I agree 100%, BUT - remember the GTV was a Giugiaro design (while at Bertone) and the Alfetta GT was penned by Giugiaro working as an independent (at his own Italdesign firm). And the Spider was of course styled by PininFarina.
Alfa doesn't have these outside design houses to call on anymore as they are largely all gone... So I fear the Coupe and eventual Spider will have more of a "corporate face" than a unique design.
Yup! All the designers of the 164 (at the 30 year) from Pinninfarina/Alfa blasted the new corporate design of the Giulia bigtime and for good reason. No outside design houses like Pinninfarina, Bertone or Italdesign lead to corporate designs = looks like everything else on the road to sell cars. Many cues on the Giulia mimic the BMW or anything else really.
I think the Giulia is still stunning but does share many of the same cues as other cars which was not Alfa in the past. It was always unique to almost ugly weird which grew on you to be beautiful. I just wonder if the Giulia's design will be timeless like the Pinninfarina designs. Ok some do get slightly outdated but then like fashion come back in style. /forum/images/smilies/wink.gif