Alfa Romeo 159

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Alfa Romeo 159 sedan (2005-2011)
Alfa Romeo 159 sedan (2005-2011)
159
Production period: 2005-2011
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Limousine , station wagon
Engines:
Otto engines : 1.7–3.2 liters
(103–191 kW)
Diesel engines :
1.9–2.4 liters
(88–154 kW)
Length: 4661 mm
Width: 1830 mm
Height: 1417 mm
Wheelbase : 2700 mm
Empty weight : 1460-1720 kg
Previous model Alfa Romeo 156
successor Alfa Romeo Giulia
Stars in the Euro NCAP - Crash Test (2006), adult occupants 5 Stars

The Alfa Romeo 159 (Type 939) is a mid- range car of the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo , which was produced from September 2005 to October 2011 in Pomigliano d'Arco , a city in the province of Naples .

With this model, the Fiat subsidiary targeted the so-called premium mid-range sedans from other manufacturers, such as the BMW 3 Series and the Audi A4 .

The indirect successor to the 159 is the Alfa Romeo Giulia , which has been available since mid-2016 .

Data

Alfa presented the 159 together with the Brera in Germany for the first time at the 15th Auto Mobil International (AMI) in Leipzig on April 2, 2005. The shape of the car comes from Giugiaro and the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo . Alfa Romeo 159, Brera and Spider are the only production vehicles on the premium platform developed by Fiat for the joint venture with GM , which was presented in 2003 in a pure design study called Opel Insignia. This vehicle bore no resemblance in terms of design, concept or construction to the later production vehicle of the same name, which was based on a completely different, simpler platform and was also in a different vehicle class than the study.

For the name, the type designation Tipo 159 of the racing car from 1951 , with which Juan Manuel Fangio won the Formula 1 world championship, was revived .

The predecessor of the Alfa 159 is the Alfa Romeo 156 . While the Alfa Romeo 156 was only available as a sedan with front-wheel drive (only in the Sportwagon version with all-wheel drive ), the Alfa Romeo 159 is also available with all-wheel drive (Alfa Romeo designation: Q4), but only with the most powerful engines (3.2 V6 24V and 2.4 JTDm). The diesel engines were taken over from the Fiat group program, the gasoline engines were based entirely on GM designs which Alfa Romeo had refined with new cylinder heads with direct injection . The V6 came from the Australian GM subsidiary Holden , the other engines were based on Opel engines and were also equipped with new heads and direct injection. Later, the Opel-based naturally aspirated engines were replaced by a supercharged construction from the Fiat group.

At the Geneva Motor Show in March 2006, Alfa Romeo presented the Sportwagon version of the 159, which is technically the same as the sedan. The Crosswagon Q4 with all-wheel drive also received a successor.

In October 2006, the Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon was named The Most Beautiful Car in the World 2006 by the Auto Bild newspaper in the sedans and station wagons category.

  • Rear view

  • Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon
    (2006-2011)

Production ended in autumn 2011. Due to previous overproduction, the 159 was still available until the end of 2012.

In Italy , the Alfa 159 is used as a police vehicle in light blue paintwork with white side stripes, from which a panther rises on the front fenders. The Italian Carabinieri also use the Alfa 159 as an emergency vehicle, there it is painted black with red stripes.

Development history

The 159 was created during the joint venture between GM and Fiat (2000 to 2005). As part of the cooperation, Fiat was responsible for small cars (the Opel Corsa at that time was based on the Fiat Punto), for diesel engines and for high-end mid-range vehicles.

The latter should be models from Alfa Romeo, a planned and never realized small Cadillac along with sister model of Buick and a new Saab, which should share a new platform. The development contract for this went to Alfa Romeo within the Fiat group.

There, due to the different international requirements, they were confronted with a multitude of requirements for the newly developed platform. The planned models should be equipped with four-, six- and eight-cylinder engines in in-line and V-design, the engines should be able to be installed both lengthways and transversely, and the vehicles should have front, all-wheel or rear-wheel drive as required. In addition, all relevant crash test standards in all planned markets should be met. In particular, certain comfort requirements with regard to the interior width on the American market should be given special consideration.

These broad requirements meant that the new platform, on the one hand, was very broad due to US wishes and yet had poor space economy, on the other hand, it was extremely heavy and had high production costs. Because of the impending high costs, GM decided very soon that the platform should no longer be used by Saab.

Since the joint venture came to an abrupt end in 2005, Cadillac / Buick also dropped out as a buyer for the platform and only Alfa Romeo remained. According to the contracts in the joint venture, GM paid for the total cost of the development of more than a billion dollars, but the rights to the construction still went to Fiat.

Fiat thus had a paid, modern platform, the development focus of which, however, was not mainly on the needs of Alfa Romeo and which was therefore simply bypassed many European demands and ideas. Sergio Marchionne once commented in a press conference on the numerous postponements of the successor model of the 159 that it was painfully learned with the 159 that it was not enough to screw an Alfa logo onto a car that was too big and 400 kilograms too heavy to be successful and now I make more effort to meet the customer requirements.

At the end of October 2011, the last vehicle was built at the Pomigliano d'Arco plant.

Facelift

At the beginning of 2008 the Alfa Romeo 159 was revised in some details, whereby the prices remained unchanged. The excessive weight criticized by the press reduced Alfa by 45 kilograms, mainly through modifications to the chassis. As a result, the payload increased from 445 to 475 kilograms and the curb weight of the basic model fell from 1505 to 1460 kilograms.

The seats were also given a new structure and should therefore offer more lateral support. Furthermore, the equipment line Progression was omitted , in return the basic version was upgraded with Brembo brakes and the electronic limited-slip differential Q2 on the front-wheel drive models. The 3.2-liter V6 petrol engine was now also available with front-wheel drive. The maintenance intervals that were extended from 30,000 to 35,000 kilometers were also new.

In the revised 159, the trunk could be opened by pressing the brand logo on the rear, which was previously only possible from the interior or with the key.

At the beginning of 2009, the 159 received two more new engines. On the one hand there was a 1.8-liter gasoline engine with 147 kW (200 PS), turbocharging , direct injection and variable valve control (1.8 TBi) and on the other hand a 2.0-l diesel engine with 125 kW (170 PS) ; however, these new engines were not available in all exporting countries. The 1.9-liter diesel was there (in all countries) until the end of production.

Technical specifications

model Motor type Displacement cylinder Max. power Max. Torque Acceleration, 0-100 km / h (1) Maximum speed, v max (1) Fuel consumption (1) CO 2 emissions (1) construction time
1.8 MPI 16V Gasoline engine 1796 cc 4th 103 kW (140 PS) 175 Nm at 3800 rpm 10.4 s 206 km / h 7.7 l / 100 km 181 g / km 03/2007–11/2010
1.8 T Bi 16V 1742 cc 4th 147 kW (200 hp) 320 Nm at 1400 rpm 007.7 s 235 km / h 7.8 l / 100 km 189 g / km 03/2009–10/2011
1.9 JTS 16V 1859 cm³ 4th 118 kW (160 PS) 190 Nm at 4500 rpm 9.7 s 212 km / h 8.7 l / 100 km 205 g / km 09/2005–02/2008
2.2 JTS 16V 2198 cc 4th 136 kW (185 hp) 230 Nm at 4500 rpm 8.8 s 222 km / h 9.4 l / 100 km 221 g / km 09/2005–03/2009
3.2 JTS V6 24V 3195 cc 6th 191 kW (260 hp) 322 Nm at 4500 rpm 7.1 s 250 km / h 11.0 l / 100 km 260 g / km 02/2008 - 03/2009
3.2 JTS V6 24V Q4 7.0 s 240 km / h 11.4 l / 100 km 286 g / km 09/2005–11/2010
1.9 JTDM 8V Diesel engine 1910 cc 4th 88 kW (120 PS) 280 Nm at 2000 rpm 11.0 s 191 km / h 5.9 l / 100 km 157 g / km 09/2005–11/2010
1.9 JTDM 16V 1910 cc 4th 110 kW (150 PS) 320 Nm at 2000 rpm 9.4 s 210 km / h 6.0 l / 100 km 159 g / km 09/2005–11/2010
2.0 JTDM 16V 1956 cc 4th 100 kW (136 hp) 350 Nm at 1750 rpm 9.9 s 202 km / h 5.1 l / 100 km 134 g / km 06/2010-10/2011
2.0 JTDM 16V 1956 cc 4th 125 kW (170 hp) 360 Nm at 1750 rpm 8.8 s 218 km / h 5.4 l / 100 km 142 g / km 03/2009–10/2011
2.4 JTDM 20V 2387 cc 5 147 kW (200 hp) 400 Nm at 2000 rpm 8.4 s 228 km / h 6.8 l / 100 km 179 g / km 09/2005–11/2010
2.4 JTDM 20V 2387 cc 5 154 kW (210 hp) 400 Nm at 1500 rpm 8.2 s 230 km / h 6.8 l / 100 km 179 g / km 05/2007–11/2010
2.4 JTDM 20V Q4 8.3 s 227 km / h 7.2 l / 100 km 192 g / km 05/2007–11/2010
(1) Values ​​apply to the sedan.
  • JTS = J et T hrust S toichiometric (spray-guided gasoline direct injection)
  • JTDM = J et T urbo D iesel M ultijet (Common Rail Diesel direct injection with several injection processes per work cycle)

Web links

Commons : Alfa Romeo 159  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The successor to 159 is said to be called Nuova Giulia
  2. ^ Official safety assessment of the Alfa Romeo 159 2006. In: euroncap.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Erlkönig Alfa Giulia: Here the new middle class drives for Alfa Romeo
  4. ^ A b Ray Hutton: Alfa Poised for US Return. In: caranddriver.com. September 1, 2005, Retrieved April 27, 2018 (American English).
  5. ↑ Lorenzo Straquadanio: Marchionne lapidario: "La 159 è stata un errore" - Cronaca - Motori.it. In: motori.it. November 16, 2010, accessed April 27, 2018 (Italian).
  6. ^ La Nuova Panda a dicembre: festa-evento a Pomigliano d'Arco e Napoli. In: pomigliano.napolitoday.it. October 19, 2011, accessed March 25, 2019 (Italian).
  7. ↑ Auto-News: Alfa 159, Brera and Spider: Weight lowered, seats improved , May 29, 2008
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Alfa Romeo 159 technical data. Motor Presse Stuttgart , accessed on March 10, 2018 .
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