{"id":1361,"date":"2005-06-04T00:37:39","date_gmt":"2005-06-04T00:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/04\/alfa-159-how-to\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:45:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:45:50","slug":"alfa-159-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/04\/alfa-159-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa 159&#8217;s prices make a BMW look cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/alfa_159_103web1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"174\" alt=\"Alfa_159_103web\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/alfa_159_103web.jpg\" width=\"250\"  \/><\/a> Presented at the Geneva Motorshow, the Alfa Romeo 159 is about to go on sale. This executive car will replace the ageing but still beautiful 156. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Built on the \u201cPremium\u201d platform co-developed with GM and drawn by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/cars\/news\/new-cars\/alfa-romeos-production-brea-to-premiere-in-geneva-031911.php\">Giorgetto Giugiaro<\/a>, the 159 offers a very elegant styling and powerful engines, even if those burning petrol might upset the <em>Alfisti<\/em><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Indeed, they are elaborated from GM blocks, the Italian engineers having totally re-designed the cylinder heads and pistons though.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>3 of them will be available: 1.9JTS, 2.2 JTS and 3.2 JTS, all fitted with direct injection and Twin Phaser technology. Powers vary from 160 to 250bhp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>As for the diesel units, they all derive from the existing 1.9 and 2.4 MJTD, except the new <a href=\"http:\/\/adsauto.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/top-10-tech-cars.html\">VM<\/a>-designed 3.0 V6, which is to come later.<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>The 1.9 8V delivers 120bhp, the 1.9 16V 150 and the 2.4 20V 200.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>But passing from the 156 to the 159 will not be so easy for customers. No matter if the 159 is far bigger than the 156 (466 cm vs. 444 cm), it\u2019s also a great deal more expensive, with a basic price estimated at \u00a320,000 vs. \u00a316,370 for the 158 1.8 TS!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">By way of example, here are the price estimations for <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Switzerland <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">and <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Italy<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"postbody1\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>159 1.9JTS Progression 38.000 CHF, 29.000 \u20ac<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><br \/><span><span class=\"postbody1\"><span>159 2.2JTS Progression 40.000 CHF, 30.500 \u20ac<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"postbody1\"><span>159 3.2JTS Q4 Distinctive 52.000 CHF, 39.500 \u20ac<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"postbody1\"><span>159 1.9JTDm Progression 38.000 CHF, 29.000 \u20ac<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"postbody1\"><span>159 1.9JTDm Progression 40.000 CHF, 30.500 \u20ac<\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"postbody1\"><span>159 2.4JTDm Distinctive 46.000 CHF, 35.000 \u20ac<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"postbody1\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Let\u2019s hope these prices will drop, otherwise, if compared to the BMW 3-Series, the 159 would be penalised by its expected higher depreciation, even if quality seems to be the same level as a BMW&#8217;s at first sight. Besides, many 156 owners could be tempted not to replace their car with a costly 159 and, for example, buy a cheaper Peugeot 407 instead.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at the Geneva Motorshow, the Alfa Romeo 159 is about to go on sale. This executive car will replace the ageing but still beautiful 156. Built on the \u201cPremium\u201d platform co-developed with GM and drawn by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the 159 offers a very elegant styling and powerful engines, even if those burning petrol might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":1427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alfa-romeo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alfa 159&#039;s prices make a BMW look cheap - Petrol Head<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/04\/alfa-159-how-to\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Alfa 159&#039;s prices make a BMW look cheap - Petrol Head\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Presented at the Geneva Motorshow, the Alfa Romeo 159 is about to go on sale. 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