Best valved exhaust for Alfa Romeo Giulia 2.0 Turbo (952)

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All our exhausts for this generation, version by version, are brought together on one page: Alfa Romeo Giulia 952 Valved Exhaust.

The type 952 Giulia brought Alfa Romeo back to the rear-wheel-drive sedan field. Its 2.0 Turbo petrol version exists in two power outputs and shares the same Rog exhaust. Here is what you should know about it before choosing its exhaust.

Body style

Four-door sedan, type 952

Years covered by the product page

2017 to 2019; a 2016 or 2020 Giulia is checked by VIN

Engine

1,995 cc aluminium four-cylinder, turbo, MultiAir valve actuation, direct injection

Factory output

200 hp and 330 Nm, or 280 hp and 400 Nm (Veloce)

Gearbox

Eight-speed automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive, or Q4 all-wheel drive depending on version and market

Drive selector

Alfa DNA: Dynamic, Natural, Advanced Efficiency

The Giulia 952, from Arese to Cassino

Alfa Romeo unveiled the Giulia on 24 June 2015, at the marque's historic museum in Arese, in its Quadrifoglio version. Series production began in April 2016 in Cassino, in southern Lazio. The full range was presented at the Geneva show the same year, and the Veloce trim followed in the autumn, at the Paris Motor Show.

The Giulia is built on the Giorgio platform, designed for a longitudinal engine and rear-wheel drive. Alfa Romeo drew it aiming for a 50/50 weight distribution between the axles, and you feel it at the wheel: the front turns in quickly, the rear follows without heaviness.

The Rog product page covers the 2017 to 2019 model years. The Giulia later received, for model year 2020, a revised console and screen, then a facelift in 2023 with new LED headlights. For a 2016 car or one later than 2019, send us your VIN: we check the exhaust before manufacture starts.

A 2.0 Turbo, two power outputs

The entry version of this engine develops 200 hp and 330 Nm. The Veloce, which tops the petrol range below the Quadrifoglio, draws 280 hp and 400 Nm from it. The block, the displacement and the position under the bonnet are the same for both.

For the rear exhaust, the difference does not matter: the Rog product page is for both versions, and your VIN confirms the right exhaust. The Giulia Quadrifoglio, with its 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6, has its own product page and its own guide.

Factory 200 hp version

Factory 280 hp version

Stage 2: published figures with the front section and an ECU remap carried out by a tuner.

The Giulia's four-cylinder

This 2.0-litre is made entirely of aluminium. It combines direct injection at 200 bar, the electro-hydraulic MultiAir valve actuation, which controls the lift of the intake valves, and a twin-scroll turbo, which separates the gases from the cylinders to respond faster to the accelerator. Peak torque arrives early, and the Veloce pulls with a vigour rare for a four-cylinder of this displacement.

At the turbo outlet, the downpipe begins, with its catalytic converter. That is the front section of the exhaust. After it comes the cat-back, which runs under the body to the rear tips and gives the sedan most of its sound.

Rear-wheel drive, Q4 and eight-speed gearbox

The 200 hp 2.0 Turbo is rear-wheel drive, paired with an eight-speed automatic gearbox. The 280 hp Veloce exists, depending on the market, in rear-wheel drive or with Q4 all-wheel drive, a system that favours the rear axle.

For the Rog exhaust, it makes no difference: rear-wheel drive or Q4, the rear exhaust follows the same route, and the product page stays the same.

Dynamic, Natural and Advanced Efficiency

On the console, the Alfa DNA dial sets the character of the car. Advanced Efficiency favours consumption, Natural suits everyday driving, Dynamic sharpens the response of the engine, gearbox and steering. The Quadrifoglio adds a Race mode, which the 2.0 Turbo does not have.

Even in Dynamic, the Giulia 2.0 Turbo remains very restrained to the ear. The selector makes the car livelier, without giving it the voice that would go with it. This is precisely what the Rog exhaust corrects.

What smothers the factory sound

The Giulia has everything a driver likes: quick steering, a well-balanced rear-wheel-drive chassis, an engine that pushes hard. But this four-cylinder is barely audible, even when revved high. The turbo first smooths out the engine's pulsations, then silencers tuned for the calm of a sedan and for noise limits finish the job.

The result: from outside, a Giulia 2.0 Turbo goes almost unnoticed, which fits neither its design nor the badge it wears on the grille.

What the Rog exhaust changes

With the valves open, the gases take the short path: the 2.0-litre takes on a broad, warm tone, is heard on every acceleration and crackles clearly when you lift off. With the valves closed, the flow passes back through the chambers, and the sedan returns to a sound close to when it left the factory, for town or a long stretch on the expressway.

On the Giulia, the Rog exhaust is delivered with its valves already fitted and a control box to slip into the boot; a two-button remote operates them. The position you choose holds, whatever the position of the DNA dial. You decide the volume at every moment, without going through a menu.

A day with the remote

In the morning, leaving a quiet street, the valves stay closed: the Giulia starts as it always has, and nobody wakes up. On the expressway, they stay closed too; the sedan keeps the cruising quiet that makes it a good tourer. Arriving on a small mountain road, one press on the remote is enough: the 2.0-litre takes its full place, uphill and when downshifting before each hairpin.

In the evening, on the way home, a second press closes the valves before you reach your neighbourhood. That is the whole point of a valved exhaust on a sedan like the Giulia: two cars in one, and the choice left to the driver, at every moment.

The same 2.0-litre also powers the Stelvio, the marque's SUV: it has its own Rog product page and its own guide.

Stainless steel or titanium, and the front section

The cat-back is made in 304 stainless steel, robust and insensitive to winter salt, or in titanium, about 40% lighter for the same design and a little more metallic in the revs. The titanium comes in brushed, gold or purple, with no change in price. The tips stay round and understated, in the spirit of the Giulia's bumper.

Upstream, the product page offers the downpipe under the "Manifold" option: with a 200-cell sport catalytic converter, with a 100-cell one, or catalyst-free, a version reserved for the track. A registered Giulia used every day keeps its emissions control with the first.

The cat-back alone requires no change to the control unit: Alfa Romeo's settings stay in place, and so does the power. That can only be worked on with the downpipe and an ECU remap done by a tuner. We build the exhaust from your VIN, and your garage fits it, with no cutting or welding.

Configure your exhaust.

How the exhaust is put together

On the Giulia 2.0 Turbo, the Rog cat-back follows on from the downpipe and runs under the sedan to the tips: pipes, silencers and remote-controlled valves. The downpipe itself, placed just behind the turbo and carrying the catalytic converter, forms the front section; it is listed as an option, under the name "Manifold".

Each choice explained in detail, from sound to material: How to configure your exhaust.

Three recommended configurations.

• Everyday Giulia

  • Stainless steel
  • No manifold
  • Rog remote

  For a 200 hp Giulia that does the commute to the office: the factory downpipe stays in place, the four-cylinder finally comes out of its reserve, and one button silences it on the way home.

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• Veloce and mountain-pass roads

  • Stainless steel
  • 200-cell sports catalytic converter
  • Rog remote

  For a Veloce driven in Dynamic: the 200-cell downpipe gives the 2.0-litre more presence and breath, without removing the emissions control.

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• Track days

  • Purple titanium
  • Decat
  • Rog remote

  For a Giulia that runs on the track: a lighter titanium exhaust, a catalyst-free downpipe that releases the whole flow of the 2.0-litre, and valves left open from the first lap to the last.

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From order to fitting.

VIN, manufacture, delivery, fitting and warranty, step by step

Questions.

Further reading.

• All our exhausts for the Alfa Romeo Giulia 952
• Guide to the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6
• Guide to the Alfa Romeo Stelvio 949