Alfa Romeo Brera 2.4 JTD Auto. Good, bad or ugly? Discuss
Great engine - sounds amazing and loads of power - aside from sounding like a taxi at idle, you'd never know it was a diesel. Auto is a proper auto, not a flappy paddle robotised manual. Very, very pretty shape. Actually incredibly reliable, too - it's a sawn off 159 chassis. However, they're incredibly thirsty, which defeats the point of having a diesel. Buy a V6 Petrol instead.
Official and real world figures on those are very different. When I was looking at 156s, the 2.0TSpark petrol was roughly the same price to fuel as the 2.4JTD.
Bit bigger than I want really. The Brera appeals as it's essentially a 3 door hatchback with a 5 cyl (I think) lump plus auto. The main thing I like about the Volvo is the engine and autobox, but the size and appalling turning circle are a real bind.
Which at least has the correct number of cylinders and fuel type Personally I'm not a great fan of the shape, but each to their own. Pretty bomb proof AFAIK -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
I was about to recommend a GT, but it has the turning circle of a barge. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
Get a V6 then Same engine AFAIK in the GT and others. SteveH will know better, though. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
No, the GT has the Alfa 'Busso' V6. The 159 and Brera have the GM derived V6. (It's a GM block with Alfa 'twin phaser' heads) The new V6 isn't a bad engine, but it's nowhere near as charismatic as the Busso.
I meant the diesel, actually, but wasn't exactly clear. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
Ahhh. The GT never got the 5-pot option, as it's very closely related to the 147. The 5-pot engine is a development of the engine used in the 156. Obviously, the 4-pot diesels are used across the whole range.
I liked the one I had as a hire car at the WSBK round at Imola last year, I did manage to break it though after some spirited driving through the twisty hilly bits between San Marino and Bologna.
