For my part, I have to say that the 159 turbo diesel I rented and drove all over southern Italy in May was quite entertaining. The power was fine for a road car, and on all the twisty mountain roads I was on -- and there were a lot, primarily in the area around Monte Cassino and to the west in the Volturno valley -- it never felt porky. I would buy a 159 when and if they come here, and if I'm able to afford it. At $60K that might not be possible, though. In the meantime, I got a Mazdaspeed 3. I sort of pretend it's a 147 GTA.
Wendell Murray '91 164L '89 Spider Veloce >. . . these new Alfas are all overweight and under-powered. The Brera Coupe >in 3.2 liter V-6/AWD configuration weighs in at around 3600 lbs, and the Spider, >similarly configured weighs closer to 4000 lbs. With only 260 BHP on tap, >that's really porky with extremely mediocre performance. . >George Graves >'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S' Wendell Murray Web/Software Development Kele, Inc. "We make it easy" Phone (901) 937-4972 Fax (901) 937-4983 www.kele.com<http://www.kele.com/> -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
