Curse You Europe! 2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta

No, we can’t have it in the U.S. Unless the Large Hadron Collider opens a rift into a parallel universe where Alfa Romeo never left the States. Anyway, we can dream and gaze upon it, mouthes agape, minds frazzled by its pure beauty. Lucky bastard Europeans will get to chose among four engines—two 1.4-liter turbo fours with 120 or 170 horsepower and two turbo-diesel mills with 105 or 170 hp. Alfa will later unleash a cloverleaf-badged monster with a direct-injection 1.8 liter turbo four that puts out 235 hp. Right now a six-speed manual is available with all engine choices and a dual-clutch transmission is on the way. Sigh. Hit the jump for more teasing.