Alfa 147 Ducati Corse

[northandy]

So whats the opinion on this ?, saw one in a dealership the other day, looked quite nice...

http://www.alfa147ducati.co.uk/

Kinda suprised they put the diesel motor in it but suits me, I take it this is a runout special with the Mito coming ?.

[WildCards]

That is gorgeous

[Jimbo.]

northandy said:

So whats the opinion on this ?, saw one in a dealership the other day, looked quite nice...

http://www.alfa147ducati.co.uk/

Kinda suprised they put the diesel motor in it but suits me, I take it this is a runout special with the Mito coming ?.

The Mito isn't a replacement for the 147. It's a new model which sits - and will sit - below the 147 and it's eventual replacement thus no runout model is needed. Yet.

re. this model. It's Alfa treading water whilst at the same time trying to "Jazz up" an ageing, overdue-for-replacement model. There's this, the Colletzione (?), and once the GT Cloverleaf is gone, I'd imagine there'll be a Cloverleaf to see it out (which'll probably replace the Ti...).

I've seen ONE facelifted 147, yet billions of its competitors. Something needs to be done...

Edited by Jimbo. on Wednesday 13th August 14:41

[OperationAlfa]

Ducati - Diesel? Sorry does not compute.

However, the ECU mapping has just been turned up, on the JTDm engine. Buy a standard 16v JTDm and just remap it.

[northandy]

Jimbo. said:

northandy said:

So whats the opinion on this ?, saw one in a dealership the other day, looked quite nice...

http://www.alfa147ducati.co.uk/

Kinda suprised they put the diesel motor in it but suits me, I take it this is a runout special with the Mito coming ?.

The Mito isn't a replacement for the 147. It's a new model which sits - and will sit - below the 147 and it's eventual replacement thus no runout model is needed. Yet.

re. this model. It's Alfa treading water whilst at the same time trying to "Jazz up" an ageing, overdue-for-replacement model. There's this, the Colletzione (?), and once the GT Cloverleaf is gone, I'd imagine there'll be a Cloverleaf to see it out (which'll probably replace the Ti...).

I've seen ONE facelifted 147, yet billions of its competitors. Something needs to be done...

Edited by Jimbo. on Wednesday 13th August 14:41

Ah, I assumed as the 147 was 7ish years old the Mito was a replacement. Thanks for the clarification.

It did look nice especially in white, although 17.5k seems like a lot... starting to become drawn to alfas for some reason, especially the brera S and 159 Ti

[jamieboy]

northandy said:

Jimbo. said:

northandy said:

Kinda suprised they put the diesel motor in it but suits me, I take it this is a runout special with the Mito coming ?.

The Mito isn't a replacement for the 147. It's a new model which sits - and will sit - below the 147 and it's eventual replacement thus no runout model is needed. Yet.

Ah, I assumed as the 147 was 7ish years old the Mito was a replacement. Thanks for the clarification.

It did look nice especially in white, although 17.5k seems like a lot... starting to become drawn to alfas for some reason, especially the brera S and 159 Ti

Well, I think it sort of is a replacement for the 147 - the MiTo is a slightly smaller, sportier replacement for the 3-door version of the 147 and the 149 will be a slightly larger, more practical replacement for the 5-door version.

I'd agree with the rest of it - £17.5k does seem a lot for a 147, albeit a 170bhp 147, and the Brera S and 159 ti are both very attractive cars...

Edited by jamieboy on Wednesday 13th August 19:51

[jacobyte]

OperationAlfa said:

Ducati - Diesel? Sorry does not compute.

Exactamundo. It's just wrong.