New Alfa Romeo 159 Range Car Review

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Price: £18,945-£29,245 – on the road

Eco Friendly: 158-272g/km CO2 Emissions

Speed: Max Speed 130 mph / 0-60mph 9.4s

Size: 4660L/1828W/1417mmH

Average: (urban) 35.3mpg / (extra urban) 58.9mpg / (combined) 47.1 mpg

Security: Twin front, side and knee airbags, ABS, traction and stability control, ABS with brake assist.

Alfa Romeo History :

The Alfa Romeo had a great history and also the sales of the diesel cars they are dealing in are amazing and quite impressive. The recently launched 156 had hit the market quite passionately. Also the response of the experts, critics and also the users was too good. The car was also making a good competition with the Italian Queen, Executive Saloon. But, still there is never end to the desires and if the desires and motivations are ended, there is no future for the business. Innovative attitude and desire for creating something new is the mother of every innovation. The same theory applied in Alfa Romeo Company.

This desire became a target and all the engineers and staffs were desperate to make an improved version of 156 and to create some thing that makes a global effect. This rush towards creating something new, reached to the destination with the introduction of Alfa 159.

Alfa Romeo Performance :

Giants are always distinct. They never follow the trend, they create their own trends. The same rule applies for the Alfa Romeo. When the whole world was trapped and caught in the phase of Recession and Slowdown and the Automotive Industry was seeing the bottom of sales since last 40 years or more, the company set a target of 300,000 car sales annually. Initially, it sounded like a big target but the sales department of the company opened their wings further and introduced their new model 159 in US. There it got a great response. Europe was already quite impressed by the Alfa sales and the trend of Diesel Engine was accepted by the European people, also got a warm welcome in US. After US, they saw the UK market which could be the biggest market for the car sales. But, we Britishers are never easier, right? Initially to the 156 model the response was ok but while launching the 159 model and especially the five doors option made the UK crazy after the Alfa Romeo Cars. They are rewarded by the most surprising response and the cars got a response of selling like anything.

Till the launching of 159, history of Alfa Romeo with UK wasn’t too good. The cars were good with all the facilities and also the engines were quite splendid but the shape of the car was not persuading the UK buyers and therefore the sporty looked cars which were rocking the entire world were not accepted by UK. But, the luxurious looked and specially made car 159 attracted UK with a great mood.  The Alfa 159 which has a price range of just under £19,000 or £20,000 for the Sport wagon estate, the company dared to make a direct competition with the established BMW’s 3 Series.

UK is the market of some executive looking cars. Some of the branded stuffs were having deep roots in Britain but due to the slowdown, the buying capacity of the people got depressed financially and they started shifting towards some lower budget branded stuffs like BMW 3 Series. People shifted from the giants Mondeos and Vectras to the BMWs. This was the perfect time to enter for any of the company, and Alfa Romeo took the initiative and introduced the 159 in the UK market and they got a real worth of their sincere efforts.

Some of the confusion with General Motors and the ultimate collapse of General Motors made the launching of 159 delayed but it never got affected in the sales of car. 159 has got all the stuffs and also potential to attract UK market and the most executive and elegant looked 159 does that job for the Alfa Romeo. The expert ascertained by seeing the car,“This is the dream car for any of the UK person and also the car has a great killing attitude that can definitely make a dynamic competition with the traditional BMW 3 Series and also the Audi A4.”

Alfa Romeo Features :

There are numerous options available I 159 to make it a dream car. There are some of the best features in the car like best driving and best over-taking facilities even than the BMWs. The latest model ‘Cuore Sportivo’ is the most selective in UK markets. Apart from the over-taking issue, the gimlet-eyed headlamps and razor-sharp front grille are the most desperate features of 159 models. Also the improvements made by the engineers were so fascinating that the people started granting the car as the most appealing romantic car Alfa has produced.

Making an improvement in the 156 model, the 159 was made an all-wheel drive despite of front wheel drives. The front wheels were creating some problems while loading the car and also they were not the best load carrying capacity makers, but the techniques of all-wheel drive made the car an awesome and balanced car. The special feature of all-wheel drive is also followed by some of the branded stuffs like Jaguar that drove the feature in X type and then came the Volvo who used the same thing in the S60 model that was comfortable for driving to both ends.     So, especially with this feature, Alfa is parallel to the most trusted and top branded car companies. Along with connecting to these companies indirectly, the Alfa Romeo had a direct competition with Honda Accords and Saab 9-3s. This ‘sub premium’ cars were among the groups that has gained almost the entire car lovers of UK.

Summary :

Overall, the 159 ranged cars is the stuff that stunned all the competitors and related companies while gaining the giant response from UK. The car has really changed the attitudes of people in UK.

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