Alfa Romeo is one of the most stylish and fast Italian luxury cars. Fiat Alfa Romeo 159 was launched in the year 2005 although Alfa Romeo has been a part of Fiat group since 1986.The car was introduced to have aeronautical design integrated to luxury cars.

Fiat Alfa Romeo was showcased in Delhi at the 9th Auto Expo on Jan 2008. Alfa Romeo was launched in India with 2.5-litre V6 diesel engine that generated a power of 188 bhp and another 1.9-litre multi-jet petrol engine gives a power of 150 bhp. Alfa 159 will have the engines that has the 2.2L JTS and it delivers a power of 185bhp.The two diesel versions deliver power of 150bhp from 1.9L and 200bhp from 2.4L.

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Technology and Engine

Fiat Alfa Romeo uses Fiat Powertrain Technologies in the 1.9 JTD engine and it is integrated to Twin Stage Turbo technology that raises power to 140 kW and maximum torque goes to 400 NM from just 1.9 liters of petrol.

The 1.9 LTD engines uses FTP four cylinder diesel engine and it gives a power like a six cylinder vehicle. Fiat Alfa Romeo has low fuel consumption and it delivers a high power and torque.

The new engine of Fiat Alfa Romeo has been integrated to two versions of the motor and as compared to the previous 1.9 liter JTD engines, torque has been improved by almost 50% .The high performance of the car is attributed to the advanced turbo charging technology that works on the Two stage Turbo charging principle and the thermo- structural resistance of the motors has also been increased that allows increased cylinder pressure to 180 abr. The exhaust temperature can go to 800C.

The Two stage turbo charging enables the motor to combine small turbocharger’s response at low speed and it eliminates the Turbo lag and the second stage turbo charging is for deep breathing and it prevents breathlessness in engines.