This story includes independent illustrations of a future Giulia created by Sugar Design who is neither related to nor endorsed by Alfa Romeo.

It’s a cliché to point to classic Alfa Romeos as paragons of design and beauty, but there’s a reason some things become clichéd. As Sugar Design proved with its latest rendering, drawing inspiration from classics can lead to a stunningly beautiful, and yet still modern design.

In a series of renderings posted to their Instagram page, Sugar Design proposes a new, clean design for a hypothetical second-generation Alfa Romeo Giulia. Itself a stunner, the current car was all about gentle curves when it was unveiled in 2015.

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For this update, Sugar Design straightens things out a bit, and draws a pretty direct comparison to the old Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT of the ’60s. An undeniably good starting point, this modern interpretation is highly successful, in no small part because it takes inspiration from the classic car, without trying to recreate it.

Through the use of restrained details that evoke the classic car, such as the lack of rear door handles to make this four-door look more like a coupe, Sugar Design recreates the effect of the classic, without trying to repeat it. The belt line of the car, too, drops downwards ever so slightly, in a manner that recalls the Giulia Sprint GT.

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But, as the designer points out, the classic car isn’t the only inspiration for this design. In addition, some of the sedan’s details are drawn from modern Alfa Romeo designs, such as the new Tonale. That’s inspiration you can see in the headlights, the front fascia, and elsewhere. And, although it’s not made explicit, to this observer’s eye, there appears to be some Volvo S60 in the rear haunches and tail of the car.

The rendering evokes the past, engages with the future, and, crucially, still looks like a modern Giulia. All in all, it’s a remarkably successful rendering, and one that I wouldn’t mind seeing on the road in a few years. How about you?

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