Alfa Romeo's Giulia Quadrifoglio is exceptionally sportivo

I HAVE two new friends. Two Italian friends. Their names are Francesco and Pasquale and they are very nice lads indeed. 

But — and I’m only guessing here — they sought my acquaintance not because of any great personal magnetism of my behalf; no, it was because of the car I was driving.

Last week, that car was one Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and for those not in the loop the Quadrifoglio designation (which translates into “four leaf clover”) is an historical Alfa thing which marks something pretty special and very “sportivo”, as they might say in Italian.