Alfa Romeo 156 2.4 JTD distinctive with SP (Alfa Romeo 156 2.4 JTD)

Member Name: Alfist_ck

Product:	Alfa Romeo 156 2.4 JTD
Date:	03/09/03 (2684 review reads)
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Advantages: economic and fast, real Alfa, keep value verry good

Disadvantages: someone do not like diesel Alfa Romeo

The best Alfa Romeo I driven! Fast, economic, beautiful and blast to drive!
Good points:
1 It looks fantastic outside and inside.
2 Quality is pretty good, maybe not Audi build quality, but the difference between manufacturers is lessening.
3 It goes very well in real world driving, comparable to the 2.0 165bhp JTS.
4 It sounds great, - a throaty warble due to it's 5 cylinder engine.
5 It manages around 40mpg average.
6 For under £400 it can be chipped/remapped with another 30bhp taking it into another league.
7 The steering is very direct.
8 The gearbox/change is very slick.
9 It will hold it's value better than the 2.5, 2.0, 1.8 and 1.6 petrols.
10 It is very good value compared to the overpriced GTA. (GTA costs an extra £8-9k to buy initially, about £500 more per annum to insure, over an average 12,000 miles per annum, another £1000 in fuel and will cost more in tyres and servicing. And for what? To go a little bit faster when the roads permit and admittedly sounds fantastic.

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