering feeling that anything made after about 2015 is just too bloated, too complicated and too compromised.
But that's just me being a sourpuss!
With you on that and I'm only 43. It's all just so over the top with the big fat speedo pods etc, Why? Don't dislike it though, don't love it either.
I know where you're coming from. It weighs 1600kg (sources vary), something 1250kg and 300bhp would do a similar job in terms of fun. But I guess I'm describing a 'normal' modern hot hatch there.
Ben Day The fact that a hot hatch can have 300hp is insane and unnecessary in itself. I had an Alfa 33 16v boxer-with 4WD-weighing in at 990kg, the 2WD 8v version was 890! Hence the 137hp I had gave adequate hot hatch performance.
I’m with you on the fact that most cars are ugly and bloated these days, particularly German cars or Hondas. However, this beauty is an exception...
@@davidmacdonald1695 totally agree, but safety gear weighs a lot these days!
What a beautiful car. Stunning and what a sound!!
Yes not too obnoxiously loud either! Just enough bark to make people look up from their iPhones in town🤗
Manual, CD player and the polished chrome inlets would make it perfect 👌
This what I like about this channel, old and rare cars one week then the next cars like this!
I saw one of these at the weekend being put on the back of a breakdown truck and my heart sank for the owner. You see plenty of BMW's, Mercs & Audi's being towed away and my schadenfreude makes me secretly smug when they are stranded at the side of the road. But anyone who buys an Alfa, you have to have huge respect for their owners for getting something different. If my lottery numbers come in then I am definitely getting one of these., however I might also buy a back up Toyota just in case.
Maybe it was tyre blowout? Lets hope so
The poor Toyota will simply end up completely unused and forgotten in a corner of the garage. You won't be able to stop driving the QF.
Totally agree with you, a manual gearbox is essential for true driver involvement and enjoyment…keep up the great work!
My perfect Giulia would be if we could get a non-turbocharged V6 manual Veloce, so I'm with you on the gearbox front
I want one, like, now! I love a good old Merc, but thank god there's now a property fast saloon that's not German. The wheels are amazing, not too many pointles "driver" settings, and the info screen doesn't look like a glued on afterthought. Love it.
It shuts down one side. The engine effectively has two ECU, one per bank. The logics needed to make this work is quite elaborate. It must transfer power from one bank to the other to maintain total power output. It must keep reconnecting the shut off bank ever so often to avoid damaging the catalytic convertor. It must be ready to reenable the shutdown bank if the driver accelerates. Etc.
Matt your variety of car reviews are unreal. Amazing, I'm glad a subscribed a long time ago
Great review and very honest. I have had my QF as you call it for 1 year now and absolutely love it for all the values you’ve mentioned. People say how beautiful it is and interested in what it can do - when I tell them it laps Nurburg in 7.30mins and hits 191mph oh and 0-100mph in less than 8 secs they are amazed. Can get my family in too!!
Almost the perfect family super car, they just need to build a sport wagon version
What a car, but bring on the much anticipated GTA!!!!!
I have a 17 QV. LOVE IT!
Don't really do new cars, but that is quite a piece of kit with the designed in lovely bits that can only be Italian.
What I love too is that unlike VAG badge engineering stuff, you ain't ever going to get something very similar to this with a Fiat badge on it although they own Alfa
That car is absolutely amazing! Absolutely nothing about it I don't like and that sound!!
Better looking more exclusive and more exiting than any current BMW
Agree 100%
By a long way!
@@furiousdriving 6 Giulia qv's (non daily driven) in a 15 mile radius here. That's more than the competitors. There goes my exclusive car. 😒
I absolutely love this car. The most beautiful car at the current time in my opinion. It's just stunning. If I won the lottery I wouldn't get a Ferrari, Lamborghini or Aston Martin. I'd get one of these beauties 😍
Good Review ! & good choice saying YES to this car ! There are a few video's with folks driving the manual and the general view was the car suits the fast ZF Auto better. When i was a lad and passed my test at 17, i used to borrow my mothers car - an Alfa Alfetta - twin webers - wooden steering wheel - boy was that fun. This car is like getting 80-90 % of Ferrari - the engine !!!
Great review of this iconic sport sedan. Alfa outdid themselves with this rear wheel drive masterpiece. Designed by a Pininfarina designer who left them and went to work at Centro Stille Alfa. I own the 2.0 Veloce, and love every minute I spend driving it. But this 2.9 V6 version is incredible. This car is highly underrated.
So you quite like it, then? I'd rattle on about the 2.5 gtv I had over 35 years ago, that kept me poor for 2 or 3 years. But this Giulia looks like it'll actually work more often than not, and that's a plus for any Alfa. Wish it got more publicity.
Please stop posting these amazing vids - I just haven't the time to spend drooling from one to the next! -but I love 'em
Love driving above ALL else so Alfa for me every time
I always go there for photos of my cars as only 10 mins up the road, good location!
I think everyone in Kent does!
Just wish they would do a sport wagon, if they did a sport wagon I would be 100% aiming for it to be my next motor. I do not accept Alfa's remark that I should by the stelvio I want a car not an SUV.
100% with you, I hate SUVs, and wouldn't buy one as a main car, sport wagons are far more stylish and generally have better load space
De todas las berlinas del segmento, me quedo con este Alfa sin pestañear, pero por goleada...asi de simple. En confianza, con este Quadrifoglio me sobra el resto. Je, je, je. Que belleza, lo mires por donde lo mires, que diseño, tanto interior como exterior, arrebatador sin más !!! Me da igual si algunos de sus rivales tienen algo mas de calidad interior. Que ojo... en cualquier caso es para deleitarse con este Quadrifoglio. Es puro cuore, es puro Alfa. Ademas diseño mas fresco e imnovador que su competencia, enamora a primera vista, te roba il cuore !!! Para mi no hay color....Enhorabuena a Alfa Romeo por este pedazo de producto y todo lo que hacen. Ademas record en su segmento, en el infierno verde Aleman, se puede pedir más ??!!. Saludos desde Barcelona.
Matt, I have watched ALL of you videos, all the way through, but, as an Alfa 159 owner, I thought the 159 was the prettiest car in the world, but, after watching this review, I HAVE to buy a Guilla..... end of..
I didn't think they'd top it, but that interior..that engine...
I think the 159 it's still one of the best looking cars made in recent years. And it drives very well. The problem is, there is almost no "alfa" in the 159 :( Engines are mostly GM, the chassis was made by GM, it's FWD, It's very heavy and the interior are not made of the best materials. I would still buy it thought ;) I'd rather a beaten up 159 than a bmw 3 series (i see 320D everywhere, i'm feed up of even looking at them).
Greta video. You can select Race mode when your driving - I use Race mode mostly and whilst this mode does turn off the forward collison system, I find this incredibly annoying anyway - it would be great if this could be permanently switched off in all modes. Traction contract remains on enough and the torque vectoring diff makes corrections very easy so Race mode really can be enjoyed in most conditions. It’s not the big scary driving mode some reviews make it out to be.
I've always been a bmw man love the 3 series. Even always would choose the mondeo BUT after watching this I'm changing from the BMW and choosing this it's beautiful car
I agree it's a beautiful car but being a alfa romeo, when it breaks down its gonna cost a bomb to mend it
@@liamgibbons3255 very true but break down with a bit of Italian style haha
@@rossluke901 being Italian when something goes wrong I don't think they will hire out a hire car, as its something that they know about?
@@liamgibbons3255 ok.
liam gibbons Well, look to reliability indexes for up to 4 yrs old cars and Alfa Romeo as a brand is as bad/good as any of the german competitors. Look for 6 to 15 yrs old and Alfa beats them hands down by a mile. The Giulia as been quite solid and reliable. It’s not a Lexus or an Honda but it’s really solid and well built and a lot better engineered underneath than the germans.
If you like driving this is the one 😎👌
Love the camera work at the beginning and the beautiful scenic backdrop here Matt. Where is it?
Thanks, its Medway Pier in Rochester
HELL WHAT A BEAST THATS MY 50TH BIRTHDAY SORTED NEXT YR LOVE THE GRUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Always wanted one of these but in MonteCarlo Blue!! My father was thinking of getting one!! I know you love your Alfas Matt, so I hope you enjoyed driving this one!! Such a beautiful car!!!
It was amazing, really didnt want to give it back
@furiousdriving I really don’t blame you!!!!
Look, this is all very well, but what is happening with the Rover Cabrio? Have I missed a vid?
no parts in the post. And every time I touch it it breaks more so Im not touching it
@@furiousdriving absolutely fair enough. It does seem a resentful and tetchy sort. But I do have R8 tinkering withdrawal. Never thought that's something I'd write, but here we are.
love your stuff by the way, it has been fantastic over lockdown
What a wonderful car. I’m not a fan of modern cars but in my dream garage that would get a place.
Such a handsome devil...........i mean the Alfa, not you Matt! ;-) lol
how dare you!
@@furiousdriving haha, keep up the good work matt, your videos are better than watching tv! :-)
That sounds much louder than the 2020 models i have witnessed 🤔
Why all the mentions of the car's size? It really isn't that big. I have test driven a QV three times and never found its size to be an issue - it felt smaller than my Audi A4 Avant. Phenomenal car, and I'll be placing an order in the new year when Alfa restart orders.
But will it rot out from underneath in 10 years needing lots of welding?
No
Quadrifoglio Verde and GTA, the best things existing in automotive world.
Isn't she just beautiful. 236 kW/t. What a fabulous thing! $168,000 here in Au. "Quadrifoglio" means "four-leaf clover"
Think I need a bigger piggy bank and a lucky four leaf clover...
You know that you've made it in life when your tea shelf is trimmed in leather.
Hey Matt, love the video, but could you try to watch the large volume jumps? The exhaust sounds are WAY louder and I was wearing headphones...
sorry Paul, it didnt sound far off on the speakers
It's a beast of a car.
Better looking and better in many other ways than the competition, although when you ran through a list of that competition you left one out. For £30,000 less than the price of the Alfa there is the Kia Stinger. A few milliseconds slower than the Alfa, the Stinger is still a formidable machine and should not be dismissed.
That is true, I need to drive one but every one is very complimentary about it
Kia stinger is a nice car but it's not a competitor for the Giulia quadrifoglio. It's not 'milliseconds' slower. In fact it's more in line with the veloce in price and performance. 0/100 is only a big second slower than quadrifoglio but in the big boys league it's 0/200 what matters and the difference won't be a big second anymore.
@@dirkcuypers6669 Since the speed limit is 70mph here and 75 almost everywhere on the continent, I don't think acceleration above 75 matters too much unless you spend your time on the Autobahn :)
I had a 2018 QF and it's very nice to see the upgraded tech changes! I sold her when she should have been a keeper! Yep I miss my little queefer! (And the sound of the queef is so lovely ;)
I dont think I could have sold one if I had one!
Hi Matt,this Alfa Romeo is the works,that exhaust note sounds so nice.all the toys makes it a nice car to sit in.
it is awesome! Stick in a manual and estate back and Ill see everything for one
Drive Audi's all day, love them. BUT I WANT TO OWN THIS!
A car dream come true 💯
Thats a lovely looking car.... you are going to need to update your intro sound track now ;)
Oh yes I need to work that in!
So Matt, we take it you like the Giulia.
Its ok
Finally a decent alfa
Wow! What a beautiful car! I’d love a Sportwagon version, but I’d settle for a Stelvio when I can afford one! I’ll stick to my Giulietta for now........the only criticism I have is that I’m not a fan of the new monochrome Alfa badge - I much prefer the old enamelled multi-coloured badge........
Im still hoping for a sport wagon, the Stelvio boot is too small for me and IM not an SUV fan.
I did love that old badge, I have one on my desk!
Very informative video to a beautiful car, but the amount of editing you do, makes it look like you dont breath
27mpg is exactly what the 2007 Ford Focus 2.0 Ghia I use averages - on a good day!
Yeah that is one gorgeous car, and it’s kinda within grasp although not if you follow ie it’s a 150k car. It’s so good looking even the base models look good, not many pull that off.
£67000 for a Ferrari engine and chassis in the prettiest bodywork on the road makes it sound cheap when you put it that way!
This Giulia sounds just like the Maserati Ghibli, and the Alfa design is much better than the stretched versions of the German marques.
I believe US 🇺🇸 versions did come only with the automatic, although I could be mistaken, the Giulia Ti came with a manual transmission, and AWD. And if course there is the Stelvio, with a QF version as well.
Another smashing video!
You got a manual AWD in the US? That sounds like my perfect version (as a sport wagon!)
@@furiousdriving I believed that the Giulia came with a manual transmission, but I must have been mistaken. I just went to their website and saw that the 8 speed automatic is standard across the line, down to the basic Giulia, starting about $41,000+. The Quadrifolio starts around $74,000+, $75,00 and the packages like Cold weather and navigation are standard, but the wheels and safety equipment package push the Quadrifolio around $80,000+, US, from the model you test drove. It looks like the red paint may have been a $2,000 option, and the wheels $500 (five hole cloverleaf) and the suite of safety equipment adds another $2,000.
Despite all of this, this vehicle is like a small Maserati, and that Maserati/Ferrari engine sounds exceptional !
That, and the Giulia comes in many different ranges, from Lusso, Sport, Ti, and even Carbon fiber edition! This is just the 4 cylinder version, which is quite powerful in its own right!
And what I really like about the Alfa is that it looks distinctive, not bland stretched or squashed version like all the German marques with styling that makes it difficult to identify model range.
I know you like a good manual transmission, and I do as well as long as it has a good clutch and smooth shifting, but many today, especially in the US 🇺🇸, DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A MANUAL, and I believe all the electronics make automatic shifting faster, and some automatics a bit more fuel efficient than a standard manual transmission.
I must say that having a manual here in the US is a theft deterrent since many do not know how-to properly drive one!
Although I am at an age where I prefer an automatic, but one where you can manually shift gears for downhill engine braking and for winter driving, even with such aids as ABS and TCS. And most drivers do not know that.
I wouldn't buy a VAG car with DSG-S Tronic as whether you park, move off or accelerate the DSG Hesitates. Unless you over ride it with the paddle shifts. Maybe Alfa Romeo&BMW are better with the ZF.
£70,000 for an Alfa. Hmm. Ferrari servicing costs? Best wishes for selling a non hybrid beast, no matter how beautiful it is.
It's a nice looking car but it's going to cost a hell of a lot of money to it mended?
Alfa Romeo Guilia Quadrifoglio hard to ignore tempting I'd have it.
All of the want! That has got to be one of the prettiest cars on sale today! And that noise!...
It is an epic machine...I need one (in manual, and estate)
@@furiousdriving that would be stunning, have they done an estate yet?
So you liked it then?! Really comprehensive review of an epic car, super video!
What a design the Giulia is a very sporting performance saloon
The thing is, with the manual gearbox, how many Giulia Quadrifoglios are they expecting to sell in the UK? The Giulia has been available in the UK for nearly 5 years and I still haven't seen one on the road, despite having a couple of good and very active Alfa dealers in my area. They probably wouldn't sell enough to cover the development costs for the right-hand drive with manual box, and that's no way to run a car company. Sadly the Giulia just seems to be a totally overlooked and forgotten car in the UK, which is a real shame. Seeing the odd Giulia here and there would make the street scene in towns and cities so much nicer, it really is such a pretty car...
I see a few around here, not as many as the Audis but its not the obvious choice. There are a lot of people who dont want an auto, especially in sports or performance cars, but dont get the choice and if there is no option, no way of feeding back the %
Where's the blue 145 ?
Waiting at a garage for its turn. Channel Members and Patreons got a sneak update on all the cars last week, which will go out to non members at the end of the following month
@@furiousdriving okay I thought you've sold it watching all the way from South Africa make more content of the 145 I totally love the car I've got a Zoe yellow one myself it's all broken down now but I still love it regardless
Absolutely stunning car.
I need that key chain for my Giulia!
I've taken a note of the registration number as in the opening scenes you parked far to close to the water.
Wouldn't want to buy it second hand as I'm sure like every Alfa ever made it will dissolve before your eyes. 😯
I dont think it would rust from being 100m from a river..its not a 90s Mercedes
Thought some bloke in a Transit was going to come past around 31 mins 😂.
I would prefer that Alfa to an Aston , seriously.
Thanks, I'm now in dilemma, whether to continue to fix the house or buy one of these! :) I know what my wife would say....
How is that a dilemma? I think you know the answer
Just sell the wife 🤣
Easy..... house
Beautiful! What a treat!
Honestly that interior is stylish beyond anything the Germans could muster. A true petrol head car - not a WhatCar reader special
Great Video, would love you to do more Alfa's, please could you take a 147 out for a drive? I have a 2007 face-lift 1.9 8v and would love to see one on the channel!
What a treat Matt! I love the look of these cars and almost bought one about three years ago, but decided to go for an older, more analog feeling BMW instead, and tune it to similar speed as this one. I am doubtful if it will be any cheaper in the end, but having a diesel which can keep a cloverleaf honest is a reward in itself I guess.
Oh, and I always thought the green and white stitching inside is supposed to symbolize colors of the alfa Cloverleaf logo? Maybe I just didnt get the Joke, sorry if that was the case.
Maybe it is, I just saw the flag on the shifter and thought it was that.
That car is better looking than my wife that car is gorgeous
I'm with you on the manual gearbox. I have a ZF auto, and it's very clever, but my next car will be a manual.
Id sell a kidney to get this car. Id sell my own kidney if it was manual
I love Alfa's had a 156 sportwagon selespeed I loved it I this is a beautiful looking car I want one
I average around 29mpg in my 2.4 V70 so that economy on the Alfa is absolutely brilliant
If I had the money I'd have this over most cars
I had a 156
Me too, they were such good cars
Its ok but it is no rover 75
but what is?
Another modern bunch of computers flying in close formation, hopefully communicating with one another. You lost me with one phrase: Infotainment System. That always means an ergonomic nightmare of distraction for the driver, particularly when solo.
Actually surprisingly unfussy, there are real controls so not just touch screens
Fantastic car and fantastic review. Subscribed.
The 159 petrol was not without problems, all the 4 pots had trouble with cam chains stretching just like the Opel engine they were based on (the 2.2)
As they've aged they've started to have issues, the 2.4 now has timing chain problems but thats after 10+ years, back when they were new they were one of the most trouble free cars in class
@@furiousdriving the 2.4? Diesel? It has a belt 😉
Frank Wolthuis it was something timing related.. I found out about it when I was looking 2 years ago
Hi....Interesting review. However you mention you cannot put the car into Race mode unless its stopped???.... Think you will find you can ... you have to turn the nob and hold it in Race mode for a second or two and then release it.. and Hey Presto you have got the full fat Race version... Wouldn't recommend it in the rain though unless you are Kimi Raikkonen or you will probably end up in the nearest hedge!
Regards, Rog
That's right! Race mode is available at any time.
Q.F: Quintessentially Furious.
BTW, what negatives do you have of someone to get them to lend you that for a week?!
If I told you that I wouldn't be able to get any more cars!
Possibly the perfect car. If I can spec a towbar would it be prudent to get my caravan suspension lowered and beef up the wheels and tyres.
Id be happy caravanning with this as a tow car
Is it true what Clarkson says - the front door openings are small!?
I think Clarkson amusingly said they were either too small, or in the wrong place. I'd say they seem to be slightly in the wrong place ie:- further forward than would be ideal. The first few times you get in and out it is possible to drag your backside across the B post. You soon adjust. I don't even notice it now after three and a half years and I'm 6' 1".
What’s that; you want to go over the audio controls before I take delivery? Don’t bother. I won’t be using them anyway! 😁
Exactly how I was when I got it! Im fine, you go!
4 minutes later couldnt open the bonnet