New Alfa Romeo 147 Five-Door Range Car

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Cost: £16,095-£19,695 – on the road

Environment Friendly: 194-211g/km CO2 Emissions

Speed: 0-60mph 9.3s Max Speed 129 mph

Size: 4430L/1745W/1415mmH

Average: (urban) 25.2 (extra urban) 44.1 (combined) 34.1

Safety: Twin front, window & side airbags, VDC, ABS, traction control.

Know the History :
The original three doors Alfa Romeo 147 was one of the master piece introduced by Alfa Romeo for the world. The creation was also welcomed by the auto world and even the innovative creation earned so many awards in its pocket. But, still the sales were not gaining the gear in sales in UK. The R&D department started its job and found that the people in UK are looking for some luxury and style. The Alfa guys started creating a new stuff that suits even the people of UK. Anyone in the car industry can never afford to miss the UK market as it is one of the highest business opportunities holding market of the world.

So, leaving the whole world behind, the innovative creators found a device that made the whole UK crazy after the new stuff and ultimately the sales boosted like anything. They made the change mainly in the door system and added two doors to make the car looking richer and luxurious. The larger body style, more options for the engine selection, and more transmission option made the car more popular among the car lovers of UK.

Know the Car :
The reward Alfa team have got for the 156 launched in 1998, became the foundation of creating the five door car. The 156 had a technique of hiding the rear door handles in the trailing edge of the rear window frames is carried forward even in this car. They were more conscious for the five door look as it should never look like a car with a frumpy appearance as all the other cars look. But we must say that they have truly succeeded in their motto by presenting a car that is having no features of frumpy look or even a dull or boring look. Other problem with all the longer cars is that they seem to have got stretched forcibly, but the new Alfa Romeo 147 Five doors can be an exception to it. The design is continuous and also it has the design of having the unanimous and straight forward look.

The engineers also have kept the back seat persons into consideration by adding some important and also required space to the back seat persons by shifting back the B pillars. The over all profile is moved back and the larger car is made fruitful by distributing the whole area systematically and symmetrically. This systematic space distribution also makes a sense for the articles and luggage to keep and store.

So, if you are thinking of getting the 147, five doors stuff is the hottest one you should go for. You can get all the benefits of 147 with an extra touch of luxury. The most extensive benefit of getting five doors than 147 three door traditional car is the “envy” issue. The look of the car is such an amazing that no one can leave without turning back to view the car again and again. The front design is all set to please the people to change their traditional approach that is being developed to see all the known brands as the luxurious cars!! The response that is received for this five doors car in UK is out of even company’s expectation. This response has made us proud to say,“UK also has changed and can change further by accepting such global companies’ models and by saying yes to the changes!!”

The experts are considering some of the points as major changes in the car than others, like the pointier headlamps housing triple light clusters and restyled bumpers with inset fog lamps. Also there are some different features that enhance the beauty of car like round the back, the rear lights are larger and a chrome strip. Just below the tail gate to make the driver safe from the annoying lights from the opponent drivers.

Know the special features :
There are some features included in the five doors 147 that can make a great competition with the Mercedes and even the Audi A3 and they can brush out all the memories and pleasures of those beauties by just a feel of this car. The Milanese offering is something that touches the heart of drivers and even the back seat pleasures. Great motivating news for the long and frequent drivers is that the JTD common rail diesel engine now packs a full 150bhp and the whole credit of happening so can be shifted to a revised fuel injection strategy. With the introduction of 305Nm maximum torque makes a feel to become more muscular than the old 3.2-litre V6 equipped GTA.

Know the offering :
The five doors are offering various controls and features like cruise control, climate control, rain sensing wipers and steering wheel buttons for stereo and optional phone. Besides these luxurious options, there are also the safety measures that are taken care too. The features like seat belt pretension, ABS, a brake force distributor system and traction control on top of the VDC stability control program. In the regular three doors model of 147, the engines offer the 120bhp 1.6-litre Twin Spark petrol, the 150bhp 2.0-litre Twin Spark petrol and the 1.9JTD diesel with 120 or 150bhp outputs.

Know the Performance :
The performance of the car is typically reasonable and despite of a heavy car, the 120bhp 1.6 manages to hit 62mph in 10.5 seconds as opposed to 9.3 for the 2.0-litre car. Top speed of the car is 121mph for the 1.6 and 129mph for the 2.0-litre Twin Spark. The JTD diesel is making a great enthusiastic 48mpg average. Performance can be taken for granted with Alfa Romeo ownership as the name only can stand for the quality. All the previous models are witness of the great history and marvellous quality. Even in these five doors 147 the heritage of the company is being carried on nicely. This Italian Car is also known as the most Romantic car of the auto industry.

Summary :
So, seeing all the fabulous features, only one comment we can make for this car, as the car invites everyone screaming with a great quality that, “Come fall in love with the New Alfa Romeo 147 Five Doors and have a romantic life with the Car!!”

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