Alfa Romeo 159
Alfa Romeo 159 Saloon ( 2005-2011 )
The Alfa 159 (Type 939 ) is a mid-size car of Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo, which was produced from September 2005 to October 2011.
With this model, the Fiat subsidiary aimed against the so-called premium sedans of middle class from other manufacturers such as especially the 3 series BMW and the Audi A4. The Giulia is the indirect successor to the 159
Data
The Alfa 159 presented together with the Brera in Germany for the first time at the 15th Auto Mobil International in Leipzig on April 2, 2005. The design of the car comes from Giugiaro and was developed in collaboration with the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo.
The name 159 is the revival of a model from the year 1951, when Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo type 159 in that year won the Formula 1 World Championship.
Predecessor to the Alfa 159 is the Alfa Romeo 156 was the Alfa Romeo to have 156 as a sedan only with front-wheel drive, there is the Alfa Romeo 159 four-wheel drive (Alfa Romeo designation: Q4), but only when the Topmotorisierungen ( 3.2 V6 24V and 2.4 JTDm ). The six-cylinder petrol engine comes from the Australian GM subsidiary Holden, which had been revised by Alfa Romeo. The 1.8 -liter MPI engine comes from Opel and thus also from the house of GM.
At the Geneva Motor Show Alfa Romeo was in March 2006, the Sport Wagon called wagon version of the 159 This is technically identical to the sedan. Also the Cross Wagon Q4 four-wheel drive has received a successor.
In October 2006, the Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon was car image in the category sedans and station wagons as the most beautiful car in the world to be awarded by the newspaper in 2006.
Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon (2006-2011)
In the fall of 2011, the production in Pomigliano d' Arco, a town in the province of Naples ran out. Due to previous overproduction of the 159 was still available until the end of 2012.
In Italy, the Alfa 159 with white side stripes, from which springs a panther on the front fenders, used as a police car in light blue livery. The Italian Carabinieri use the Alfa 159 as emergency vehicle, there painted black with red side stripes.
Facelift
In early 2008, 159 revised in some details of Alfa Romeo, where prices remained unchanged. The criticism from the press to high weight lowered Alfa mainly through modifications to the suspension by 45 kilograms. Thus, the load increased from 445 to 475 kilograms and the curb weight of the base model decreased from 1505 to 1460 kilograms.
Likewise, the seats received a new structure and to thereby provide more lateral support. Furthermore, accounted for the equipment line progression, in return, the basic version by Brembo brakes and the electronic locking differential Q2 was revalued at the front-wheel drive models. Also with front wheel drive and the 3.2 -liter V6 petrol engine was now available. Also new were the 30,000 extended to 35,000 km service intervals.
In the revised 159, the trunk was opened by a pressure on the brand logo at the rear, which is only from the interior or the key was previously possible.
In early 2009 the 159 received two new engines. Firstly, there was a 1.8 -liter gasoline engine with 147 kW/200 hp, turbocharged, direct injection and variable valve timing (1.8 TBi ) and the other a 2.0 -liter diesel engine with 125 kW/170 hp, the the 1.9 -liter diesel engine replaced.
Specifications
* Values given are for the sedan.
- JTS = Jet Thrust Stoichiometric ( spray-guided direct petrol injection )
- JTDM turbodiesel Multijet = Jet (common rail direct diesel injection with multiple injection events per cycle )