Compare the2027 Dodge Charger VS 2026 Alfa Romeo Giulia

For enhanced safety, the front and rear seat shoulder belts of the Dodge Charger have pretensioners to tighten the seatbelts and eliminate dangerous slack in the event of a collision. The Alfa Romeo Giulia doesn’t offer pretensioners for its rear seat belts.

For enhanced safety, the front seat shoulder belts of the Dodge Charger 4-Door are height-adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of driver and passenger heights. A better fit can prevent injuries and the increased comfort also encourages passengers to buckle up. The Alfa Romeo Giulia doesn’t offer height-adjustable seat belts.

Both the Charger and Giulia have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The Charger has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Giulia’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.

In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Charger 4-door are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The Giulia doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.

Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The Charger has standard Rear Park Assist with Stop that uses rear sensors to monitor for objects to the rear and automatically applies the brakes to prevent a collision. The Giulia doesn’t offer backup collision prevention brakes.

To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the Charger. But it costs extra on the Giulia.

The Charger offers an optional 360° Surround View Camera to allow the driver to see objects all around the vehicle on a screen. The Giulia only offers a rear monitor and front and rear parking sensors that beep or flash a light. That doesn’t help with obstacles to the sides.

Both the Charger and the Giulia have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning and driver alert monitors.

The Dodge Charger weighs 1119 to 2306 pounds more than the Alfa Romeo Giulia. The NHTSA advises that heavier cars are much safer in collisions than their significantly lighter counterparts.

Dodge’s powertrain warranty covers the Charger 1 year and 10,000 miles longer than Alfa Romeo covers the Giulia. Any repair needed on the engine, transmission, axles, joints or driveshafts is fully covered for 5 years or 60,000 miles. Coverage on the Giulia ends after only 4 years or 50,000 miles.

There are over 23 times as many Dodge dealers as there are Alfa Romeo dealers, which makes it much easier should you ever need service under the Charger’s warranty.

To reliably power the ignition and other systems and to recharge the battery, the Charger has a standard 230-amp alternator. The Giulia’s 180-amp alternator isn’t as powerful.

To reliably start during all conditions and help handle large electrical loads, the Charger has a standard 650-amp battery (800 optional). The Giulia’s 525-amp battery isn’t as powerful.

The Charger R/T’s standard 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder produces 140 more horsepower (420 vs. 280) and 162 lbs.-ft. more torque (468 vs. 306) than the Giulia’s 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder. The Charger Scat Pack’s standard 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder produces 270 more horsepower (550 vs. 280) and 225 lbs.-ft. more torque (531 vs. 306) than the Giulia’s 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder. The Charger Super Bee’s standard 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder produces 320 more horsepower (600 vs. 280) and 225 lbs.-ft. more torque (531 vs. 306) than the Giulia’s 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder. The Charger Daytona Scat Pack’s standard electric motors produces 390 more horsepower (670 vs. 280) and 321 lbs.-ft. more torque (627 vs. 306) than the Giulia’s 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder.

As tested in Car and Driver the Dodge Charger is faster than the Alfa Romeo Giulia:

	Charger R/T	Charger Scat Pack	Giulia
Zero to 60 MPH	4.7 sec	3.7 sec	5.7 sec

As tested in Motor Trend the Charger Daytona Scat Pack electric motors is faster than the Alfa Romeo Giulia 2.0:

	Charger	Giulia
Zero to 30 MPH	1.4 sec	2.1 sec
Zero to 60 MPH	3.2 sec	5.7 sec
Zero to 80 MPH	5 sec	9.2 sec
Zero to 100 MPH	7.6 sec	14.4 sec
Passing 45 to 65 MPH	1.4 sec	2.8 sec
Quarter Mile	11.5 sec	14.2 sec
Speed in 1/4 Mile	120.5 MPH	99.4 MPH

Motor Trend magazine performs a classic 0 to 100 MPH and back to 0 MPH performance test. The Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Two-Door completed this feat in only 11.8 seconds. It took the Alfa Romeo Giulia 18.6 seconds.

On the EPA test cycle the Charger running on electricity gets better mileage than the Giulia:

			MPGe
Charger
	AWD	Scat Pack 305 Tires Electric Motors	93 city/79 hwy
		Scat Pack All Season 325 Tires Electric Motors	82 city/73 hwy
		Scat Pack Performance 325 Tires Electric Motors	80 city/70 hwy
Giulia
			MPG
	RWD	2.0 turbo 4-cyl.	24 city/33 hwy
	AWD	2.0 turbo 4-cyl.	23 city/31 hwy

The Charger can travel with zero emissions for 223 to 267 miles (dependent on model). The Giulia can’t move without running its internal combustion engine.

Regenerative brakes improve the Charger Daytona’s fuel efficiency by converting inertia back into energy instead of wasting it. The Giulia doesn’t offer a regenerative braking system.

The Charger Six Pack has 2.2 gallons more fuel capacity than the Giulia (17.5 vs. 15.3 gallons), for longer range between fill-ups.

The Charger has a standard cap-less fueling system. The fuel filler is automatically opened when the fuel nozzle is inserted and automatically closed when it’s removed. This eliminates the need to unscrew and replace the cap and it reduces fuel evaporation, which causes pollution. The Giulia doesn’t offer a cap-less fueling system.

In its Green Vehicle Guide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rates the Dodge Charger higher (6 to 10 out of 10) than the Alfa Romeo Giulia (4). This means the Charger produces up to 25 pounds less smog-producing pollutants than the Giulia every 15,000 miles.

The Charger’s optional launch control uses engine electronics to hold engine RPM’s precisely in order to provide the most stable and rapid acceleration possible, using all of the available traction. The Giulia doesn’t offer launch control.

For better stopping power the Charger’s brake rotors are larger than those on the Giulia:

	Charger R/T	Charger Super Bee	Giulia
Front Rotors	13.9 inches	16 inches	13 inches
Rear Rotors	13.8 inches	16 inches	12.5 inches

The Charger’s standard front and rear disc brakes are vented to help dissipate heat for shorter stops with less fading. The rear discs on the Giulia are solid, not vented.

The Charger stops much shorter than the Giulia:

	Charger	Giulia
70 to 0 MPH	151 feet	186 feet	Car and Driver
60 to 0 MPH	104 feet	123 feet	Motor Trend

For better traction, the Charger has larger standard tires than the Giulia (245/55R18 vs. 225/45R18). The Charger’s optional tires are larger than the largest tires available on the Giulia (F:305/35R20 & R:325/35R20 vs. F:225/40R19 & R:255/35R19).

The Charger’s optional tires provide better handling because they have a lower 35 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Giulia’s optional 40 series front tires.

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the Charger Scat Pack has standard 20-inch wheels. The Giulia’s largest wheels are only 19-inches.

The Charger has a standard easy tire fill system. When inflating the tires, the vehicle’s integrated tire pressure sensors keep track of the pressure as the tires fill and tell the driver when the tires are inflated to the proper pressure. The Giulia doesn’t offer vehicle monitored tire inflation.

The Charger offers an optional driver-adjustable suspension system. It allows the driver to choose between an extra-supple ride, reducing fatigue on long trips, or a sport setting, which allows maximum control for tricky roads. The Giulia’s suspension doesn’t offer adjustable shock absorbers.

For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the Charger’s wheelbase is 10 inches longer than on the Giulia (121 inches vs. 111 inches).

For better handling and stability, the average track (width between the wheels) on the Charger is 6.8 inches wider in the front and 4.5 inches wider in the rear than the track on the Giulia.

The Charger Daytona Scat Pack Four-Door handles at .97 G’s, while the Giulia Q4 pulls only .80 G’s of cornering force in a Motor Trend skidpad test.

The Charger Daytona Scat Pack Four-Door executes Motor Trend’s “Figure Eight” maneuver 2.5 seconds quicker than the Giulia (24.6 seconds @ .84 average G’s vs. 27.1 seconds @ .66 average G’s).

The front grille of the Charger Daytona uses electronically controlled shutters to close off airflow and reduce drag when less engine cooling is needed. This helps improve highway fuel economy. The Giulia doesn’t offer active grille shutters.

The Charger Six Pack offers available computer-generated active noise cancellation to help remove annoying noise and vibration from the passenger compartment, especially at low frequencies. The Giulia doesn’t offer active noise cancellation.

Because it has more passenger and cargo room, the EPA rates the Charger Four-Door a Large car, while the Giulia is rated a Mid-size.

The Charger has 7.7 cubic feet more passenger volume than the Giulia (103.1 vs. 95.4).

The Charger Four-Door has .5 inches more front headroom, .2 inches more front legroom, .9 inches more front hip room, 1.5 inches more front shoulder room, 2.1 inches more rear legroom, 4.1 inches more rear hip room and 5 inches more rear shoulder room than the Giulia.

The Charger Four-Door has a much larger trunk with its rear seat up than the Giulia (22.7 vs. 12 cubic feet).

To make loading and unloading groceries and cargo easier, especially for short adults, the Charger offers an optional power liftgate, which opens and closes automatically by pressing a button. The Giulia doesn’t offer a power trunk.

The Charger’s instruments include an oil pressure gauge and a temperature gauge - which could save your engine! Often ‘idiot lights’ don’t warn you until damage has been done. The Giulia does not have an oil pressure gauge.

The Charger offers an optional heads-up display that projects speed, navigation instruction and driver assistance information readouts in front of the driver’s line of sight, allowing drivers to view information without diverting their eyes from the road. The Giulia doesn’t offer a heads-up display.

On a hot day the Charger’s driver can lower all the windows from a distance using the keyless remote. The driver of the Giulia can only operate the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.

When the Charger with available tilt-down mirrors is put in reverse, both rearview mirrors tilt from their original position. This gives the driver a better view of the curb during parallel parking maneuvers. Shifting out of reverse puts the mirrors into their original positions. The Giulia’s mirrors don’t automatically adjust for backing.

Optional air-conditioned seats in the Charger keep the driver and front passenger comfortable and take the sting out of hot seats in Summer. The Giulia doesn’t offer air-conditioned seats.

The Dodge Charger comes in coupe and four door hatchback bodystyles; the Alfa Romeo Giulia isn’t available as a coupe.

According to iSeeCars.com the 2026 Dodge Charger retains 47.49% of its original value after 5 years, more than the 44.64% resale value of the 2026 Alfa Romeo Giulia after five years, which can save the Dodge’s owner.

A group of representative automotive journalists from North America selected the Charger as the 2026 North American Car of the Year. The Giulia has never been chosen.

The Dodge Charger outsold the Alfa Romeo Giulia by seven to one during 2025.