1.6 Diesel Giulietta
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Looks nice in black, there are some easy mods that can be done like a later model grill if you start feel like tinkering when nothing goes wrong.
How does it drive regarding comfort to the Volvo, seats, noise, ride?
I have a 170 multiair and love driving it but sometime think of a barge.
How does it drive regarding comfort to the Volvo, seats, noise, ride?
I have a 170 multiair and love driving it but sometime think of a barge.
I had the 2.0 jtdm 140 Veloce as a company car which I ended up buying - had it for nearly 5 years and 90k miles in total. Still to this day the longest I’ve owned a car and I still miss it - I’d buy it back if I could. It just seemed to have a lot of character for a diesel and was fun to drive on the twisty bits - the torque helped in dynamic mode and it actually sounded pretty good.
I never had any major issues with it - everything was done through Alfa (I wasn’t paying!) but it always surprised me how high the dealer rates were. I’d definitely seek out a good specialist now and there seem to be a fair few about. Only issue that annoyed me was rattles from the dash, in particular from the plastic cover on top that surrounded the vents, or just underneath it. Never could find the issue.
If you’re going to change the tyres, may be worth seeking out the 18” 5 hole alloys - they’re the classic Alfa style wheel and they really suit the car whilst keeping the comfort / driveability good.
Enjoy it - these are good cars and if kept maintained, should be a decent motor for you.
I never had any major issues with it - everything was done through Alfa (I wasn’t paying!) but it always surprised me how high the dealer rates were. I’d definitely seek out a good specialist now and there seem to be a fair few about. Only issue that annoyed me was rattles from the dash, in particular from the plastic cover on top that surrounded the vents, or just underneath it. Never could find the issue.
If you’re going to change the tyres, may be worth seeking out the 18” 5 hole alloys - they’re the classic Alfa style wheel and they really suit the car whilst keeping the comfort / driveability good.
Enjoy it - these are good cars and if kept maintained, should be a decent motor for you.
Kinky said:
V6todayEVmanana said:
...... I have a 170 multiair .....
+1 
Keep thinking we should replace it, as it's getting on in years and miles, the paintwork has lots of stone chips and scratches, and it isn't fantastic on fuel.
But...
It's mechanically spot on
It's steadfastly refusing to rust
It drives beautifully
That little Multiair engine is an absolute gem
It looks superb when cleaned and polished (as long as you don't look too closely at the paint...)
The red leather interior is ace
We've had very few problems with it, and nothing that's ever put it out of action
It's proved easy and cheap to fix and maintain myself
Excellent little cars, far more robust than the Alfa reputation would suggest, and they really are dirt cheap now.
Jonny_ said:
Kinky said:
V6todayEVmanana said:
...... I have a 170 multiair .....
+1 Keep thinking we should replace it, as it's getting on in years and miles, the paintwork has lots of stone chips and scratches, and it isn't fantastic on fuel.
But...
It's mechanically spot on
It's steadfastly refusing to rust
It drives beautifully
That little Multiair engine is an absolute gem
It looks superb when cleaned and polished (as long as you don't look too closely at the paint...)
The red leather interior is ace
We've had very few problems with it, and nothing that's ever put it out of action
It's proved easy and cheap to fix and maintain myself
Excellent little cars, far more robust than the Alfa reputation would suggest, and they really are dirt cheap now.
Great thread, I like this too....
As for reliability, I seem to remember an Autocar feature from many years ago where they bought an example of every small hatch at random from a dealer (rather than a Press example) and ragged each one for a few thousand miles in some sort of endurance challenge. The most reliable at the end of the exercise in terms of component failures was the little Alfa 147 1.6. It even beat the Toyota Corrolla which was known at the time to be the most reliable car known to man or beast.
So I'm not unduly surprised so many owners on here report good reliability.
As for reliability, I seem to remember an Autocar feature from many years ago where they bought an example of every small hatch at random from a dealer (rather than a Press example) and ragged each one for a few thousand miles in some sort of endurance challenge. The most reliable at the end of the exercise in terms of component failures was the little Alfa 147 1.6. It even beat the Toyota Corrolla which was known at the time to be the most reliable car known to man or beast.
So I'm not unduly surprised so many owners on here report good reliability.
Chris32345 said:
klunkT5 said:
Nice looking car, Is the engine a GM unit?
Fairly sure it's fiat unit they been fitting the 1.6 into there cars for years Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff